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Causes: Community Mental Health Centers, Mental Health
Mission: Beacon health (formerly "neighboring") began operations in 1969 and was incorporated in january, 1974, as a private, non-profit organization for the purpose of providing mental health services, vocational rehabilitation, education, support and socialization activities for individuals with mental health disorders, residing primarily in lake county (ohio). Beacon health's primary sources of support and revenue include medicaid and medicare reimbursements, lake county adamhs board funding, and federal, state and local grant revenues and client fees. Beacon health's mission is to provide comprehensive health services to lake county residents with mental illness and substance use disorders. Beacon health is accredited by carf international through december, 2017. Carf is an internationally-known accreditation entity, evaluating service quality for health and human service providers.
Programs: Mental health services: beacon health provides a wide variety of mental health services to the residents of lake county, ohio, which includes counseling, psychiatric treatment, medication and socialization activities. Beacon health offers counseling in group and individual settings. This type of behavioral health management enables participants to improve the quality of their daily lives. Beacon health offers a variety of proven counseling techniques to help those experiencing severe mental health disorders such as depression, bi-polar disorders, anxiety issues and schizophrenia. Beacon health's pharmacological management services include evaluations, monitoring and medication management. All medications are prescribed and administered by beacon health's psychiatry staff. Beacon health also offers a wide variety of socialization activities and support groups for mental health consumers. In addition to program service revenue, government grant revenue is received for mental health services.
vocational rehabilitation programs: the agency's vocational rehabilitation programs include job training, counseling and placement services. Beacon health's employment services department provides help with finding and keeping a job. Beacon health provides rapid job search and follow-along support for mental health consumers who want to work and earn part- or full-time competitive wages. In addition to program service revenue, government grant revenue also provides funding for vocational rehabilitaion programs.
alcohol and drug services: beacon health dual diagnosis program provides assessment, counseling and case management services for persons with recurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. Treatment is available on a one-to-one basis as well as part of a group. In addition to program service revenue, government grant revenue also provides funding for alcohol and drug services.
the agency provides its mental health consumers with a variety of additional supportive services which include arranging transportation services at no cost for mental health and medical appointments; criminal justice programs that provide evaluation, consultation, referral and discharge planning to inmates; support groups that provide support, education and socialization opportunities. Crisis hotline services staffed 24/7 by a trained employee to discuss what is on your mind and forensic monitoring which tracks and monitors those in the court system with mental illness by coordinating care, risk management and public safety.
This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.