Services for Children & Families

Diagnostic Assessment

The Diagnostic Assessment is an intensive clinical and functional face-to-face evaluation of a recipient's mental health, developmental disability, or substance abuse condition that results in the issuance of a Diagnostic/Assessment report. Recommendations from the assessment provide the basis for services and for the development of a Person Centered Plan (PCP). It also evaluates the recipient's level of readiness and motivation to engage in treatment. Results from a Diagnostic/Assessment include an interpretation of the assessment information, appropriate case formulation and an order for immediate needs of the individual.

Case Management

Case Management services are provided to clients for the purpose of assessing, arranging, linking, monitoring, and coordinating, services. Additionally, case management provides intervention programs that are sensitive to the needs of the client and that respect the uniqueness of each person and family.

Community Support - Child

Community Support provides services and supports necessary to assist youth ages 3 to 17 and their caregivers in achieving, rehabilitative, and recovery goals. This service is intended to meet the mental health or substance abuse needs of children and adolescents with significant functional deficit.

Intensive In-Home Support

Intensive In-Home Support a short-term, home based, crisis intervention service offering families in crisis the alternative to remain safely together, averting the out-of-home placement of children whenever possible. The program combines skill-based intervention with maximum flexibility so that services are available to families according to their unique needs. Among other services, family members may receive individual and family counseling, parenting education, child development training, household maintenance education, nutritional training, job readiness training, and referral to other community resources. Services provided are focused upon assisting in crisis management and restoring the family to an acceptable level of functioning.

Developmental Therapy

Developmental therapy is a disability service that includes individually designed instruction, training, or developmental activities based on the needs of the individual adult. It is designed to aid the individual in obtaining the skills not gained during the developmental stages of life. For adults, this service may include training in activities to strengthen performance in areas such as self-care, mobility, socialization and independent living.