Adventure Program

Adventure is an intensive outpatient program that serves youth ages 13 to 18 who are seeking help with substance abuse and/or psychiatric issues. It may be a primary treatment program or a follow-up program for youth involved in other treatment.

Arts SMART

Arts Smart is a Community Prevention Initiative, Arts enrichment / parent involvement program that share ideas about prevention of Alcohol & Drug Use, Sexual Behavior and other Risky Behaviors. The program is for 3 to 7 year olds and uses karate, dance, music, and drama.

Assessment & Forensic Services
Assessment & Forensic Services assists children, adolescents and adults who are self-referred, referred by treatment providers, or referred by other community agencies.

   Psychological assessments help identify and clarify possible problem areas in order determine appropriate diagnoses and recommendations.

Bridging the Gap

Bridging the Gap is a community-based program that seeks to bridge the gap between local older adults and their mental health needs.

Child Abuse Prevention
Child Abuse Prevention provides parent education groups offered at no charge to parents in Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins and Washington counties.

Children First
Children First is a court-mandated program for divorcing parents with children under age 18 that provides counseling classes and preliminary mediation education.

Communication Center for the Deaf
& Hard of Hearing
CCDHH provides communication between people who are hearing and people who are deaf or hard of hearing in 11 counties.

Services include:

• Interpreting Services

• Emergency Services

• Title V & Title III Compliance Assistance

• Referrals for Specialized Services or
   Community Resources

• Advocacy

• Sign Language Classes

• Sorenson VRS and TTY

Continuous Treatment Team

Continuous Treatment Team is an intensive therapeutic in-home program offering both therapy and case management services. It is designed for families whose children are at-risk of hospitalization, out-of-home placement, or are being transitioned back into the home from placement. Services are provided in Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington counties in Northeast Tennessee.

Crisis Services & Crisis Stabilization Unit
The 15-bed inpatient Crisis Stabilization Unit offers services for 24 to 72 hours for people who have severe and persistent mental mental illness in need of stabilization, but who are not a danger to themselves or others.

   The Mobile Crisis Response Team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you, a family member or friend are in acute emotional and/or substance abuse crisis or have a question about our services, call us. If the individual experiencing the crisis has made an attempt to harm self or others, call 911 immediately.

   Frontier Health’s Crisis Response Team provides mental health crisis services including assessment and referral for individuals and families who are experiencing acute emotional and/or substance abuse problems.

Education/Prevention Programs

Adventure Program

Child Abuse Prevention

Children First

Continuous Treatment Team

FOOTHOLDS

Greenwood Challenge

HOPE for Tennessee

Intensive Focus

Intensive In-Home Services

Mother-Child Connection

Prevention Services

Project BASIC

Project LINK

Project Safe Place

Regional Child Development Center

Regional Intervention Program (RIP)

Student Assistance Program (SAP)

Transitions

Employee Assistance Program
Provided through outpatient sites, the Employee Assistance Program contracts with regional businesses and industries to provide a program tailored to suit their needs including short-term counseling, assessment and referral, follow-up, educational seminars, critical incident stress debriefing and service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Family Links
Family Links provides short-term respite care for children who have serious emotional disturbances. We serve children age 2 to 15 for up to four hours per week. Our services typically run six to eight weeks and referrals are provided for additional respite care.

Family Partner
The Family Partner Program works together for families in Southwest Virginia to help support each individual family in service development according to their unique needs.

FOOTHOLDS

FOOTHOLDS works one-on-one with children and their families to build a healthy family environment. The program helps identify obstacles, increase communication skills, structure positive home, social skills development; provides support, guidance and links to resources; and educates caregivers.

Greenwood Challenge
The Greenwood Challenge ropes course is a carefully planned outdoor learning environment where mental and physical problem solving activities are included.

