The Outpatient Counseling programs are operated under the Community Based Services umbrella with Family Integrated Counseling Services. The program offers 45 to 60 minutes therapeutic sessions of counseling to treat mental, emotional, physical, and behavior issues to inspire change, improve the quality of life, enable people to overcome obstacles to their well-being, handle difficult situations, make healthy decisions, improve positive feelings, and reach goals.  Concerns that may be addressed include but not limited to: Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Insomnia, anger, or post-traumatic stress disorder.

All services shall be designed to do the following: 1) to specifically improve family dynamics, provide modeling, and clinically necessary interventions that increase functional and therapeutic interpersonal relations between family members in the home. 2) Services are designed to promote psychoeducational benefits in the home setting of an individual who is at risk of being moved into an out-of-home placement or who is being transitioned to home from an out-of-home placement due to a documented medical need of the individual. 3) At least one parent/legal guardian or responsible adult with whom the individual is living must be willing to participate in the IIH services with the goal of keeping the individual with the family.

MHSB is individualized training designed to enable individuals to achieve and maintain community stability and independence in the most appropriate, least restrictive environment. Training and education in one of the following areas are required: 1) Functional skills and appropriate behavior related to the individual’s health and safety; 2) Activities of daily living; 3) use of community resources; 4) assistance with medication management; 5) monitoring health, nutrition, safety, and physical condition.