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- EIN 14-1402059
- (845) 867-2401
- 253 Mansion Street 201 Poughkeepsie NY 12601-2623 USA
- www.mhadutchess.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Mental Health, Mental Health Associations
Mission: Mental health america of dutchess county, inc. (mha) is a voluntary not for profit organization dedicated to the promotion of mental health, the prevention of mental illness and the improved care and treatment of persons with mental illnesses. Mha envisions a just, humane and healthy community in which every individual is treated with dignity and respect and where comprehensive mental health services of the highest quality are available and accessible to all. Mha promotes mental well being and advances recovery from mental illness by providing a range of rehabilitation, supportive, case management, education, advocacy and drop in services for adults, children, youths and families.
Programs: Rehabilitation and recovery services - recovery is the ultimate goal of psychiatric rehabilitation services. Through personal support, reintegration into the community and building on strengths and unique needs of the individuals, persons with mental illness learn to manage symptoms and reach goals.
family support and advocacy services - family support and advocacy offers the dutchess county mental health community, programs that provide empowerment, skill building, advocacy and peer interaction for families and individuals.
case management - mha provides services to people with mental illness in the dutchess county community, which are individually designed to develop and coordinate support for persons recovering from mental illness to assist them in living successfully in the community. Mha helps coordinate their medical and mental health care and assists them in achieving goals they may have in the ares of social, recreational, vocational, educational, physical, medical, and residential services and many others. The above revenue represents receipts from medicaid only. However, additional support for these services is also provided by funding from dutchess county department of mental hygiene.
homeless & mica services (the living room) - a resource, support and referral center for those who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, and have mental health and/or addiction problems. Families and individuals are provided with supportive services and referral to community services for housing, employment, addiction, mental health, benefits and other services. The living room provides a safe haven during the day, with needed facilities for the homeless.