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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Community Mental Health Centers, Mental Health
Mission: Serves as a safety net for those summit county residents who are most in need of behavioral health services as a result of severe and persistent mental illness the agency provides comprehensive, high quality, cost-effective treatment, rehabilitation, advocacy and support for recovery services to enhance the quality of life.
Programs: Case management (community psychiatric supportive treatment): community psychiatric supportive treatment (cpst). Psychosocial rehabilitation (psr) and therapeutic behavioral services (tbs)are case management services provided to individuals to assist in resolving or minimizing the effects of their impairment for which habilitative or rehabilitative services will assist in their recovery.
psychiatric and counseling services: mental health assessments are conducted by clinical staff when necessary to assess client needs and functioning in order to determine appropriate treatment and services. Pharmacological treatment services are also provided by licensed pharmacists, psychiatrists, advance practice nurses, registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. Services include comprehensive evaluation, treatment planning, prescribing medication, assessment and side effect monitoring. Outpatient counseling services include, but are not limited to, assessment, individual and group counseling, intensive treatment, day treatment, pharmacological management, peer support, cpst, crisis intervention, adjunctive/art therapy and social/recreational services.
residential services: there are several levels of services available to individuals served, including three free standing residential group homes that provide room, board, personal care and behavioral health/recovery services and accommodations with a total capacity to serve 37 individuals. Adult care facilities are homes owned and operated by independent proprietors and licensed by ohiomhas. All homes provide 3 meals a day, medication monitoring, and some level of on-site support. Supportive housing provides double and single room occupancy with private sleeping quarters, a refrigerator and microwave. Staff is scheduled to be on premises around the clock, and interact with tenants to establish rapport and support successful tenancy. The housing assistance program is a temporary rental assistance program that provides an operating subsidy and or assistance with startup costs associated with the acquisition of independent rental housing.
activities and therapies which promote restoration or improvement in the individual's level of functioning through the development of employment knowledge, skills-, capacities, and employment. Includes -vocational support activities, job club, job search assistance, job save, vocational evaluation, - travel training-, job placement, job coaching, -and long term follow along. The program follows the supported employment evidence-based practice model.