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- EIN 43-0821959
- (417) 347-7600
- Po Box 2526 Joplin MO 64803-2526 USA
- www.ozarkcenter.com
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Mental Health, Psychiatric Hospitals
Mission: To improve the health of the communities we serve through contemporary, innovative, trauma informed, quality behavioral health care solutions.
Programs: Outpatient psychiatric services provide services to 10,005 individuals annually. Services are provided by psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, licensed psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, and counselors. Services include psychiatric assessment and evaluation, medication management, individual, family, and group therapy and testing.
the community care program focuses on services to individuals in our community diagnosed with a chronic mental illness. 1,755 individuals were served this year. The organization strives to assist them in maintaining a life of dignity in the least restrictive environment possible. Living arrangements may span from living in a community apartment to living in a residential care facility. Ozark center operates a 16 bed residential care facility in joplin. Areas of assistance include: teaching patients coping skills, daily living skills, budgeting, how to access supports available in our community, and vocational rehabilitation supports.
turnaround ranch is a youth residential program that provides a safe environment for children and adolescents between the ages of 9-18 who are experiencing psychiatric problems. Many of these children have been abused or neglected and are seriously emotionally disturbed. Licensed therapists counsel the children and their families in an effort to return the child to a home environment that is safe. 142 children were served this year. The turnaround ranch has the capacity to serve 74 children per day.