South Shore Child Guidance Center

Out-patient mental health clinic - provides treatment to children, adolescents and their families. South Shore Guidance center provides individual, group, family, multi-family treatment, medication therapy, short-term and longer term treatment approaches are utilized as needed. Bilingual therapists are available. In 2021, ssgc received a certified community behavioral health clinic (ccbhc) grant to enhance and extend mental health services.

Childrens addiction resource and education center (care) - directs it's efforts to the recognition of addiction as a disease through early intervention, education, prevention and treatment. The care center provides chemical dependency treatment to persons identified as substance abusers, adults or adolescents and significant others, with special emphasis on the treatment of children of substance abusers. Bilingual therapists are available.

Children's mobile crisis treatment team (cmct) - provides immediate response to crisis intervention services. The goal of mobile crisis is to facilitate services for children in an emotional emergency and crisis situation. Crisis intervention services are provided for children/adolescents, ages 5-17. The team responds on site at home, school or community residences. Services are available to residents of nassau county.

Home based crisis intervention center (hbci) - provides intensive in-home services. The programs objective is to reduce the risk and incidence of hospitalization or out of home placement of children with serious emotional disturbances by direct family intervention and in home services on a short-term basis. Bilingual therapists are available.