Neighborhood Center Inc

Group work - an important component in our arsenal of programs and services is the group work department. Group work is a collection of programs including transitional life skills, project aim, outreach and prevention, pins reduction & elimination, utica/rome children's centers, and operation sunshine. Collectively these programs served over 14,000 individuals and their families in 2024. Group work can be aptly described as the "safety net' program of our agency in that it is a general "helping" service that provides assistance in the various and individualized struggles that individuals and families have within our community. Group work is not constrained by eligibility requirements, income eligibilities, or age requirements.

Mental health - this program provides mental health services for children and adults and consists of several programs designed to effectively prevent and treat mental illness and crisis situations. The child and family behavioral health clinics operate out of utica and rome. In 2024, over 3,400 clients were served in the utica and rome clinics. The health home model of care management promotes and improves the health and well being of the population served. This model ensures medical consumers with complex medical, behavioral and/or long term care needs are addressed in a comprehensive manner. During 2024, utica/rome care management served approximately 1,400 individuals. Adult recovery services provides specialized programs to enhance independent living skills, increase wellness and understanding of mental illness, and provide socialization, peer support, and assistive employment services for adults diagnosed with mental illness. This program operates in utica and rome and served approximately 500 individuals in 2024. Mobile crisis assessment team is a 7 day/24 hour basis program designed to ensure an immediate response to crisis situations to prevent escalation, assure safety, and provide linkages to mental health services to prevent crisis reocurrance. The program is totally mobile and it provides community centered services in oneida, herkimer, chenango, deleware, otsego and schoharie counties. During 2024, approximately 21,000 mcat services were documented. The family ties program provides home-based, family focused, child friendly, strength based short term intensive counseling services for children up to age 18 and their families in the herkimer county. In 2024, services were provided to aproximately 70 children and their families.

Usda - this program provides reimbursement for meals served in daycare homes. The program also monitors the nutritional aspects of meals and snacks served in private day care settings. In 2024 approximately, 70 homes were monitored and served. In addition, this program also provides free meals and snacks to eligible students attending its own day care classes.