Community Care

Treatment Foster Care Programs provide children who experience trauma, neglect, and/or behavioral health disorders a safe home with foster families who are licensed by the State to provide treatment level services and support. The children who are served in this program have moderate to high needs and require close supervision and therapeutic interactions and interventions. The staff in this program work with the birth families in order to reunify the family whenever possible. Staff also work with the children and foster parents to assist them in realizing goals in the child's individualized treatment plan. The goals of the Treatment Foster Care Program are to provide a temporary safe and nurturing home and family; to assist the children in dealing with trauma and mental health issues; to work with birth families so that reunification can be realized; and to work to support permanency for all children through reunification, kinship care, adoption, or independent living.

Outpatient office and community based mental health for children, families, and adults in a clinical setting. The goal of this program is to provide counseling to individuals to assist them in achieving optimal mental health and functioning. This treatment is provided by Licensed Clinicians.Adult Support Services provide case management and skill development support to adults who are diagnosed with a mental illness; live in the community; and are in need of assistance to maintain their independence or to gain greater independence. Some of our clients are homeless and others have temporary or permanent housing. Staff work with each client to assist them in addressing their most pressing needs whether it be to find an apartment, seek additional resources, maintain healthy relationships, and maintain or improve their physical and/or mental health. Some clients also receive support to learn new skills and to develop a natural support network. Other: An array of services to support children and families including case management for children and families. ECCP: Early Childhood Consultation Program is a clinical service provided by an experienced LCSW. This service provided is evidence based and provided in early childhood day care centers or elementary school settings. Services last approximately 8 weeks in each setting with the focus being on assisting the center or school with individual student of classroom behavioral problems. Much of the first year is dedicated to training the clinicians. In a full year each clinician will serve 12 to 15 centers. This is a 5-year contract DHHS is funding.Family Visitation: This program provides an office and staff to provide supervised visits between a child and their family of origin. There is also a parenting training component that takes place during the visitation sessions. We provide this service out of 12 offices across 5 DHHS Districts. This is a contracted service with DHHS who holds the contract. The contract is set to provide 6000 units (1hr = 1 Unit) per month split across the four districts based on DHHS youth in custody census.Youth Homeless Services is a group of services that support youth who are experiencing homelessness. These services are a 16 bed shelter, and 8 bed group transitional program, street outreach services, a drop in program, mobile diversion and navigation, transitional living, and rapid rehousing. Combined these service employ approximately 34 FTEs.