Guidance Center Inc

The Guidance Center is committed to support the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. We believe services should be unified so that people have quick and easy access to the support they need, regardless of how or why they originally came to us for help.

Adult Services

Our ABH program provides services and supports for people living with serious mental illness and their families. The Guidance Center has a continuum of care that includes intensive outreach services through our Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team, Dialectical Behavioral Treatment, traditional outpatient care with individual and group therapy, case management, medication management, supported employment, and skill building activities in the community.

Programs & Services

Veterans

Watch veterans and their family members share real stories of strength and recovery, find useful information and local mental health resources, and explore ways to show your support, at Make the Connection.

Now you can use web and mobile tools to help you get better and stay mentally strong. myStrength is safe and secure and offers personalized resources to improve your mood.

To sign up for myStrength:
1. Visit www.myStrength.com and click “Sign Up”

2. Enter your information, and the following Access Code:

if you are a Member/Consumer: DWMHAc
if you are Care Giver/Guardian: DWMHAcare
if you are a Community Member: DWMHAp
if you are a Provider staff person for personal use: DWMHAstaff

3. Complete the myStrength sign-up process with a brief Wellness Assessment and personal profile.

4. Go mobile! Using the access code above, get the myStrength app for iOS and Android devices at www.mystrength.com/mobile

The Ryan White Part C Program is a federal grant program designed to improve primary health care for people living with HIV.

Following federal poverty guidelines, the program may be able to either pay or help pay for any primary care service that is

Deemed necessary by the eligible person’s physician
Not covered by the person’s health insurance or an existing program

Program Services

The scope of services is broad because individual needs vary. These services include but are not limited to:

Dental care
Counseling services
Nutrition assessment
HIV/AIDS-related eye care
Transportation
Medication purchases
Insurance premiums and co-pay assistance

For more information talk to your case manager or therapist or visit dchcquality.com.

Children & Youth Services

Children’s Behavioral Health

Children’s Behavioral Health provides an array of mental health services to children and youth ages 5 – 17 with emotional and behavioral challenges. Services include assessment, psychiatric treatment, office and home-based therapy and case management, therapeutic and skill-building groups, wraparound, and around-the-clock crisis screening. Children’s Behavioral Health services focus both on the individual child/youth and the family as a whole. We are committed to help children and families build on their many strengths in order to lead fulfilling, productive lives.

Juvenile Justice

The Juvenile Justice program uses the Wraparound philosophy to provide home-based rehabilitative delinquency services to the youth and families in the program. Click here for more information.

Prevention and Diversion Services

Our youth empowerment services provide support, guidance and positive opportunities that help youth ages 7-17 develop their skills and make safe, healthy choices. We offer developmentally appropriate opportunities focused on social, emotional, academic and behavioral needs through a variety of services including:

Prevention Services