Outreach and
Engagement

Services Offered: 

• Short-Term Case Management in-home visits: Comprehensive needs assessment, 1:1 skill building, and connection to resources to improve emotional well-being and access to long-term services.
• Short-Term Counseling in-home visits: Comprehensive mental health assessment, counseling and brief therapy to identify risks and work on solutions to promote a healthy lifestyle.
• Mental Health Screenings: Screening questionnaires that enable participants to obtain own scoring on Depression and/or Anxiety (conducted in-home, at outreach events and libraries).
• Educational Workshops: Topics include emotional and social well-being, growth and development, life skills, anger and stress management, healthy communication, and healthy relationships (1.5-2 hours each workshop).
• 1:1 Skill Building Sessions: Topics include Emotional and social well-being, growth and development, life skills, anger and stress management, healthy communication, and healthy relationships (30 minute sessions scheduled in the home, library, or at a nearby public place).
• Support Groups: Provide support and encouragement from peers to cope with challenges and enable resilience (currently not offered due to low demand from participants).

Current educational workshops and 1:1 skill building session topics:

• Bullying and Self-Esteem: Explores the definitions of bullying and highlights intervention techniques for working with victims, bystanders, and bullies. Explains what self-esteem is and how we can improve our own self-esteem and help empower others.
• Signs of Mental Illness and Stigma Reduction: Promotes positive mental health using an action plan and identifies symptoms of common brain disorders. Introduces cultural and social causes of stigma and promotes empathy and empowerment.
• Substance Abuse: Provides an overview of basic phases of substance use, abuse, and dependence, and its effects on mental health.
• Communication: Offers communication tips for talking to youth as well as adults, describes how to use guiding questions and “you” versus “I” statements. Emphasizes healthy communication tips.
• Understanding Your Child’s Behavior: Examines different temperament traits, provides suggestions for fostering sibling relationships, and presents a brief overview of ages and developmental stages.
• Choosing Healthy Relationships: Identifies signs and behaviors related to, and the common myths associated with, dating abuse. Interactive scenarios are presented and resources are provided.
• Healthy Media Boundaries: Focuses on setting boundaries for media usage and understanding the impact media has on youth. Introduces topics of cyberbullying and harassment while providing tips to avoid victimization.
• Anger Management: Explores causes of anger and the effect of anger on mental health and well-being. Emphasizes various techniques for achieving anger management.
• Stress Management and Self-Care: Explores stress and the effect of stress on well-being. Emphasizes stress management techniques.
• Time Management: Provides an overview on the importance of time management and provides strategies on time management.
• Suicide Prevention/Awareness: Identifies signs and risk factors associated with self -harm, provides support and strategies.
• Conflict Resolution: Provides techniques on how to manage disagreements, find better ways to communicate and develop empathy.
• Healthy Marriage: Provides an overview of a healthy marriage and techniques for addressing marital conflicts.
• Nutrition and Well-Being: Provides information and strategies on healthy eating and other health related topics.
• Senior Series: Provides information on fall prevention and healthy aging strategies.