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- EIN 52-0824835
- (202) 772-4300
- 924 G St Nw Washington DC 20001-4532 USA
- www.catholiccharitiesdc.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Mental Health, Mental Health Associations
Mission: Anchor mental health association, inc. (amha) was organized to provide quality social, educational, vocational, and residential services and opportunities to enrich and empower the lives of mentally and emotionally disabled adults in the washington metropolitan area so they may achieve their maximum potential independence.
Programs: Anchor service workshop is a program offering work placement and work adjustment for chronically mentally ill adults in a sheltered workshop which includes mailing, clerical, custodial, and food service training programs and offsite support work activities. Employment assistance is a program helping people with mental disabilities obtain employment in the community. Services include vocational assessment and training development of word processing, secretarial and literacy skills, job replacement and supported employment. Supervised housing operates licensed group homes to help seriously mentally ill adults learn or relearn skills of daily living. Counselors provide professional support, structure, supervision, and case management services to help residents achieve independent living and independent living with as-needed assistance in group homes and apartments. Life skills counselors help homeless, mentally ill adults learn the skills needed to live independently. Case managers provide case management services for people with mental illness who have recently been released from mental illness hospitals, and case management services for the homeless mentally ill, comprehensive case management services are offered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to chronically mentally ill adults. Case managers ensure that participants receive all necessary psychiatric, medical, financial, residential, psychosocial, and vocational services to achieve maximum independence in the community.