HOPE for Tennessee
Previously known as Project HOPE, HOPE for Tennessee provides education and prevention services to more than 100,000 people annually through street outreach, community events, health and state fairs and group activities on:

• HIV & other Sexually Transmitted Diseases

• Hepatitis

• Tuberculosis

• Universal Precautions

• Abstinence

• Teen Pregnancy

Intensive Focus
Intensive Focus is a program that leads students in a small group process of 8 to 15 sessions, meeting one hour weekly that helps students identify personal problems, retain value, restore productivity and seek help.

Intensive In-Home Services
Intensive In-home Services, a home-based family-focused program for children from birth to 17 with emotional difficulties, returning from placement, at risk of out-of-home placement.

Mother-Child Connection
Mother-Child Connection is an outpatient program for pregnant, substance-abusing women or mothers with infant children. Treatment includes individual, family and group therapy, substance abuse treatment, health and relapse education and case management. Services include:

• Specialized Treatment to Deal with the Unique  

  Problems Women Face in Recovery

• Links to Quality, Comprehensive Obstetrical
  Care for Pregnant Women

• Specialized Services for Women with Children

Prevention Services
Prevention Services provides the community with basic prevention strategies to enhance protective factors, such as promoting positive mental and emotional well-being and decreasing risk factors such as peer pressure and availability of drugs.

Project BASIC

Project BASIC, founded in 1985, serves elementary students in 39 counties in Tennessee. Project BASIC is funded by the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.
    The coping skills, self-confidence and problem-solving skills developed by the BASIC program will help students make GOOD choices throughout their lives.

Project LINK
This PD1 outpatient program for pregnant, substance-abusing women or mothers with dependent children in Lee, Scott, Wise counties and the city of Norton, Va., provides substance abuse treatment and linkage within the community for resources that promote and support recovery. Services include:

• Specialized Treatment to Deal with the Unique  

  Problems Women Face in Recovery

• Links to Quality, Comprehensive Obstetrical
  Care for Pregnant Women

• Specialized Services for Women with Children

Regional Child Development Center

Regional Child Development serves children in Lee, Scott, and Wise counties and the city of Norton found to have developmental delays and/or disabilities are eligible for early intervention services through the Infant & Toddler Connection of LENOWISCO.

Regional Intervention Program

RIP is a nationally recognized, parent-implemented, activity-based program for families of young children. It is offered free of charge to participants. RIP is fully funded by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.

Runaway Services & Project Safe Place
The Runaway Program is housed at Link House. One aspect is Project Safe Place, offering emergency shelter and counseling up to 14 days.

SAFE House Domestic Violence Shelter
Safe House is a temporary shelter for victims of domestic violence and their dependent children open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Student Assistance Program

SAP provides intervention for at-risk students at schools in Greene, Johnson, Sullivan and Washington counties with academic, social and/or behavioral problems. SAP’s goal is to provide clinical services for students with significant emotional and behavioral issues and help schools maintain safe and disciplined learning environments.

Suicide Prevention & Intervention

Death by suicide is one of the greatest health risks in Tennessee and Virginia. More than 775,000 Americans attempt to die by suicide each year. Suicide affects people of all ages, races, and socioeconomic groups.

TRACES Therapeutic Foster Care & Adoption Services
TRACES Therapeutic Foster Care & Adoption Services serves children and teens who are placed in state custody due to abuse or neglect. These children generally have behavioral or emotional problems and need a more specialized type of care than is offered in traditional foster care. Foster parents receive intensive pre-training and ongoing support from the staff in providing this specialized care.

TRANSITIONS
Helping today's teens become tomorrow's adults, TRANSITIONS teaches independent living skills of 16- to 21-year-olds so they may achieve independence in the most appropriate, least-restrictive environment in Lee, Wise and Scott Counties and the city of Norton.

VALUES Therapeutic Foster Care
VALUES serves children and teens from infancy to age 17 who have been abused or neglected and who have behavioral or emotional problems. Because of their special needs, these children need a more structured home than what is offered in traditional foster care. Foster parents receive intensive pre-training and ongoing support from the staff in providing this specialized care.