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10/27/2025
Help Us Spread Cheer this Holiday Season!🎁
Since 1966, our team has delivered care packages to local behavioral hospital patients over the holidays, and we want to ensure they have all the support they need for their recovery. This year, we are aiming to deliver more than 500 care packages!
Gifts needed for Project Cheer are socks, hygiene products, playing cards, art pencils, coloring books and many more items would be appreciated.
Visit https://a.co/3ktn6Mu for a complete list of items needed to support Project Cheer!
10/26/2025
Halloween is the perfect time to cast some self-care spells! 🧙♀️
Doing the things you love, like watching movies, eating candy, decorating, and dressing up makes you feel good. We all need a little fun every once in a while to enjoy life and improve our mental health! This is why it’s worthwhile to try different wellness ideas for Halloween. 😊
What's your favorite self-care activity you do during the Halloween season? 🦇
10/25/2025
Join us at the Orlando West Community Development Center's Community Resource Fair for a family-focused community event packed with free resources, essentials, and services to help you and your loved ones thrive TODAY from 10 AM - 2 pm! 🥰
The MHACF will be attending to share how our organization helps youths in our community through our FREE Youth and Family Services Program by providing counseling and medication management for youths (6-17 years old) without insurance. 😁
10/25/2025
We need your help to continue our holiday initiative for the 59th year in a row!🎁
Our team delivers care packages to local behavioral hospital patients over the holidays, and we want to ensure they have all the support they need for their recovery. This year, we are aiming to deliver more than 500 care packages!
Gifts needed for Project Cheer are socks, hygiene products, playing cards, art pencils, coloring books and many more items would be appreciated.
Visit https://a.co/3ktn6Mu for a complete list of items needed to support Project Cheer!
10/24/2025
Are you ready for a fun day TOMORROW?! 😊
Our MHACF Team will be attending Orlando West Community Development Center's Community Resource Fair, which is a community event packed with free resources, essentials, and services to help you and your loved ones thrive TOMORROW from 10 AM - 2 PM!
Our team will be sharing information about our FREE mental health resources like our Family Advocacy and Youth and Family Programs available for youths and their guardians! 🤩
10/24/2025
Join a compassionate and supportive environment for individuals coping with the loss of a loved one due to su***de. 🫂
Our FREE virtual Kindred Survivors - Su***de Survivor Loss Peer Support Group, facilitated by Kaleb Taylor, M.S., B.S., Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern, provides an opportunity for individuals to share experiences; foster connection, understanding, and hope throughout their grief journey.
We welcome you to join our Kindred Survivors - Su***de Survivor Loss Peer Support Group, which takes place every Thursday from 12 - 1 PM beginning on November 6th!
It's that jolly time of the year for Project Cheer! 🎁
For 59 years, our team has delivered care packages to local behavioral hospital patients over the holidays, and we want to ensure they have all the support they need for their recovery. This year, we are aiming to deliver more than 500 care packages!
Gifts needed for Project Cheer are socks, hygiene products, playing cards, art pencils, coloring books and many more items would be appreciated.
🛍️Visit https://a.co/3ktn6Mu for a complete list of items needed to support Project Cheer!
10/22/2025
🏀✨ The energy is electric as we cheer on OUR Orlando Magic for their 2025/2026 Home Opening Night at the Kia Center! Tonight’s showdown with the Miami Heat marks the beginning of another unforgettable season and we’re proud to stand beside the Magic as true partners in community impact.
🌟 Our collaboration with the Orlando Magic goes beyond the court. Together, we’re championing mental wellness and creating meaningful change across Central Florida. That’s why we’re beyond excited to invite you to Mental Wellness Night on December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM—a night where basketball meets purpose.
Let’s pack the arena with hope, healing, and hometown pride. GO MAGIC!
10/22/2025
Receive a FREE medical health screening at our Outlook Clinic! 📋❤️🩹
Orange County, Florida Government's Community Health Team will be conducting free health screenings at our Outlook Clinic on Tuesday, October 28th from 1:30 PM to 3 PM located at 901 W Church St, Orlando, FL 32805. We are accepting Outlook Clinic patients and walk ins for the health screenings but they must be uninsured or low-income residents of Orange County.
