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Mental Health Services NHS Human Services provides a full range of behavioral health services to mentally ill adults. Click here for information on NHS' Children's Services and here for information on NHS' Mental Retardation Services. Case
Management Designed to provide aggressive and creative strategies to assist consumers in gaining access to resources and services, case management coordinates various community services to meet consumers needs. Intensive case management provides frequent contacts with 24-hour, seven days a week on-call for clients. Supportive treatment programs are designed to assure continuity of care and promote treatment and medication compliance.
Community Residential Rehabilitation Services (CRR) These residential programs provide 24-hour staff supervision and support to consumers including counseling and treatment with the goal of community integration and living independently. Community
Treatment Teams (CTT) Mobile teams of therapists and counselors monitor and support persons with mental illnesses living in the community. Medication monitoring, living conditions and assistance with life skills and supports are provided by team members. Crisis
Center Crisis intervention services are immediate, usually offered on a seven-day a week basis, to ameliorate or resolve problems with individuals and/or families who are at imminent risk of danger or harm to self or others. Services may include mobile treatment, counseling or short-term residential support.
Community Mental Health Center The Helen Stevens Center has always been recognized as an outstanding mental health provider and currently serves 1,500 residents in Cumberland and Perry Counties. The Center offers a full range of services including outpatient services, family based, residential and children's services, crisis intervention, drug and alcohol, partial hospitalization and case management. Crisis
Residential A short-term, non-hospital-based residential facility for adults in acute crisis and in need of psychiatric stabilization, the program relies on a multi-disciplinary approach in treating and caring for the patient. Community
Hospital Integration Project (CHIP) The Community Hospital Integration Project is designed to provide persons with serious and persistent mental illness with the necessary support and treatment upon their discharge from a state psychiatric hospital, in order that they can live and function successfully in the community. Services are also available for consumers who are at risk of long-term hospitalization.
HIV Outreach Weekly psychological support services are provided to persons with HIV or AIDS who attend the City's Health Center #9 every Tuesday. Staff training on behavioral health issues relating to caring for persons with HIV/AIDS, is also offered.
Individual Placement and Support Program Operated under a grant from the Pew Charitable Trust, this program provides supported employment opportunities to people who have had a lapse in their work histories due to emotional or mental illness difficulties. Long
Term Structured Residence (LTSR) A highly-structured home for adult consumers with severe and persistent mental illness, LTSRs provide individualized evaluation and treatment in a homelike setting in order to facilitate the attainment of the highest functioning level possible. This involves the stabilization of psychiatric symptoms and the learning or re-learning of a variety of social, coping and independent living skills. This is directed toward either the eventual transition to less restrictive forms of community care or simply toward the minimization of future need for inpatient psychiatric treatment. Mobile
Shelter Treatment Treatment teams travel into the community and provide mental health screening and assessment to adults and children in homeless shelters. Individual and group counseling, clinical support and mental health training of shelter staff is also provided. Outpatient Outpatient services include individual, couples, family and group counseling, psychiatric evaluations, medication evaluations and treatment. After being assessed, individualized treatment plans are developed in cooperation with consumers and their families.
Partial Hospitalization Less restrictive and an alternative to hospitalization, this service provides intensive, supportive treatment to adults who have a primary and acute psychiatric disorder. Usually offered on a daily basis at one location, for up to six hours per day, comprehensive services include therapy, medication monitoring and counseling.
Personal Care Homes Personal Care Homes provide individuals with serious mental illness, the support and assistance to live as independently as possible. Staffed 24-hours a day, consumers receive various services to assist with daily living skills, including socialization. Psychiatric
Rehabilitation This program is designed to transition people who have been discharged from the hospital back into the community. Therapy, medication monitoring and counseling are offered. Resource
Coordination This program builds natural community supports and insures integration and coordination of multiple services for persons with serious mental illness. As clients become more stable, they are assisted in using more traditional mental health and community services, so they can make the transition to more independent functioning.
Supported Independent Living This service provides assistance to consumers in their homes with daily tasks, such as meal preparation, housekeeping, budgeting and keeping doctor appointments. The purpose of the program is to support consumers, so that they may continue to live independently in the community. Social
Rehabilitation Providing basic social skills training for adults with long histories of serious mental illness, this day program is primarily for individuals who have been discharged from a state hospital or for people living in personal care homes. Offering five hours of daily activity, the program conducts supported group activities with the goal of enhancing a person's strengths and preventing the need for further hospitalization. Vocational
Services Providing training and job search assistance, this program's goal is to teach consumers the job skills needed to obtain employment. Staff work with various government agencies and businesses to encourage the hiring of people with mental illness. You may also email us for more information. |