Programs: Mental health and substance abuse services - see schedule omental health and substance abuse services:the counseling center, the agency's original program, provides outpatient counseling serving the entire tampa bay community and offers individual, child, adolescent, family, couples, and marriage counseling by caring and licensed psychotherapists. Medicare, medicaid, most private insurances and credit cards are accepted. A sliding fee based on income is available. Support groups on various topics are also offered throughout the year. Residential treatment system was one of the first pilot projects in florida to focus on the deinstitutionalization of young adults and seniors with serious and persistent mental illness. Darlington residential treatment facility is a 16-bed state licensed intensive residential program in pasco county with psychiatric services, medications, life skills training, case management and a range of other supports, which serves adults age 18+ and seniors referred from state and local mental hospitals and the community. Adult residential treatment and stabilization (arts) is a 16-bed state licensed intensive residential program in broward county for older adults 30+ years of age who are seriously mentally ill and may have co-occurring issues. The program accepts forensic referrals that would be better served in a community setting and provides psychiatric services, psychosocial rehabilitation, life skills training, day treatment, and other supports for up to three or four months. Adele gilbert residential treatment facility is a 16-bed state licensed residential treatment program in pinellas county for adults who are chronically mentally ill and may have co-occurring substance abuse issues. The program accepts non-violent forensic referrals that would be better served in a community setting. Services include medical and psychiatric services, recovery oriented life skills training, substance abuse counseling, case management and other supports. Alternative family program (afp) is based on the therapeutic foster home concept of trained sponsors who open their homes to no more than four adults or seniors with mental illness and welcome them into their families. With 220 beds in 73 licensed care homes covering a 32 county area, sponsors provide client supervision, care and support in exchange for a monthly stipend. Older adults support team provides specialized intervention for elders at risk of suicide. Conducted in close coordination with state adult protective services, this holistic program in broward county provides in-home assessment, crisis intervention counseling, psychiatric evaluation, follow-up and case management with the overall goal of reducing suicide risk. Brief intervention and treatment for elders (brite) provides substance abuse intervention services for adults 55 and older in pinellas, pasco, and hillsborough counties who might be at high risk of medication misuse and/or alcohol abuse through effective service strategies prior to their need for more extensive or specialized substance abuse treatment. This in-home program provides individualized screening, assessment and intervention through education, short-term problem solving, advocacy, referral and follow-up to prevent premature hospitalization. Elder ed program provides substance abuse community education focusing on the prevention of medication mismanagement and alcohol abuse among the elderly. Program serves more than 9,000 seniors annually in pinellas, pasco, and hillsborough counties. Young adult transitional program in broward county provides support and assistance to young adults ages 17-24, who have serious emotional or behavioral issues or persistent mental illness, in making a successful transition to adulthood. Transition to independent living program in broward county prepares youth for living in their community and targets youth who are "aging out" of foster care. Substance abuse and mental health outreach identifies and reaches out to present or former welfare recipients having difficulty securing or maintaining employment due to mental health or substance abuse issues. Services include counseling, treatment referrals, job development and supported employment. The program is operated in collaboration with local substance abuse/mental health agencies in broward county. Supported housing/living program assists over 50 individuals with serious mental illness or co-occurring substance abuse issues to live independently in the community. Services include obtaining affordable housing, developing readiness for work or volunteer activities, vocational job and coaching, and helping to strengthen daily living skills. Services are provided in hillsborough, pasco and pinellas counties.
