FILE: Tampa General Hospital’s main hospital in a 2009 file photo. Photo: FightingRaven531 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0); cropped from the original.
Tampa General Hospital will begin offering expanded, no-cost outpatient behavioral health services for veterans, service members and their families on November 16, bringing mental health treatment into its dedicated military and veteran primary care center.
The program, developed with Home Base and USF Health, will offer evaluations, individual therapy for adults and children, treatment planning, family education and continuing care. In-person services will be available in Tampa, with telehealth offered throughout Florida, according to the health system’s November 11 announcement.
Eligible participants include veterans, active-duty service members, National Guard and Reserve members, and their families. The outpatient program will be provided at no cost through the Home Base partnership, regardless of discharge status or ability to pay.
Mental health care alongside primary care
The services will be based at the Tampa General Medical Group Military & Veteran Primary Care Center at 2106 South Lois Avenue. The approach places behavioral health support where eligible patients already receive other care, rather than requiring them to find an entirely separate provider.
Clinicians trained in military culture and trauma-informed treatment will address concerns including post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, grief, stress and substance use, as well as behavioral challenges affecting children and adolescents.
The no-cost description applies to the specified Home Base outpatient program. It should not be read as a promise that every service across Tampa General’s hospital system is free.
Grant supports community outreach
Tampa General also announced a $750,000 Department of Veterans Affairs grant for Project Link, a Hillsborough County suicide-prevention initiative. The program aims to reach approximately 150 veterans a year, including people not connected to existing health care resources.
Three veteran peer navigators will work with clinical staff and community partners to help participants access behavioral health care, VA benefits and other support. The project also addresses barriers such as transportation, housing instability and social isolation. Its participation and referral targets are goals, not results already achieved.
The new outpatient services and grant-supported outreach are separate from Help for Heroes, a higher-intensity treatment program launched October 19 at TGH Behavioral Health Hospital. That program includes inpatient and structured outpatient treatment for veterans, service members and other high-stress professions.
For the Home Base outpatient services, Tampa General lists 813-844-4200 and HomeBaseFL@partners.org. More information is available on the system’s military and veterans services page.
Veterans in crisis, or anyone concerned about a veteran, can call 988 and press 1, or text 838255, for confidential support. VA health care enrollment is not required.
Source: Tampa General announcement, November 11, 2026.
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