YORK/ADAMS MENTAL HEALTH-MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM
Administration,
MH – MR, Hanover Office Adult Case Management
Office
Children’s Case Management, 11 Carlisle Street 3410A East Market Street
MR Care Management Hanover, PA 17331 York, PA 17402
100 West Market Street (717) 632-7568 (717)
840-2389
Suite 301 or (800) 632-7568 Fax: (717) 840-2394
York, PA 17401 Fax: (717) 632-9238
(717) 771-9618
or (800) 441-2025 x9618
Fax: (717)-771-9826
Autistic Unit Forensic Unit Early Intervention
141 West Market 141 West Market St. 120 West Market Street
York, PA, 17401 York, PA 17401 York, PA 17401
(717) 771-9618 (717) 771-9618 (717) 771-9618
E-mail Address: sawarren@york-county.org
Web site: www.york-county.org
Mission Statement Our mission is to serve, with respect, individuals in
our community with mental illness, mental retardation and developmental
delays in order to enhance their quality of life and provide an opportunity
to reach their fullest potential.
The Act of 1966 established Mental Health and Mental Retardation Programs as part of County government.
Fiscal Year July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006
Allocation 2005-2006 Mental Health $18,377,433.
2005-2006 Mental Retardation $34,905,093.
In 1968 the York County and Adams County Commissioners indicated their intention to establish a joint Mental Health and Mental Retardation Program in compliance with the Act of 1966. The purpose of the program is the prevention of mental disability as well as diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and care for mentally disabled citizens of the Counties.
York/Adams Mental Health-Mental Retardation Program provides services, which are mandated by the Act of 1966. The first part of this description, Section A, outlines the Mental Health Services. The Mental Retardation Services are outlined in Section B.
A. The following Mental Health Services to individuals with serious and persistent mental illness include:
The Administrator’s Office coordinates programmatic and fiscal management of the local mental health service delivery system. These activities include planning, development of services, budgeting, contracting with provider agencies, monitoring of the services rendered and evaluating program effectiveness.
This is a direct service of the Administrator’s Office, which links consumers with mental illness to the appropriate services. Services are available for the purpose of facilitating, coordinating and monitoring a person’s access to mental health services and community resources. The activities include: intake, development of a service plan, certification of mental disability, liability determination, referral for services, authorization for services, coordination and monitoring of the service plan and monitoring of service delivery.
Intensive Case Management is a direct service of the Administrator’s Office that provides assistance to adults with serious and persistent mental illness and children who have, or are at risk of, serious emotional disturbance and in need of multiple services. The individual caseloads are smaller than in Case Management allowing staff more contact with each consumer and greater opportunity to provide assistance and support. Services are available for the purpose of gaining access to needed resources such as medical, social, educational, and other services through natural supports; generic community resources and specialized mental health treatment, rehabilitation and support services.
Resource Coordination is a direct service of the Administrator’s Office that provides assistance to adult with serious and persistent mental illness and children who have, or are at risk of, emotional disturbance and in need of multiple services at a level between Intensive Case Management and Service Case Management. The caseloads are small enough to allow the staff to be in contact on a frequent basis, while fostering independence in those consumers that can manage it. Services are available to assist in accessing needed resources such as medical, social, educational, vocational and other services through natural support, generic community resources, as well as specialized mental health treatment, rehabilitation and support services.
Community Treatment Team (CTT)
A mobile team that consists of a psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse, mental health counselor, and a co-occurring disorder counselor that goes to the consumer to provide needed services. The Team also has the capability of providing social support services such as housing, educational, or vocational assistance.
Consultation and education services are available to community agencies and the general public in order to increase awareness and knowledge about mental disabilities and to foster prevention of mental disabilities.
Outpatient Services provide diagnostic and treatment services for the mentally ill persons to enhance their functioning in the community. These services include psychiatric and psychological diagnostic evaluations; individual, family and group therapies; and medication reviews.
Day Treatment
(Partial Hospitalization)
Day Treatment Services provide intensive psychiatric treatment as an alternative to inpatient services. The treatment includes group and individual psychotherapy, health education, daily living skills, medication administration, social interaction, pre-vocational instruction and crisis counseling.
Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
Inpatient services are provided in the community hospitals and include short-term diagnostic evaluation and intensive treatment.
Emergency Services/Crisis Intervention
Emergency Services are available to persons in a psychiatric crisis on a 24-hour
basis. The intervention services may include crisis counseling, outreach services and activities to complete voluntary and involuntary commitments to inpatient services.
A short-term residential program that provides sub, or pre-crisis services to individuals experiencing psychiatric distress or decompensation at a point prior to their needing inpatient psychiatric care. It is a form of intervention that keeps the individual in a supportive, treating environment while connected to their community-based services, family and community network.
A residential program that assists the “aging out” population to transition from the children’s system of mental health services to the adult system. It provides supportive and treatment based mental health services while helping the individual connect with the social supports they need to successfully integrate with their communities as adults.
The purpose of this program is to divert consumers that have committed illegal acts due to the effects of their mental illness from incarceration to treatment. It is limited to those individuals whose criminal behavior does not pose a threat to the community, but that has often resulted in multiple arrests and incarcerations. The court is linked to the mental health service delivery system to assure that the individual can access the needed treatment and supports in a timely fashion under its auspices.
Facility Based Vocational Rehabilitation Services
This service involves programs designed to provide developmental and vocational training within the community based specialized facility (sheltered workshop) using work as a primary modality. These services may include: vocational evaluation, personal work adjustment training, work activity training and regular work training.
This program utilizes the “club house” model with its work-based day to provide a supportive environment where consumers can socialize while expanding their vocational and educational skills. It is linked to community vocational and employment programs to help the consumer transition into the work community at their own rate of progress.