children and family services - see schedule ochildren and family services:child protective services (cps) supervision provides in-home protective supervision for an active caseload of 620 children in osceola county, 824 children in polk county and 874 children in hillsborough county referred by state protective service investigators. Services also include out-of-home and foster care supervision, and adoption services. This project is part of the statewide privatization of state protective services. Intervention services are short-term, high-intensity in-home parenting and home care skill teaching program provided to parents and/or caregivers who are at-risk of their children being removed from the home because of neglect or abuse in polk, broward, and hillsborough counties. Diversion/prevention programs - family intervention and support provides intensive in-home family preservation services and community outreach with the goal of keeping at-risk children "safe at home". The program helps the family to identify and problem solve regarding those issues that lead to abuse and neglect; to learn about, practice, and develop proficiency in strategies to avoid, deal with, or overcome those issues; and to teach and model with the family regarding how to utilize community resources effectively and to their best advantage. Families at-risk of having their children removed from the home due to abuse/neglect are referred to the program by child protection investigators. Foster care licensing and placement program in southwest florida is responsible for the recruiting, training, licensing and re-licensing of foster care homes in lee, collier, charlotte, glades, and hendry counties. The identified and approved families provide foster care for dependent children, including teenagers, sibling groups and pregnant girls with their babies upon delivery. Family reunification support services are designed to complement case management services by providing intensive in-home family engagement through case management and therapeutic services to ensure a safeand permanent reunification of the child and family. Services are designed to respond to individual situations that may include mental health issues of parents and/or their children, substance abuse, and/or significant threats or a recent occurrence of domestic violence in the home. These events impact the family's ability to provide a safe environment for the child. Woman-to-woman program is an evidence-based prevention program for teen mothers and pregnant girls from hillsborough county who are at high risk for academic failure and repeat pregnancies. The program provides one-on-one mentoring from trained volunteers, weekend retreats, workshops, parent seminars, and linkage with educational and vocational services. Violence prevention program is an evidence-based intervention offered in 10 pinellas county middle schools to decrease disruptive, aggressive, bullying behavior and substance abuse while simultaneously introducing, practicing and role-playing pro-social behaviors that improve academic performance and overall student success.
refugee programs - see schedule orefugee services:florida center for survivors of torture (fcst) is a regional treatment center (tampa bay and miami-dade) for survivors of torture and extreme trauma. As the lead agency, gulf coast collaborates with area resettlement agencies as well the university of south florida and nova southeastern university. The center links torture survivors to services in their communities through intensive case management service delivery. Through fcst's extensive provider network, eligible torture survivors are able to access medical, mental health, social and legal assistance services from providers who have been specially trained by the florida center for survivors of torture to work effectively and sensitively with this population. National partnership for community training is a national technical assistance and training center that helps to build and sustain the capacity of local community service providers throughout the nation to identify, refer, assist, effectively serve, and provide appropriate treatment and rehabilitation for torture survivors. The program also has a research component that evaluates and advances promising practices in the field of torture rehabilitation. Conducted in partnership with the harvard program in refugee trauma and bellevue/nyu program for survivors of torture. Voices program provides professional spoken language interpretation in more than fifteen languages for individuals with limited english proficiency. Thirty-six interpreters provide language services to community agencies as well as agency clients in hillsborough, pinellas, pasco and miami-dade counties. Refugee youth services provides academic and integration assistance to newly arriving refugee youth to improve their overall adjustment to life in the u. S. , reduce school drop-out risk, and increase successful transition from education to careers. Services include tutoring, homework assistance, school liaison services, career planning for teens, individual/group/family counseling, structured cultural recreational activities, and parent empowerment classes. The program serves pinellas, hillsborough, and miami-dade counties. Refugee resettlement & placement in pinellas and broward counties resettles refugees from around the world who have been persecuted and fled their home country to come to america with the dream of providing their families with a life of freedom, safety, and liberty. With a goal to help refugees become self-sufficient so they can care for their families on their own, services include case management, housing and furniture assistance, cultural orientation, referrals and follow up to a wide range of community service providers and employment services. Unaccompanied children (uac) at chatlin house will help approximately 380 unaccompanied children become reunited with their families in the united states each year. This short term, 16-bed residential program provides a culturally and linguistically competent array of services including family reunification services, medical and mental health services, case management, and the provision of education and acculturation services while the children are in our care.
Ernesto H. 10/30/2014
Very well said, much true !