The MHACF will be doing in person screenings for our Outlook Clinic as well! Visit https://mhacf.org/outlook-clinic/ to learn more about our FREE mental health services.
10/21/2025
🌟 We’re honored to be one of 63 outstanding nonprofit organizations awarded funding through the City of Orlando’s Community Investment Program! 🌟
This vital support empowers the our Outlook clinic to expand our outreach, amplify awareness, and strengthen access to behavioral health resources for individuals and families across the City of Orlando.
We’re deeply grateful to Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, the City of Orlando - Government Council , and the CIP review panel for recognizing the urgency of mental health for the uninsured and and for investing in organizations that foster healing, connection, and hope.
To our dedicated staff, board members, volunteers, and community partners: thank you for standing with us. It’s a privilege to serve alongside so many changemakers in the City Beautiful.
Together, we’re not just raising awareness—we’re building pathways to recovery, resilience, and belonging. 💙
Commissioner Shan Rose District 3 Commissioner: Robert F. Stuart Commissioner Patty Sheehan
10/21/2025
Our holiday charity, Project Cheer, helps those in need! 🎁
Since 1966, our team has delivered care packages to local behavioral hospital patients over the holidays, and we want to ensure they have all the support they need for their recovery. This year, we are aiming to deliver more than 500 care packages!
Gifts needed for Project Cheer are socks, hygiene products, playing cards, art pencils, coloring books and many more items would be appreciated.
❄️Visit https://a.co/3ktn6Mu for a complete list of items needed to support Project Cheer!
10/20/2025
May this Diwali bring joy, prosperity, and peace to your life! 🕯️
Diwali is the Festival of Lights which marks the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. The festival's name means "a row of lights" as celebrants light clay oil lamps (diyas) to illuminate homes symbolizing new beginnings, prosperity and inner enlightenment.
Enjoy the celebrations with warmth and delight! 😊
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Our Story- Mental Health Association of Central Florida
Mental Health Association of Central Florida was founded in 1946. We have been serving the Central Florida community since then by advocating for Central Florida’s citizens’ mental health. We provide support groups, mental health programs, and mental health resources to our community members. Our programs and groups include:
Reflections: Provides Arrows, a Su***de-Affected support group, a Suicidal Ideation support group, and People Inc, a peer-facilitated mental health support group that has met weekly for over 40 years. Reflections orchestrates our annual Art of Happiness show, in which art from local artists is submitted under a mental health theme, prompting reflection in the viewer and artist. Numerous Introduction to WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) workshops are held by our Reflections program every year.
Mental Health Connections: Mental Health Connections provides Central Florida residents with mental health resources, and helps navigate a client’s needs in times of crisis. Our Connection Specialists will be able to find the resources you need, according to your unique and specific needs.
Guardian Advocate: Being a Guardian Advocate volunteer means helping someone at one of their times of greatest need. Guardian Advocates are granted temporary guardianship of those who are Baker Acted, and help advocate for their best care while inpatient.
Outlook Clinic: Outlook Clinic, in partnership with Florida Hospital, provides treatment for those with a diagnosis of depression or anxiety, and a co-occurring medical diagnosis. Outlook Clinic services are available to those who are at least 18 years of age, living in Orange County, and are currently uninsured.
Orlando United Counseling and Outreach: Four days after the tragedy at Pulse, Mental Health Association of Central Florida knew that our newly Pulse-affected community needed assistance. Glenn Close, actress, and founder of mental health non-profit Bring Change to Mind, gave Mental Health Association of Central Florida a grant to start Orlando United Counseling and Outreach. Those who are affected by primary and secondary trauma from Pulse can utilize free, long-term mental health counseling through Orlando United Counseling. OUC provides several workshops and events for our community to raise awareness of mental health, LGBTQ+ concerns, diversity, and trauma-informed care, including: My Story Matters, Becoming An Ally, Orlando United Volunteer Day, Reflections of Trauma, Changing History: The Stigma of Mental Health in Black Communities, Self-Compassion Workshop.
