Promotes the health and well-being of the community through a continuum of mental health services. Responsible for planning, funding, and monitoring mental health services in Lorain County. Funds mental health agencies so that Lorain County residents can access mental health services regardless of ability to pay. Note: Does not provide direct services to consumers.

Resolves complaints of alleged rights violations brought against providers of community mental health services. Serves as the third party in dispute resolution. Also provides assistance to individuals and agencies regarding ADA and other disability issues.

Provides information to educate the public, healthcare professionals, and legislators about diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders in adults and young people, including: generalized anxiety, panic disorder and agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social anxiety, and phobias.

Offers a comprehensive service, the Map for Healing & Recovery program, a fast track guide to help anyone, physically, emotionally, relationally and spiritually, including life purpose. We also provide personal coaching/mentoring for individuals, couples and families. We offer an optional, spiritual, inner healing prayer for deeper hurts and general prayer support for all participants. We teach about and officiate baptisms. We can also help some of our members in need with other job and life skills and other assistance. Volunteering can often be "therapeutic" and there are dozens of rewarding ways to help, in person and virtually. We also have regular social events. All services are offered in person in the Dayton area and online, anywhere in the country.

Provides presentations on a variety of mental health treatment, employment, residential, and physical health issues.

Provides educational material and information about mental illness, the mental health care system, and community resources. Referrals are made to treatment providers as appropriate. Also includes a newsletter keeping members and others up-to-date on mental health issues and advocacy.

Offers residential treatment facilities for persons living with severe and persistent mental illnesses. These facilities provide 24-hour supervision and support. The Residential Treatment Program is a transitional housing program designed to habilitate the participants to enable them to live as independently in the community as possible upon discharge.

Provides funding and oversight for community mental health services throughout the state. Reviews and certifies mental health service providers throughout the state.

Provides 120 units of permanent supportive housing to individuals who are currently homeless, including homeless individuals with mental illness. Provides medical and mental health services for residents on site through a partnership with Community Support Services (CSS), who partially owns the building.

Offers seminars on mental health topics for organizations and groups.

Treatment foster care is designed for youth who have difficulties with behavior, school problems, substance abuse, physical, medical, or emotional needs and/or other conditions that require a foster placement. Also, trains and license therapeutic foster parents.

Provides mental health and addiction services, including assessing the need for services, coordinating the planning of mental health and addiction facilities, services and programs in Wood County, Ohio; allocates funds to agencies providing a wide variety of direct services, monitors and evaluates services to ensure high-quality and cost-effective programs, and initiates new programs in the absence of needed community services.

Offers peer lead art classes for people who want to learn or perfect their skills and techniques in a variety of visual art forms or crafts.

Provides presentations of papers and workshops several times a year, featuring distinguished psychoanalytic clinicians and educators. Continuing Education Units (CEU) and Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are available for mental health practitioners.

Provides assistance with navigating insurance benefits, accessing resources to treatment and medication, appealing a claim denial, and addressing mental health coverage differences.

Provides a large variety of continuing education courses, workshops, seminars, symposia, film presentations with discussion, and public lectures on psychoanalytic theory and practice. Continuing Medical Education (CME) for physicians and Continuing Education Units (CEU) for social workers, counselors and psychologists may be provided.

Funds, reviews, and monitors community mental health programs coordinated by county-level boards serving all 88 counties in Ohio. Certifies services provided by private agencies and licenses private psychiatric hospital inpatient units and community residential programs.

Offers residential treatment facilities for persons living with severe and persistent mental illnesses. These facilities provide 24-hour supervision and support. The Residential Treatment Program is a transitional housing program designed to habilitate the participants to enable them to live as independently in the community as possible upon discharge.

Offers a HelpLine staffed by trained volunteers. Provides information, referral, and support to all who have questions about or are affected by serious mental illness.

Provides psychological evaluations and assessments, general counseling services, including individual, family and groups, medications assessment and management and case management services. Transportation services for clients may also be available for clients with case managers. Also provides psychiatric medication services, including monitoring. Counseling specializes in depression, anxiety, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, PTSD, bipolar disorder, schizo-affective disorder, mood disorder, antisocial personality disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder.

The purpose of Service Coordination and Wraparound Services through the county FCFC is to provide a neutral venue for families requiring services where their needs may not have been adequately addressed in traditional agency systems. These processes serve as a safety net for children needing a more intensive collaboration of multi-system providers. Each system has areas of responsibility, and the Service Coordination Mechanism is not intended to override current agency systems, but to supplement and enhance supports that currently exist, or identify additional supports that are needed but are not currently utilized. The goal is to keep children in their home and community with supports.

Offers residential treatment facilities for persons living with severe and persistent mental illnesses. These facilities provide 24-hour supervision and support. The Residential Treatment Program is a transitional housing program designed to habilitate the participants to enable them to live as independently in the community as possible upon discharge.

Provides a peer support program to match adults coping with severe mental illness with a community volunteer for friendship and social skill building. Provided through a partnership with Compeer International. Opportunties in the program may include: - One-to-One Friendship Program: Offers face-to-face contact with adult volunteer. - Compeer Calling: Provides telephone support (may be offered in addition to face-to-face support). - Compeer Community: Offers group events and celebrations among Compeers to strengthen social skills. - Peer-to-Peer: Matches clients with one another in supportive, one-on-one friendships. - Skillbuilders Program: Promotes social ties through structured life skills training.

SAMHSA provides an online locator for comprehensive information about mental health services and resources and is useful for professionals, consumers and their families, and the public.

Offer a variety of professional workshops and seminars, clinical training, and other programs for practitioners of psychotherapy and counseling, as well as social workers, clergy and other interested parties. CEU's and professional certifications are available. Includes training and certification in Gestalt Coaching as well as Executive & Organization Development (OD) programs.