In order to be eligible for State aid from the NYS Office of
Mental Health, the NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Services, and the NYS Office of Mental Retardation and
Developmental Disabilities, counties are mandated under NYS Mental
Hygiene Law to have a Director of Community Services, a Community
Services Board, and to provide and/or arrange for services
including mental health, substance abuse, and services to the
developmentally disabled. Warren and Washington Counties do not
directly provide these services, but arrange for services through
contracts with the following not-for-profit agencies:
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The Glens Falls Hospital:
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Services provided include:
- Adult inpatient and outpatient mental health services,
including psychiatric services
- Intensive day treatment services
- Intensive case management services for children and
adults
- Mental health services in both Warren and Washington
County jails
- Emergency consultations through the Emergency Care
Center
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Services provided include:
- Children and family outpatient mental health services
- School-based mental health services
- Short-term, community-based mental health services
through the Crisis Outreach Program
- Family Support Services provides various support
services including parent and sibling support and
educational groups, parent advocates, respite services,
skill-building services, and the adolescent supported work
program.
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Center for Recovery* (518) 926-7200 - Glens Falls
Office,
(518) 747-8001 - Hudson Falls Office
Services provided include:
- Outpatient substance abuse services for adolescents and
adults. This includes psychiatric services for individuals
prescribed psychotropic medications. Services range in
intensity (frequency of services) and structure (individual,
group sessions). Vocational services are also available.
Center for Recovery staff have been active participants in
the development of the County Drug Courts, and provide
treatment services to Drug Court participants
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Services provided include:
- Adult, child, and family outpatient mental health
services, including psychiatric services; school-based mental
health services
- Community development and anti-stigma activities
- Residential services providing various residential levels
of care based on recipient's needs
- Supportive Case Management Services for children and
adults
- Dual Recovery Case Management for individuals with
co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders.
Their psychosocial club (East Side Center) provides social and
vocational rehabilitation services. The Project Choice Program
provides vocational, rehabilitation, and job coaching services
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Provides vocational and psychiatric rehabilitation to
individuals with mental illness and/or developmental
disabilities. Services provided include:
- A psychosocial club focusing intensively on skill
building, work readiness skills and benefits coordination
services
- Provide various day training, rehabilitation and
employment services
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Voices of the Heart is a peer-run agency that provides:
- Peer advocacy and peer support services
- Information and referral
- A resource center, respite program, regular social
activities, and a food pantry
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Provides substance abuse prevention activities throughout the
communities of Warren and Washington Counties. Services provided
include:
- Training, consultation and presentations on substance
abuse prevention
- School and agency-based services providing education and
training
- Substance abuse prevention-oriented school-based services
- Raising public awareness of the need for substance abuse
prevention through efforts such as the Underage Drinking
Campaign of 2003, the Communities That Care initiative and
organization of the Prevention Cooperative, a coalition of
interested and involved stakeholders engaged in efforts to
reduce substance abuse in our communities
The Council for Prevention of Alcohol and Substance Abuse
also sponsors and operates Youth Court, an effort to reduce
delinquent and criminal behavior in youth ages 10-18.
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820 River Street, Inc.
- Granville Community Residence - (518) 642-9341
- 13 Crandall Street Community Residence - (518) 743-0475
- Lawrence Street Supported Apartments - (518) 793-8474
Residential and case management services for individuals with
substance abuse disorders.
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Provides a range of services to individuals with developmental
disabilities, including day habilitation, clinical, vocational,
residential and transportation services.
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A licensed diagnostic and treatment center, and fully accredited
educational facility offering various services for at-risk and
developmentally disabled individuals. Services provided include
a range of medical, educational, early intervention,
residential, family support and vocational services.
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Various Community Private Practitioners
Conduct mental health and substance abuse evaluations that are
court ordered by the County Family and Criminal Courts. These
evaluations assist in appropriate disposition of cases where
mental health and/or substance abuse issues are involved and
there is a need for further assessment.
The Office of Community Services is also mandated under NYS
Mental Hygiene Law to oversee a local annual planning process for
each of the three disability areas (mental health, substance
abuse, developmental disabilities). These local planning processes
occur through subcommittees of the Community Services Board. Each
disability area has its own subcommittee, which meets quarterly to
engage in resource and needs identification, prioritization of
needs, and establishment of a local annual plan, within state
agency guidelines. The subcommittees are comprised of members of
the Community Services Board, provider agency representatives,
state agency representatives, county department representatives
and consumers / recipients of services. The subcommittees also
provide an avenue for periodic review of the plan, discussion of
any changes in community needs as the year progresses, and an
opportunity for networking and discussing various changes within
the state funding and oversight agencies and within the local
provider community.
The contract services listed are subsidized in part by the NYS
Office of Mental Health (OMH), the NYS Office of Alcoholism and
Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), and/or the NYS Office of Mental
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD).
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