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Causes: Domestic Violence, Family Violence Shelters, Homeless & Housing
Mission: To provide therapeutic counseling services and domesic violence education and shelter for the victims of domestic violence; to provide education, advocacy, and supportive assistance to the victims of crime, young parents, and parent groups.
Programs: Outpatient counseling - this department provides mental health treatment services to residents of licking county and surrounding counties, services include: individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy and group therapy. Clients may initiate services by calling the receptionist to complete a request for service. In addition, clients may be referred to see the in-house contract psychiatrist and nurse practitioner if med/somatic issues are identified. Also, several therapy groups are offered to facilitate a client's progress in treatment. These include the following: hope group for adults diagnosed with depression; rise group for women who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse; mental health nos group - a general mental health group for adults focusing on positive coping skills; jumping jake club for children diagnosed with adhd with a coinciding education group to discuss and answer questions about the effects of diet and nutrition on mental health; and a therapeutic domestic violence group for women who are dealing with the effects of domestic violence on their mental health.
new beginnings - established in 1983, the center for new beginnings shelter and services provides safe emergency shelter to victims of domestic violence and their children. The facility has the capacity to shelter 26 women and children for an average stay of 45 days. New beginnings provides all of the basic needs of the residents and children including food, clothing, linens and personal items. New beginnings provides multiple services to victims to assist and empower them through the process of becoming a survivor. Crisis line/shift workers answer a 24/7 crisis line and supervise the shelter 7 days a week, 365 days per year. They complete resident intakes. A case manager meets with each resident within 24 hours of their intake. Each resident is assessed for immediate needs and long- term goals such as financial, housing, medical, mental health and employment. An individualized service plan is created between the case manager and resident to monitor goals. A victim advocate is on staff to provide immediate legal advocacy in the form of civil protection orders, stalking orders, victims of crime compensation information and multiple other referrals. The child advocate is on staff to assist residents with any concern or needs for their children for medical, mental health, school enrollment. The child advocate provides outreach education at local schools for anger management and healthy relationships. The center for new beginnings also provides education and supportive services to our residents in the form of wellness programming, community domestic violence support group, and therapeutic domestic violence support group. Each resident is offered on site mental health therapy facilitated by a licensed therapist from the woodlands. Children participate in a weekly therapeutic activities group (tag) to address issues common to children who have witnessed family violence.
outreach - 1) school and community anger management groups for youth identified as having a history or high risk of developing unhealthy angry behavior (75% of youth participating in a minimum of 10 hours of group will report an increase in positive core belief inventory and school staff will report improved behavior). 2) agency-based anger management groups for adults who want to improve their ability to manage anger (100% of completers will have a written anger control plan detailing personal anger triggers, short-term and long-term anger management strategies) 3) helping children succeed after divorce seminar as required by licking county domestic relations court for all parents with minor-aged children seeking divorce or dissolution (75% of participants will report increased sensitivity to child's response to divorce upon completion of the 3 hour class. 4) domestic violence groups for adults who are identified as having a history of or are at risk to commit domestic violence. 5) parent education group for parents identified as going through a high conflict divorce.
officer compensation allocated to program services