Family Matters Of Greater Washington Inc

Programs: Mental health: since 1943, the organization has provided counseling services to the residents of the greater washington, dc area experiencing mental and behavioral health issues. The organization is committed to providing high-quality, low-cost mental health services through individual, group, and family counseling, school-based counseling, medication management, psychiatric evaluations, domestic violence and anger management services, crisis management, community support services, integrative mental and primary care services, and intensive community support services for children. The organization provides specialty services for a wide range of population of all ages. . . See schedule o continuation of mental health. . . The organization assists children who have experienced various traumas, including neglect, abuse, the difficulty of multiple family separations, and those who have been diagnosed with a mental illness. The organization also gives support to seniors suffering from depression, loneliness, and despair. The organization offers group and individual counseling to adults suffering from anxiety, depression, and a wide range of mental health issues.

child welfare services: children are cared for in foster homes while receiving traditional or therapeutic services to help them reunite with their families of origin or new adoptive families. Children receive placement, case management, and permanency services to assist them and their families in safely exiting the foster care system. Although most children are served in foster home placements, services follow children as they transition to congregate care settings (group homes), independent living facilities, and into the protective supervision of their birth families. In the bright futures program, the organization is dedicated to giving young mothers who are wards of washington, dc, the guidance and support they need to be independent, capable adults. . . See schedule o continuation of child welfare services. . . And parents. Program clients, age 16-21, and their children reside in independent apartments in a fully supportive environment. On-site social workers and youth counselors provide life skills, education, and behavioral support in order to facilitate development and progress toward independence.

division of aging services: the focus of the program is to keep the older population living in their own homes and communities safely for as long as possible. For effective aging in place, the following services were provided: heavy-duty house cleaning, counseling, comprehensive assessment, and case management. The organization also works to ensure the financial, social, and safety needs of older adults are met. The program is designed to protect and empower the aging so they are able to remain active, independent residents of their communities. The organization has the responsibility of serving as the lead agency in ward 8 of washington, dc. . . . See scheudle ocontinuation of division of aging services. . . The organization's support of this population places particular emphasis on poverty, low income elders, and, three special displaced populations(asian and pacific islander, the deaf and hard of hearing, and homeless aged). The organization has also increased services to include: management of congregate meal sites, home delivered meals for the homebound (elderly), geriatric comprehensive assessments, long-term case management, respite care assistance, nutrition counseling, nutrition education to groups of seniors, health promotion and disease prevention, and a host of other services. Moreover, the organization has a program that is focused on exposing seniors to the arts. During a monthly seniors night out event, the organization takes seniors to dinner and a performance at the john f. Kennedy center for the performing arts free of charge to the seniors. The purpose of this program is to provide the opportunity for seniors, who generally cannot afford to go to a performance for the experience of a night out to interact with cultural enrichment and shared history.