Social Rehabilitation Services
Social Rehabilitative activities are intended to make community or independent living possible by increasing the mentally ill person’s level of social competency and by decreasing the need for structured supervision. These services include: social skill development, cognitive/affective development, daily living skills, educational services to enhance employability and therapeutic recreational activities.
Family Support Services are designed to enable families to maintain their mentally ill members in the home or in an independent living arrangement. The support services may include respite care, companions, family aides, representative payees and family-based mental health services.
Community
Residential Services
Community Residential Rehabilitation Services provide supportive, homelike living arrangements for mentally ill persons who cannot live independently in the community. The residential programs encourage and assist the striving for independent living. A range of services is available in apartment, group and host home settings.
Community Hospital Integration Project Program (CHIPP)
The CHIPP provides comprehensive community services to individuals who have been state hospital residents or are at risk of hospitalization. The services include supported housing, social rehabilitation and psychiatric outpatient services.
Employment opportunities exist in a community setting or employment related program which may combine vocational evaluation, vocational training and employment in a non-specialized setting such as a business, industry or other work sites within the community. These services include: support employment, competitive employment and industry-integrated vocational programs and placement and follow-up services.
Transportation Services are not mandated by the Office of Mental Health. However, transportation services are provided to link consumers to community services, if funding is available.
B. The York/Adams Mental Health-Mental retardation Program offers the following Mental Retardation Services to individuals who possess an IQ of 69 and below.
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This is a direct service of the Administrator’s Office that links the consumers with mental retardation to appropriate services. Support Coordination services are undertaken by staff in order to assure the appropriate and timely use of available resources and specialized services to best address the needs of the individuals seeking assistance. Activities may include: intake, case coordination, information and referral services, monitoring of service delivery and authorization of services.
The Administrator’s Office coordinates programmatic and fiscal management of the local mental retardation service delivery system. The activities include: planning, development of services, budgeting, contracting with provider agencies and monitoring of the services rendered.
Service Coordination (Early Intervention)
This is a direct service of the Administrator’s Office that links children from birth to three years of age who are eligible to receive Early Intervention services. Early Intervention services include the delivery of authorized education/developmental/therapeutic services to preschool, handicapped or at-risk children and their families either in the home of the child or in a classroom setting. Early Intervention programs include activities and services designed to facilitate the intellectual, emotional, physical, mental, and social and language development of the child and to encourage the participation of the parents of the consumer in the development and operation of any such programs. Early Intervention services are offered under the provision of Act 212.
Adult
Developmental Training (ADT)
Facility-based programs are designed to facilitate the acquisition of pre-vocational, behavioral activities of daily living and independent living skills. ADT programs concentrate on the development of cognitive, affective communication, physical and working skills.
Employment in a community setting or employment related program may combine vocational evaluation, vocational training and employment in a non-specialized setting such as a business or industry or other work sites within the community. These services include: supported employment, competitive employment, industry integrated vocational programs, etc.
Facility Based Vocational Rehabilitation
Programs are designed to provide developmental and vocational training within a community based facility (sheltered workshop) through the use of subcontracted work from local industries and businesses. These services may include: vocational evaluation, personal work adjustment training, work activity training and regular work training, work adjustment training, work activity training and regular work training.
Family Support Services are designed to enable persons with mental retardation to be maintained at home with minimal stress or disruption to the family unit. Support Services may also benefit persons living independently in the community.
Residential sites provide care, treatment, rehabilitation, housing, social and personal development to persons with mental retardation in community based facilities that are licensed or approved by the Department of Public Welfare. Community Residential Services are intended for consumers who are capable of benefiting from social and personal development away from their own homes or families.
These services provide in-home rehabilitation support to individuals within their home atmosphere.
Services are not mandated by the Department of Public Welfare. However, the
Services are provided, dependent on the availability of funds, to link consumers to community services.
MH/MR Contracted Providers
The ARC of York County
Adams County Easter Seal Society
Adams County Juvenile Probation
Adams/Hanover Counseling Services
AHEDD, Inc.
Apple Line Transportation, Inc.
A. Michael St. Peter Center, Inc.
Bell Socialization Services, Inc.
Catholic Charities
Center for Industrial Training
Children’s Home of York
Center for Independent Living Opportunities
Community Counseling Services
Community Services, Inc.
Cumberland Valley Mental Health
East Seal Society of Central PA
Easter Seal Society of South Central PA
Family Care Behavioral Health Services
Family/Child Resources, Inc.
Family Service Partners
Hanover/Adams Rehabilitation & Training Center
Hanover General Hospital
HealthSouth Rehabilitation of York
Invo-Healthcare, Inc.
Jennifer Mattiko, SLP
Jessica and Friends
Joppa Home Care
Keystone City Residences, Inc.
Keystone Community Mental Health Services
Life Skills Unlimited
Lincoln Intermediate Unit #12
Martha Lloyd School
Manito, Inc.
Melmark Homes
Memorial Behavioral Health Services
Mental Health Association of York and Adams County
Mentor Clinical Care
Northwestern Human Services of PA
Nuestra Clinica
PA Comprehensive Behavioral Health Services
Penn Employment
Penn-Mar Organization
Pennsylvania Counseling Services
Pleasant Manor, Inc.
Rabbittransit, Inc.
Rehabilitation & Industrial Training Center
Service Access & Management, Inc.
Shadowfax Corporation
Skills Group
Speechcare, Inc.
Stillmeadow, Inc.
Sugarcreek Home, Inc.
Suncom Industries
Susquehanna Counseling Associates
T. W. Ponessa Associates
Tri County Society
Typical Life Corporation
United Cerebral Palsy of South Central PA
United Cerebral Palsy of Central PA
York County Advocate Programs
York County Human Services Department
York County Prison
York Guidance Center
York Hospital