Services & Programs

Psychiatric & Therapy Based Services for Adults, Children, Families Program equips families with skills/resources to reduce chronic problems including mental illness, family violence, child abuse, and homelessness through an array of family focused, mental health services.  The intake services ensure clients access, available funding options, and referrals to appropriate levels of care.
Activities include: Initial and ongoing clinical/financial assessments, development of individualized treatment plans, medication services, therapeutic/counseling services, psychosocial skills training, mental health rehabilitative services, case management, intensive case management, and permanency planning/case management for children removed from home by CPS.

Intensive Services for Children with Mental Illness (Severe Emotional Disturbance) Program provides intensive clinical services to children with the disability of serious mental illness to enable them to successfully function in their home and school environments and to effectively transition to adulthood. Using a “wrap-around” approach, community-based services are provided to address behavioral health needs using strength-based goals and integration of community services. Services are highly individualized and approved by an interdisciplinary team.  The goal of the team is to work with the family to develop an appropriate treatment plan that utilizes behavioral modification, individual and/or family therapy, and one-on-one or group interventions that help improve problem-solving skills. We consider the families of our clients to be the best resources for working towards goal achievement.
 

Co-occurring Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services Program provides prevention/intervention services to youth with behavioral issues that put them at risk for substance abuse/addiction. AND provides treatment to individuals diagnosed with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse to reduce the negative consequences of the dual diseases. 
The Positive Choices Program provides intervention services to assist the children of adults who are in drug treatment or in the legal system for drug related offenses.  Statistically these youth are at an extremely high-risk for future drug use and need resiliency skills to remain successful and drug free.  Additionally, services are provided to individuals who are diagnosed with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse and targets specialized services to reduce the negative consequences of the dual diseases.

Parent & Family Education -
The Family and Community Education Program (FACE) serve families affected by child abuse, divorce, or dysfunction.  It seeks to stabilize families by teaching skills to address problems that stress family systems and put family members at risk.  (Child and Family Guidance Center is the sole provider of parenting education services to Child Protective Serivces for 19 county region.
The FACE Program provides a comprehensive program of prevention & intervention classes, support groups for families with documented cases of child abuse, and non-traditional families systems that find themselves in crisis or transition.  The length of time a child or family member is involved in the FACE Program varies, depending on the different services that the family accesses.  Services are based on the individual’s needs and/or risks as identified in the family safety plan. 
The following classes are currently offered to meet these various needs: 1) Parent training - Success in Parenting-SIP, Young Adult Parenting-YAP:  2) Truancy intervention program –TIP 3) Positive strategies to address divorce and separation - Healthy Transitions-HT  4) Non-traditional family systems in crisis - Parents Acting Responsibly Together-PACT.

 Safety Net - Intervention Services for High Risk Youth - is a drop out prevention, character building, resiliency and life skill development program for at-risk youth.  It is an in-school partnership program to help at-risk youth increase positive decision-making skills and decrease high-risk behaviors.  Most clients have behavioral issues that preclude their involvement in more mainstream activities. The program provides a full range of prevention/early intervention services including prevention education, counseling, and skills training.

The program utilizes the Project SUCCESS (Schools Using Coordinated Community Efforts to Strengthen Students) Curriculum, a research-based intervention model program recommended by the Federal Government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  The curriculum is designed to reduce high-risk behaviors and improve resiliency factors in at-risk youth.  The program is currently provided in 29 local schools and a variety of other community based agencies and organizations.