Counseling Center Accomplishments
FY2008

1. Psychotherapy: The agency offered a new, research-based Anger Control Group throughout the year at both our Lisbon and East Liverpool sites. 
    

2. Housing: We assisted 109 people with housing, providing 61 households with emergency funds and helping 26 individuals to achieve permanent housing
    

3. Hospitalization Prevention: The Center had 122 Kendall Home admissions, with 61 admitted due to homelessness, 32 admitted to prevent hospitalization; and 21 admitted from a psychiatric hospitalization, reducing the length of inpatient stay.
    

4. Intensive Home-Based Treatment: We were awarded a $100,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Mental Health for Intensive Home-Based Treatment.  The grant was one of only 15 approved state-wide.  With the receipt of the grant, The Counseling Center expanded its home-based Families Together program to include the evidence-based Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) model.   Counseling Center staff are now trained and licensed to provide MST services, and The Counseling Center is the only provider in Columbiana County certified by ODMH for Intensive Home-Based Treatment services.
    

5. Homeless Outreach: 53 individuals were provided with direct face-to-face outreach services through our PATH program, which works to reach out to severely mentally ill homeless individuals who are not currently linked to mental health treatment.  
    

6. School-Based Services: The Center provided school-based mental health consultation services through contracts with Salem City, United Local, and Leetonia Exempted Village Schools. We also provided on-site school-based services for the Columbiana County Educational Opportunity Center through funding from the Ohio Department of Mental Health Alternative Education Mental Health grants. We also partnered with the Columbiana County Educational Service Center and were awarded a grant from CCDJFS to implement a Student Assistance Liaison program to be initiated during the 2008-09 school year in the East Palestine and Wellsville Local School Districts.
    

7. Substance Abuse Treatment: “Coffee and Conversation” groups were implemented to provide clients and non-clients with SAMI information.  The East Liverpool meeting at Shining Reflections is well attended.  A new group will begin in late January at Salem Community Center. 
    

8. Vocational Services: There was a significant increase (32%) in the number of individuals who retained employment longer than 90 days.