Mental Health Services
Child & Family’s mental health programs provide the
foundation for the agency’s wide range of services to children,
adults, and families. This fully licensed mental health clinic
provides therapy and assessments for individuals, families, couples,
and groups. We offer psychiatric evaluations, and medication monitoring
by a psychiatrist.
Adult Behavioral Health Services (ABHS)
This clinic provides a full range of treatment including
individuals, families, and couples therapy with various mental
health issues. It also offers medication management by an expert
group of psychiatrists.
Child Behavioral Health Services (CBHS)
Because the needs of children are often different than
adults, we have therapists and psychiatrists specifically trained
to work with children who take into account the emotional, physical
and developmental needs of adolescents. These professionals understand
the needs of children and work with families to ensure successful
treatment.
Adoption Services Adoption Journey's
Program that offers services and support to families throughout
Massachusetts after an adoption is legalized. These services address
the unique challenges of adoption and are provided in a family
centered manner through partnerships with human service agencies
across the Commonwealth. The services include information and
referral, advocacy and coordination, regional response teams,
adoptive family support network, respite services, and adoption
competency training.
Community Support Youth &
Family Services Young Parent Support (YPS) This program is an open referral service that is designed to provide
home based services to pregnant and parenting teens in the Greater
New Bedford and Fall River area who are under the age of 24.
The services
are geared toward high-risk teens that are disengaged from needed
services. Our
team consists of experienced case managers to assist young parents
with the many aspects of parenthood including health care,
education, housing, and healthy relationships. Our services are
free, voluntary, and confidential. YPS case managers speak English,
Portuguese, and Spanish. The goal of the program is to prepare young
parents to become self sufficient, healthy, well-informed
individuals capable of making responsible decisions regarding
pregnancy and parenting. To refer yourself, or to make a referral
for someone you know, please fill out our
Online Referral Form. A case manager will be in touch as soon as
possible. Sexual Abuse Intervention Network (SAIN) The SAIN Program is designed to reduce the number of interviews
and trauma for children who have been a victim of sexual abuse.
A team of professionals work together to try and reduce the amount
of “fact gathering” interviews that children have to
go through, thereby eliminating further trauma to the child. SAIN
team members include the Department of Social Services, the District
Attorney’s office, local police departments, the SAIN team
coordinator and the social worker and/or therapist working with the
family. The team serves 21 cities and towns throughout the Bristol
County. This program serves over 300 children per year.
FAQs...
Parent Mentor Program Parent Mentor is a comprehensive educational
and advocacy program for families referred by the Department of
Social Services. Parent Mentors work with families to learn new and
better ways of coping with the challenges of every day life. The
focus of the program is to strengthen families at risk for child
abuse or neglect. To bring about constructive change, Parent Mentors
use a range of methods that include support, guidance, instruction
and treatment. The goal is to keep children with their families in
order to spare them the trauma of separation and loss.
FAQs...
For information about any of these services or other Child and Family Services Programs, we encourage you to contact our office.
66 Troy Street Fall River, MA 02720
508-676-5708
Adoption Services
Young Parent Support
Child
& Family Services, Inc- Main Office ● 1061 Pleasant Street ● New
Bedford, MA 02740● Tel- (508) 996-8572 ● Fax (508) 991-8618