Provident Behavioral Health

Provident Behavioral Health's counseling department is accredited by the joint commission. This department provides a variety of specialized mental Health counseling services to the st. louis metropolitan area. Counseling, as well as other Provident programming, focuses on serving the underserved. Specifically, we aim to help youth, adults, and older adults at risk of or experiencing mental Health issues or at risk of suicide; individuals with challenges accessing mental Health services, for reasons such as geographical location, transportation, stigma, inequity, and limited mental Health resources; and/or individuals with financial barriers, including inability to afford mental Health services due to limited financial resources or insufficient insurance. Throughout 2022, the counseling department offered access to telemental Health equipment on-site at Provident so that clients could access services with their treatment team, regardless of the physical location of their therapist or psychiatric provider. In 2022, counseling services were available to individuals aged 2 and older in our three metropolitan st. louis locations in st. louis city, northwest st. louis county, and south st. louis county. Provident also provided counseling services in 10 community based locations such as schools and Health departments. Our clinicians practice evidence- based treatment, beginning with a thorough psychosocial assessment that identifies problems and historical causes of mental Health issues such as family dynamics and community exposure to violence and abuse. An individualized, client- centered, strength-based treatment plan is developed with the client, targeting the goals they would like to achieve. Clients are then engaged in intervention strategies aimed at reducing their symptoms and improving their overall functioning. Outcome measurement tools are administered at the start of treatment and at least quarterly to monitor for improvement or resurgence of symptoms. Treatment strategies can be modified as needed toward successful completion of treatement. In 2022, Provident provided counseling services to 1,723 clients.

In 2022, Provident Behavioral Health's afterschool program was conducted on school days in 11 elementary schools across st. louis public schools, jennings schools and st. frances cabrini academy. The afterschool program is a member of the after school for all partnership (asap), which has expanded effective afterschool programs to provide a sense of community and support, provide help with homework, teach life skills, and provide Health and character education. Each afterschool site is licensed by the state of Missouri's department of Health and senior services. This licensure certifies that the program has the space, safety protocols, equipment and supplies, qualified staff, and the appropriate training to engage children in an enriching programmatic environment. Our asap staff works in conjunction with the school administration staff to enroll between 35 and 100 youth who attend between the hours of 3:00 to 6:00 pm, monday through friday when school is in session. To be enrolled in the program, children must qualify for free meals through the child and adult care food program (cacfp) or the national school lunch program (nslp) and 100% of the children in our partner schools meet this criteria. Thanks to ongoing support from archs and the st. louis mental Health board (mhb) the program is free to attending youth and is available on a first come, first served basis. Each school day, we focus on providing a safe space for children to explore, create, and collaborate through quality programming provided by our trained and qualified staff. This includes providing hot, nutritious meals social and life skills; social emotional learning; steam (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) activities; Health and recreation; character development; and academic support/homework help. The youth participate in educational field trips and are able to engage in sports, culminating events between sites, and other team-focused activities. Parents and family involvement is encouraged, and culmination events are held throughout the year where children share what they have learned in the program. The afterschool program gives parents peace of mind and allows them to work steady schedules, supporting not only the attending youth but their entire family unit. In 2022, 455 low income youth were provided services through our afterschool program.

Provident's crisis services (pcs) provides suicide prevention and crisis intervention services 24/7/365. We accomplish this by operating several 24-hour, free, confidential suicide and crisis intervention hotlines. Additionally, crisis services provides a number of specialty services, including helplines for compulsive gambling, after-hours telephone support for crisis lines for other agencies, telephonic employee assistance program (eap) services, and monitoring of the feeling kinda blue social media site. Crisis services aims to serve any individual who is thinking about, or knows someone who is thinking about, suicide. Additionally, services are available for those who are in crisis and people with lived experience (those who have experienced a suicide attempt, suicidal thoughts and feelings, or a suicide loss). Crisis services is proactive by providing community education and trainings to agencies and community groups interested in learning more about suicide prevention and intervention. In 2022, pcs reached 42,710 individuals.