Resources

To empower our community to craft local solutions based on local decisions, we have access to the latest research and information about best practices for collaborating and improving the well-being of children and families.

  • Dive into state and local level policies that affect Georgia’s communities.
  • Check out the Evaluation Snapshot series of research summaries that will help as we plan, implement, and account for effects of our strategies on outcomes for children and families.
  • View or download annual reports as well as compendiums regarding topics like building the path to reading proficiency and addressing low birthweight in Georgia.
  • Check out the Georgia Civic Health Index, which seeks to answer the question: “How do Georgians participate in civic life and what does it mean for Georgia?”

Directory

Advent Dental of Ocilla

500 N Irwin Ave
Ocilla, GA 31774
(229) 468-9402

Ben Hill Board of Education

http://benhillcounty.schoolinsites.com/
509 West Palm St.
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 409-5500

Ben Hill Co. Extension/4-H Club

Jeri Gilleland
www.caes.uga.edu/extension/benhill
406 W. Palm St.
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-5175

Ben Hill County Health Department

251 Appomattox Road
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-5288

Ben Hill County Schools Department of Special Education

Wanda Kimbrell
229-409-5500 Ext: 5506

Ben Hill County Sheriff’s Department

255 Appomattox Rd
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-5161

Ben Hill Department of Leisure Services

816 N. Main Street
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-5050

Ben Hill Elementary School

328 Lobinger Ave.
Fitzgerald GA, 31750
(229) 409-5592

Ben Hill Middle School

134 JC Hunter Dr.
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
229) 409-5578

Ben Hill Primary School

221 J.C. Hunter Drive
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 409-5592

Ben Hill Transit

All rides must be scheduled 24 hours in advance
$3 one way
(229) 426-7433

Brother Charlie Rescue Center

26 Beech St,
​Tifton, GA 31794
(229) 382-0577

Christian Kitchen

Steve O’Neal
408 E. Jessamine St.
P.O. Box 1195
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-5483

City of Fitzgerald

www.fitzgeraldga.org
302 East Central Avenue
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426.5036

Coastal Plains Community Services

223 S. Grant St.
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 468-5186

Communities in Schools

cisbenhill.org/index.html
701 S. Main Street
Fitzgerald GA 31750
229-423-7933

Dorminy Medical Center

200 Perry House Rd
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 424-7100

Easter Seals Southern Georgia

1906 Palmyra Road,
Albany, GA 31701-1598
(229) 439-7061

English Language Lessons

Arbor Baptist Church
1137 N Merrimac Dr.
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(850) 381-2408

Family Connection

Christine Graham
223 S. Grant St.
PO BOX 5125
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-7073

Fitzgerald Arts Council

Brandy Elrod
120 S. Lee St.
P.O. Box 537
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-5035

Fitzgerald Blue & Gray Museum

Brandy Elrod
http://www.lionsclubs.org/
116 N. Johnston Street
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-5069

Fitzgerald Church of the Nazarene

Pastor Gary Mimbs
323 North Main Street
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
229-423-2398

Fitzgerald Fire Department

315 East Pine Street
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-5030

Fitzgerald High School

601 W. Cypress Street
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 409-5530

Fitzgerald Housing Authority

314 S Sherman St.
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 423-3755

Fitzgerald Police Department

115 E Central Ave
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-5111

Fitzgerald Tourism Office

http://www.fitzgeraldga.org
116 North Johnston Street
P.O. Box 425
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-5033

Foodstamps/SNAP

Ben Hill Co. DFCS
http://dfcs.dhs.georgia.gov/food-stamps
151 Perry House Rd.
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
Monday-Friday
8am-5pm
(229) 426-5300

GA Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

PO Box 1378
Thomasville, GA 31799-1378
(229) 225-5099

GA Department of Community Affairs

Teresa Concannon
http://www.dca.ga.gov/

GA Kinship Navigator Program

Sharon Paris
dhs.georgia.gov/kinship-care-portal
229-543-2518

Georgia Advocacy Group

http://thegao.org/
1-800-537-2329

Habitat for Humanity

(229) 423-9381

Helping Hands Non-Emergency Transport

Provides transportation to medical appointments. No distance limits. Medicaid and Medicare plus plan recipients are eligible.
(229) 423-2651

House of Hope

Homeless shelter for women and children
(229) 848-1520

Jessamine Place

P. O. Box 436
402 South Main Street
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-5205

Monitor Enrichment Program

Crystal Neal
P.O. Box 804
600 S. Monitor Dr.
(229) 426-5057

NAACP (Ben Hill Co. Branch #5171)

Joyce Jenkins
www.naacp.org
P.O. Box 1237
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 325-4377

Rotary Club of Fitzgerald

Todd Damato
http://www.fitzgeraldrotary.org/
P.O. Box 207
Fitzgerald, GA. 31750

Senior Citizen Center

Catherine Posey
252 Appomattox Rd
Fitzgerald, GA. 31750
(229) 426-5085

South Central Drug Task Force

Molly Giddens
www.detoxlocal.com/drug-alcohol-detox-centers/georgia/
176 Industrial Drive
Ocilla, GA 31774
(229) 468-8449

South Central Primary Care

Kids Health Fitzgerald
119 Norman Dorminy Dr. Ste.A
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
229-423-5437

South Central Primary Care

South Central Women's Health
119 Norman Dorminy Dr. Ste.B​
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-7685

Tift Adult, Child, and Adolescent Mental Health Center

334 Tifton Eldorado Rd.
Tifton, GA 31793
(229) 391-2300

USDA/Rural Development Office

www.rd.usda.gov
2406 N. Tift Ave., Suite 103
Tifton, GA 31794
(229) 382-0273

Wayne S. Maris, DDS, P.C.

171 Perry House Rd
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 423-9237

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College

667 Perry House Road
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 468-2000

Women, Infant and Children

Ben Hill County Health Department
251 Appomattox Road
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
(229) 426-5288