Volunteers Of America Inc

Encouraging positive development for troubled and at-risk children and youth, while also promoting the healthy development of all children, adolescents, and their families. These programs provide a continuum of care and support for young people ages birth to 24 through prevention, early intervention, crisis intervention, and long-term services. 1. The youth resource center (yrc) which opened in 2016 seeks to improve the quality of life for homeless youth (15-24 years old) by meeting basic needs including emergency shelter, meals, clothing, and showers/laundry. Yrc staff also assist youth to obtain employment and/or education and facilitate entry into affordable housing. On-site services include the youth legal clinic to support clients with legal issues they may face. The youth empowered solutions to succeed program (yess) provides additional mental health access and support for homeless youth.2. Housed at yrc, voa's prevention program offers opportunities to elementary through high school age students to educate and deter them from drug and alcohol use, through increase coping skills, prosocial behaviors, and relationship skills. The amplified mentoring program (amp) provides mentoring for youth through a dept. Of justice funded grant. This program matches screened adult volunteers with youth for a 9-month supportive intervention.

Fostering independence and health of persons with disabilities, mental illness, and hiv/aids through mental health care services and a wide range of community services. 1. Behavioral health outpatient treatment programs are offered at two locations, cornerstone counseling center in salt lake city and family counseling center in murray. Behavioral health treatment services include assessment and treatment services for substance abuse and mental illness as well as medication prescribing and management. Individual and group sessions are offered at all asam levels of outpatient cornerstone's children's care center is a unique on-site childcare setting staffed by trained professionals to meet the needs of the children during the time their parent is in the counseling center for treatment. The facility is open both day and evening hours. Treatment is available on a sliding fee scale to help those with a limited ability to pay. 2. The assertive community treatment team (act) is a high intensity intervention for people with severe mental illness. The two multidisciplinary teams are mobile and focused on improved personal stability and successful integration into the community. The team supports clients at their place of residence.3. Two voa programs provide permanent supportive housing vital to the community. Denver apartments is a 22-apartment project with a focus on providing housing and support for people with serious and persistent mental illness. The theodora is a permanent supportive housing program that provides a safe, residential setting in a group home for up to 14 women with serious and persistent mental illness. Both programs include 24-hour onsite staffing and require support from voa's assertive community treatment team (act). 4. The intensive case management team works at the geraldine e king women's resource center, to provide services to clients with mental health needs. The multidisciplinary team moves women toward community housing with an additional focus on mental health stabilization.