Program areas at Family Guidance Centers
The methadone program provides substance abuse treatment with methadone as an adjunct at various outpatient sites. In fiscal year 2023, fgc treated over 7,000 patients and provided services to over 9,000 patients in total. Patients participated in individual counseling sessions, as well as group counseling sessions, the content and frequency of which is based on each patient's needs and treatment goals.
The global program/contract provides funding for services such as case management, community intervention, toxicology, assessments, history and physical examination, individual and group counseling in abstinence-based level 1 and level 2 programs, level 1 adolescent programming, and residential and halfway house bed days.
Metropolitan preparatory school (mps) provides the surrounding public school districts with a private day school setting for students who experience limited success in traditional special education programs. The private day school program addresses the needs of students who have been identified by their respective school districts as emotional and/or behavioral disordered, learning disabled, or other form of health impairment under section 14-7.02 of the state of Illinois school code. Mps serves students in kindergarten through grade twelve, aged 5-21 years. Using a multidisciplinary approach, mps provides educational and therapeutic learning opportunities in a small, nurturing environment. All students are recommended to mps by surrounding school districts and receive educational services. Mps staff is comprised of state-certified special education teachers and paraprofessionals as well as state-licensed counselors and social workers.
Other programs include substance abuse counseling, funded by the united states probation office and bureau of prisons, prevention, hiv counseling and testing, and hospital detox. Also included in other program services is the global program which provides inpatient, outpatient, and intensive outpatient substance abuse counseling services along with the following ancillary services to all patients: clinical assessments, health screens and physicals, toxicology testing, case management, and community intervention.