Emergency Services/Screening/Family Crisis - This Unit was established in 1984. It operates 24 hours/day with both on-site and mobile capability for those clients in the community experiencing a mental health crisis, many of whom also have a substance abuse problem. The team provides screening services to clients both in the Family Guidance Center office sites and in the community as needed. The team also works with families and systems to stabilize situations, to facilitate voluntary hospitalization and utilization of other community-based services, to provide psycho-education to families and clients about mental illness and how to cope with an ill family member, and to provide referral and systems advocacy services. The Family Court component works with youth and families to provide immediate services so that family problems (e.g., truancy, runaway behavior) can be worked on in such a manner so as to avoid court involvement.
