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The Neighborhood Center, Inc. provides professional, state-of-the-art mental health clinical and crisis services for children, youth, adults and their families as well as psycho-social and supportive case management services for adults.
Staffed by a multi-disciplinary team of professionals (including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, master's-level and bachelor's level therapists and counselors), our behavioral healthcare services build on your unique strengths to develop the best strength-based, outpatient treatment plans possible.
BEAHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICS
The Neighborhood Center Behavioral Health Clinics - located at 628 Mary Street in Utica and 199 W. Dominick Street in Rome - are dedicated to serving the emotional, mental, and behavioral healthcare needs of Central New York.
Our Child Guidance Clinics provide comprehensive outpatient services to children and adolescents throughout the region and provide an umbrella of services including:
- Evaluations, screenings and assessments; individual therapy; play therapy; group therapy; family therapy, medication management and offers home, clinical & school-based services.
At our Rome location, our new clinic for adults offers:
- Consultation and assessment; individual, family and group therapy; substance-abuse related services; medication support; linkages and referral for supportive services; and crisis intervention.
Medicaid and most private insurances are accepted. Individuals and families without coverage may be asked to pay on a sliding scale, but no one is denied treatment due to an inability to pay.
MOBILE CRISIS ASSESSMENT TEAM [MCAT]
The Mobile Crisis Assessment Team (MCAT) provides emergency and crisis psychiatric services to children (ages 18 and under) and adults in Oneida and Herkimer Counties.
Multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural staff trained in crisis intervention techniques are available 24-hours, seven-days-a-week to respond to crisis situations in the home or community-at-large.
The mobile unit's services include crisis intervention, stabilization, and assessment of risk for harm to self or others. The factors that led to the crisis situation and level of treatment / support needed are also assessed. MCAT professionals can usually help those in need avoid costly hospitalizations by working to establish linkages to service providers AFTER the crisis period. MCAT provides an array of additional services as well.
The MCAT Team respond rapidly (usually within 30 minutes) at the site where the crisis is occurring.
Call(315)732-MCAT [6228]
ADULT RECOVERY SERVICES [ARS]
ARS is a service dedicated to maximizing independence, providing education, skill development, and socialization for adults with severe and persistent mental illness reach the their fullest potential!
At ARS, individuals can socialize, reduce stress, obtain advice, education and support, develop job and life skills and build self-confidence.
With linkages to VESID, the ACCESS Center and other local continuing education programs such as the Assisted Competitive Employment [ACE] initiative - adults diagnosed with mental illness can develop real job skills that will enhance their chances of success in gaining and maintaining employment and independent living!
For more information, call (315)272-2660 or (315)272-2661.
SUPPORTIVE CASE MANAGEMENT
Supportive Case Management provides services to adults (age 18 and over) who meet the New York State Office of Mental Health's criteria for severe and persistent mental illness.
The Neighborhood Center, Inc., works in partnership with Catholic Charities and Family Services of the Mohawk Valley to provide this service from three separate locations (two Utica-based locations and one site in Rome) to better serve the constituency.
Many people diagnosed with mental illnesses can be treated and/or managed successfully on an outpatient basis with medications and therapy, but these individuals may still need professional assistance confronting and overcoming obstacles and barriers to independent living.
Supportive Case Managers help "level the playing field" by providing care coordination services including advice, services and support to clients with regards to such needs as obtaining clinical and treatment services, medication management assistance, help finding and securing adequate housing, and obtaining training and employment. Staff also help with day-to-day needs such as shopping and budgeting and many perform a variety of advocacy services as well.
For more information on Supportive Case Management, call (315) 272-2600.
PREVENTATIVE or CASEWORK SERVICES
Case Planning provides support, direction and assistance to families with children at risk of out-of-home placement.
The goal of case planning is simple: KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER while ensuring the health and safety of children.
Referrals to Case Planning may come from the Oneida County Department of Social Services (DSS), by Self-Referral, or by order of the Family Court.
Our Case Planners are experienced in helping families overcome a wide range of problems that may threaten the welfare of children. Among the problems addressed by Case Planners are:
- Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
- Serious Financial Difficulties
- Lack of Parenting Skills
- Sexual Abuse or Other Forms of Violence Against Children
- and Other Emotional or Behavioral Problems Affecting Children
The Case Planning program is accomplished through a collaboration of agencies including The Neighborhood Center, Inc., the Cosmopolitan Center, and Family Services of the Mohawk valley.
The Neighborhood Center serves as lead agency as a contract provider for the Oneida County Department of Social Services.
SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUTH
The SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUTH, or SPFY program, provides similar services to those described under Case Planning, but for the school age population and SPFY case workers are assigned to nearly all school districts in Oneida County.
SPFY is a partnership of case workers, school personnel, parents and the community-at-large and the SPFY staff have become an integral part of the school districts they serve.
DAY SERVICES
DAY SERVICES - available in Utica and soon in Rome - offers a unique combination of therapeutic child care and parental casework and serves children as young as 2 years ols up to age 8.
The children referred to Day Services manifest overactive behavior or can be withdrawn, angry, and/or aggressive. Many exhibit behaviors that make it difficult to benefit from a regular pre-school, school, day care or other social environment.
Services include a combination of:
- Play Therapy
- Individual and Group Counseling
- Family Counseling
along with positive reinforcement and a lot of caring. Day Service seeks to understand and address the cause(s) of the child^s behavior while improving their social skills, self-esteem, and helping the children to learn better ways to express their feelings and cope with problems.
PARTNERS IN PREVENTION
Families sometimes need help dealing with children's behavioral problems that are not serious enough to warrant clinical services, but still warrant professional attention. This is what Partners In Prevention or PIP is all about...
Also called the "Family Enrichment Program", PIP works with children ages 4 - 20 and their families to help resolve problems before they worsen and create risk or other adverse consquences.
The problems addressed by PIP include:
- Truancy
- Substance Abuse
- Use of Verbal and Physical Violence
- Disruptive and/or Dangerous displays of feelings ("acting out")
- and other types of inappropriate behavior.
The goal of PIP is to replace negative with positive behavior by increasing self-esteem, developing better coping skills, and helping clients communicate and relate in socially acceptable ways.
TRANSITIONAL LIFE SKILLS
Transitional Life Skills or TLS provides emergency assistance and case management services to older teenagers and young adults ages 16 - 20 who may need help making the transition to independent living.
TLS provides temporary support and guidance - helping clients acquire knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to make it on their own.
The program's focus is to foster independent living skills. Clients are shown how to find housing, employment, medical care, affordable food and clothing, legal advise, educational/vocational opportunities and other necessities of life.
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