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- EIN 23-7359002
- (718) 401-5700
- 760 East 160th St Bronx NY 10456-7815 USA
- www.arguscommuity.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Mental Health, Residential Mental Health Treatment
Mission: Argus community's mission is to provide innovative programs which help severely disadvantaged teens and adults to free themselves from poverty and drug abuse and build new lives based on responsibility, work, and hope. Argus provides a drug-free, safe, and nurturing environment in which persons living on the fringes of society can acquire education and skills and transform maladaptive attitudes and behaviors. We emphasize self-help, personal responsibility, and mutual support.
Programs: Access i, ii, iii and iv - for the past 20 years, the access program at argus has been recognized as expert in case and care management. Caring staff is available 24 hours a day to assist participants in remaining healthy, independent and connected to quality social, community, and medical services. Access is also a nys health home provider, affiliated with a large group of health and community agencies that have agreed to work together to help people stay healthier and safer in the community. The access network provided services to those challenged and affected by hiv/aids, substance abuse & mental health problems, as well other chronic & persistent illnesses.
elizabeth l. Sturz (els) & adult re-socialization unit (aru) outpatient centers: els & aru are medically supervised intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment programs. We help people to address and overcome their substance abuse while living at home and remaining active in their community and workplace. Each patient receives a comprehensive evaluation, a patient centered individualized treatment plan, and a program of therapies unique to their treatment needs. The els program serves adults and adolescents 6 days per week; aru serves adults age 18 and older 5 days a week.
harbor house i & ii - harbor house pioneered the treatment of homeless dually diagnosed persons within a modified therapeutic community. An integrated team of mental health and substance abuse professionals provide psychiatric assessment, medication therapy, life skills, family counseling, education, vocational training, work experience, hiv/aids prevention and support, and aftercare. Harbor house i serves 59 men and women; harbor house ii serves 50 men. Individualized treatment tailored to different diagnoses and varying levels of functioning is offered, with the goal of enhancing quality of life. Many harbor house residents have been discharged back into the community self-sufficient and functioning.