The Tallahassee Pediatric Behavioral Health Center is a strategic initiative by Whole Child Leon in partnership with the Tallahassee Pediatric Foundation (TPF). The Center was created to improve access to quality behavioral health services for children and their families through integrated health practices. The Center’s flagship program, the Behavioral Health Navigator Program, began in 2017. Then in 2020, the program partnered with Florida State University’s Center for Behavioral Health Integration and became one of six sites around the state, funded through the Florida Department of Health, to not only integrate behavioral health services into pediatric practices but also provide training and support to pediatricians as they transform their practices.

Finding the right behavioral health assistance for a child can be difficult, overwhelming, and time-consuming. Our Care Coordinators are trained clinicians who work directly with community providers and partners to ensure quality behavioral health services are available and accessible when families need them. The coordination services are free of change and available to children, 0-21 years, who have a primary care medical home in Leon County.

The Care Coordinators use a child-centered approach to assist families in developing a tailored and comprehensive care plan, addressing the needs of the whole child to assist the whole family. To ensure success, Care Coordinators work with families to address any barriers that limit access to quality care. In addition, Care Coordinators regularly communicate with the child’s referring primary care physician, so services and care are fully integrated between the Hub and the doctor’s office.