About HCS : Overview :

A broad overview of our programs…

Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services – Highlands Community Services provides counseling and other mental health assistance to adults, adolescents and children.

  • Outpatient Services involves counseling or therapy for a wide range of psychiatric and substance abuse disorders.
  • Care Coordination is available in which a manager “coordinates” multiple services for a client
  • Respite Care offers “cooling off” time for parents with children in crisis or when parents are temporarily unable to care for their children.
  • Therapeutic Foster Care provides safe homes within our community for severely disturbed children to prevent permanent hospitalization.
  • In-Home Family Services are designed to help families in crisis keep children in the home.
  • Day Treatment & Education Interchange Program offers an educational day program for emotionally disturbed youth as a public school alternative.
  • Behavior Intervention Services provides positive role models for children at risk.

Prevention & Education Services – are designed to promote the emotional health of individuals and help prevent violence, mental illness and substance abuse.

  • Reconnecting Youth Program was developed to teach middle/high school youth skills for decision making, self-control, stress management and other values.
  • Parent & Family Skills Training covers self-esteem issues, communication, family planning and discipline. Teen Girls
  • Youth Leadership classes are provided for middle and high school students to learn leadership and project planning skills.
  • Violence Prevention focuses on anger management, impulse control and empathy.

Substance Abuse programs are dedicated to giving individuals the tools to overcome addictions to alcohol and drugs.

  • Outpatient Services consist of counseling and therapy for children through adults who are dealing with various addictions.
  • Intensive Outpatient Services provides an intensive program for adult substance abusers who do not require hospitalization but whose needs are not met by traditional programs.
  • Student Assistance Programs assists school guidance counselors with evaluations and referral of students with substance abuse problems

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Recovery Programs offer services with a focus on strengths and abilities that will enable people with a serious mental illness, mental retardation and/or substance abuse to live, learn and participate fully in their communities. Hope and self-determination play an integral role. Age for all recovery services is adults 18 and over.

Care Coordination manages treatment programs for seriously ill individuals who are adapting to a community setting. Two locations serve Bristol, VA and Washington County, VA

  • Recovery Care Coordination – Bridge offers emergency services and care coordination to people with serious mental illness in selected Assisted Living Facilities.
  • Mental Health Supports provides help with living skills for people in recovery who now live or wish to live independently.
  • Psychiatric Recovery/Stepping Stones focuses on training in life skills for people with serious mental illness to integrate into the community.

Mental Retardation provides a variety of programs for persons with mental retardation from childhood through adulthood.

Club House

  • Care Coordination assists individuals, age three and up, with access to services in the least restrictive environment possible.
  • Day Support Programs provide services that help individuals develop life skills and be involved in the community, from school aged children through adults.
  • Family Support offers assistance for families who choose to provide care in the home for a family member with a mental disability.

Infant/Toddler Early Intervention provides instruction which is designed to minimize the effects of a child’s disability or delay.

  • Infant and Toddler Connection is a program of services available to babies from birth to three years old who have developmental delays.

Employment Services enable people with physical, mental or emotional disabilities to develop jobs skills that lead to employment.