Florida, South – The Village South

WestCare Florida, Inc. is part of the national WestCare network of nonprofit behavioral health and human services organizations. WestCare Florida, Inc. is comprised of three (3) organizations:

• WestCare GulfCoast-Florida, Inc. located in Pasco and Pinellas Counties;
• Guidance/Care Center, Inc. located in Monroe County; and
• The Village South, Inc. located in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties.

Our Florida operations offer a full continuum of behavioral health and human services programs and services that are individualized, trauma-informed, culturally competent, and utilize evidence-based programs and practices.

WestCare’s Florida operation has more than 20 locations, staffed by over 400 behavioral health professionals. Our programming touches the lives of over 25,000 Floridians annually.

Programs and services include but are not limited to substance use disorder treatment (residential and outpatient), programs and services to strengthen families, prevention programs that address the risk and protective factors that impact children, youth, and teens, mental health care, crisis intervention, crisis stabilization, detoxification, community-based case management, family counseling, Veterans services, and more.

Our goal is to uplift the human spirit by providing the skills and support for individuals to achieve their own goals and transform their lives. To ensure that programs are respectful and responsive to everyone we serve, we offer community-based services that are tailored to best respond to everyone’s unique needs, thus building on the strengths of each individual and acknowledging and honoring the full spectrum of human differences that make each individual unique.

Select programs in Florida are licensed by the Florida Department of Children and Families and accredited by CARF International or The Joint Commission.