Behavioral Health Programs
Family & Community Services’ Behavioral Health Programs provide diagnosis, treatments, and education to adolescent, adults, and seniors.
Family & Community Services’ Behavioral Health Programs offer the most advanced behavioral health treatments for adolescents, adults, and seniors. F&CS ensures that individuals and families are put on a path to healing. As a comprehensive service provider, the agency also provides recovery housing and supports for both men and women in Portage County.
Our programs are staffed by psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, nurses, licensed therapists, and case managers. Our team is dedicated to providing the immediate help an individual might need. Please call today to make an appointment or inquire about our walk-in clinic (available in Trumbull County only).
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ADDRESS: 143 Gougler Ave, Kent, OH 44301
PHONE: (330) 677-4124*
*Please note that this phone number is not monitored 24/7. If you are in need of immediate assistance, please go to your nearest emergency room, or call Coleman Health Services at 877-796-3555 or 911.
WHO WE SERVE
Outpatient Counseling with our Behavioral Health Programs serve all ages, including children, teens, and seniors. We accept Medicaid and most major insurances, as well as provider, court, and self-referrals. We provide a wide range of behavioral health services, including individual, family, and couples counseling, group counseling, psychiatry, diagnostic assessments, senior outreach, court-ordered diversion programs, substance use, and intensive outpatient programs.
Our providers have many specialties, including trauma-informed care, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and grief counseling, among many other specialties.
Court-Ordered Programs
Upcoming Dates
May 14, 2022
July 16, 2022
September 17, 2022
December 17, 2022
About the Program
The Driver Education Class-8 (DEC-8) is a class offered to those individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 who have been charged with Underage OVI and have had a B.A.C. lower than .08.
Programming is directed toward educating participants about the effects of alcohol/drugs on driving, the body and chemical dependency.
The cost of the program is $100 and is payable in either a money order or cashier’s check. No personal checks are accepted.
The program is held six times per year, always on a Saturday and runs from 8:30am until 5pm. Lunch is provided for the participants.
To enroll in the DEC-8 class or to have any questions answered, please contact Linda Broska, Special Programs Coordinator for Family & Community Services, at 330/677-4124 ext. 101.
Upcoming Dates
April 28-May 1, 2022 (Women Only)
May 19-22, 2022
June 9-12, 2022
July 7-10, 2022
August 11-14, 2022
September 8-11, 2022 (Women Only)
September 22-25, 2022
October 13-16, 2022
November 3-6, 2022
November 17-20, 2022 (Women Only)
December 8-11, 2022
About the Program
Despite substantial prevention efforts by schools and community agencies, heavy and hazardous drinking among young people 18-20 years of age remains a formidable and vexing legal and public health concern. In Portage County, underage consumption of alcohol is a prevalent problem. Each year the Portage County Municipal Courts are faced with trying hundreds of young adults for this offense. Convictions resulting in punitive actions do little to help the young person make better choices regarding the use of alcohol. An alternative sentencing option which encourages and equips young adults to “think about their future” needs to be made available to the Municipal Court system and the young people of Portage County.
Program Proposal
Family & Community Services, Inc. offers an alternative to conviction for underage consumption of alcohol. Young adults who come to the Portage County Municipal Court for this offense are offered the option of being referred to our agency to participate in a comprehensive program of assessment, education and if symptoms of abuse and/or dependency are observed, referral.
The primary tasks of the assessment phase of the program is twofold: First, to gather information regarding the young person’s alcohol use, which will provide basic clinical data, and second, to identify those who are moderately to severely dependent on alcohol.
Information regarding use would be gathered by using standardized tests and questionnaires such as the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI), the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) and/or the Alcohol Perceived Risks Assessment (APRA). Further information would be gathered by use of a structure screening interview which would meet DSM-IV criteria.
The intent of the educational phase of the program is of a secondary preventative nature. The program would draw from our agency’s existing speakers bureau. Authorities in the area of health, human resources, occupations and legal issues would present. Topics would address the physical, psychological, social, economic and legal implications of alcohol use.
Family & Community Services, Inc. will supply the Municipal Court judges with the necessary alternative sentencing forms and follow up reports. The judges would decide who would participate in this diversionary program. They would explain the program to the defendants and specify that the financial obligation for participation would be theirs.
All testing, assessment, referrals and reporting would be completed by a Licensed Independent Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor (LICDC).
The program would consist of a one hour individual substance abuse assessment, which would be scheduled timely after the defendant’s court appearance. The educational session would be two hours in length, and be scheduled monthly after the assessment has been completed. A fifteen minute individual exit interview will be held with each participant after the assessment and educational sessions are completed. Also, sixteen hours of Community Work Service is required to be completed. This is monitored by the Portage County Adult Probation Department.
Family & Community Services, Inc. is also able to assist the Municipal Court in providing opportunities for Community Work Service at a number of our social service sites.
Once the underage consumer completes the individual substance abuse assessment, group educational session, exit interview, and community work service hours, Family & Community Services, Inc. will send a letter of successful completion to the referring court. This letter would be sent after the six month probationary period is over (this is six months after the original court date).
Program Fees:
Individual substance abuse assessment …………………. $ 125.00
Program Dates and Location:
The one hour individual assessment will be held at our agency in Kent, Ohio.
The two hour educational sessions will be held the third Wednesday of every month from 2pm to 4pm.
PORTAGE COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT
BIC-60 PROGRAM FOR DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH
POSSESSION, DRUG PARAPHALIA OR FIRST TIME CANNIBIS USE
This Program is designed solely for first-time offenders.
If you choose to enter the Bic-60 Program, you will be required to complete the following steps within 60 days of your arraignment date:
- Complete a substance abuse evaluation and first urine drug screen at Family & Community Services, at your expense of $125.
- Attend a two hour drug education class (small group interactive).
- Complete exit counseling session and second urine drug screen with negative results.
- Pay court costs.
Upon successful completion of the above requirements, and if you have not committed a similar offense within the 60 days of your arraignment, the court will dismiss the charge. At that time, you are eligible to have your record expunged.
If you fail to complete the program, the court will set this matter for a status hearing and you will receive a notice to return to court.
Should your address change any time in the next 60 days, you must notify the Clerk’s Office of the Municipal Court in writing.
