SERVICES FOR ADULTS
Full Service Partnership (FSP)
FSP is a service that offers a variety of intensive case management services to individuals experiencing a severe mental illness or serious emotional disturbance.
All FSP services are catered to the individual and look different for every person we assist. Services may include mental health assessments, counseling services, community resource linkages, support with basic needs, and life skills groups, such as our Enrichment Series and PRIDE groups, as a portion of a Wellness and Recovery plan . Linkage and Referrals to community partners and empowering individuals with self-sufficiency skills are key goals
of all FSP programs.
All FSP services are free of charge to Kings County residents who are experiencing a severe mental illness or serious emotional
disturbance. If you are interested in learning more about FSP services, please call the Officer of the Day at: (559) 852-2333
Counseling
We offer confidential individual counseling services at our Hanford office. Services are in English and Spanish. Counseling services can range from screening, to individual, family or group counseling. Various types of clinical approaches are used from CBT, Play Therapy, to EMDR, etc. We are able to provide clinical services to both children and adults who meet eligibility criteria. While the services are offered at no cost to Kings County residents, the services do have eligibility criteria that must be met. Our services are non-crisis. Clinical counseling services are rendered in an approach utilizing a brief treatment
model that results in short term treatment. Additional Counseling services are also available through our partner Kings View Counseling Services who has locations in Avenal, Corcoran, and Hanford.
Support Groups
Family Member Support Group - Do you have a family Member living with a Mental Illness? You're not alone. Come and join our family member support group which provides support to families and others coping with mental health issues - from schizophrenia, bi-polar to depression. A lite meal is provided along with interpreter services if requested. Meetings are first and third Tuesdays of the month from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at 460 Kings County Dr., Suite 101.
Sisters Speak - This group is an open monthly forum that meets on the 3rd Thursday of every month to discuss, answer questions, provide presentations on mental health, prevention, physical health, nutrition, finances and other life issues, challenges and barriers that prevent African American Women from accessing programs and services and what attendees can do as a community and a County agency to eliminate those challenges and barriers. Check out the FLYER and CALENDAR.
Collaborative Justice Treatment Court
Collaborative Justice Treatment Court (CJTC). The new court has been established as a pilot program and funded by Behavioral Health, which will seek to serve Veterans, individuals with a severe mental illness (SMI), individuals with a substance use disorder (SUD), or both (Co-Ocurring Disorders) through criminal justice supervision, diversion and treatment.
Visit our CJTC page and learn more by clicking HERE.
Oak Wellness Center
A drop-in social center that is consumer -run, membership-driven meeting place for adults to socialize, support each other through self-help groups, engage in numerous activities, volunteer, relax, learn from each other, etc.
Senior Access For Engagement
SAFE is an outreach program designed to bring services to seniors of Kings County having problems accessing services. Barriers to these services include language, isolation, transportation, and awareness of services. The goal of SAFE is to reach unserved and under served older adults in order to eliminate ethnic and age disparities in accessibility, availability, and appropriateness of mental health services. In partnership with Kings County Commission on Aging, this program strives to serve a vulnerable, at-risk population in Kings County. For more information Call 559-852-2825.
FSP is a service that offers a variety of intensive case management services to individuals experiencing a severe mental illness or serious emotional disturbance.
All FSP services are catered to the individual and look different for every person we assist. Services may include mental health assessments, counseling services, community resource linkages, support with basic needs, and life skills groups, such as our Enrichment Series and PRIDE groups, as a portion of a Wellness and Recovery plan . Linkage and Referrals to community partners and empowering individuals with self-sufficiency skills are key goals
of all FSP programs.
All FSP services are free of charge to Kings County residents who are experiencing a severe mental illness or serious emotional
disturbance. If you are interested in learning more about FSP services, please call the Officer of the Day at: (559) 852-2333
Counseling
We offer confidential individual counseling services at our Hanford office. Services are in English and Spanish. Counseling services can range from screening, to individual, family or group counseling. Various types of clinical approaches are used from CBT, Play Therapy, to EMDR, etc. We are able to provide clinical services to both children and adults who meet eligibility criteria. While the services are offered at no cost to Kings County residents, the services do have eligibility criteria that must be met. Our services are non-crisis. Clinical counseling services are rendered in an approach utilizing a brief treatment
model that results in short term treatment. Additional Counseling services are also available through our partner Kings View Counseling Services who has locations in Avenal, Corcoran, and Hanford.
Support Groups
Family Member Support Group - Do you have a family Member living with a Mental Illness? You're not alone. Come and join our family member support group which provides support to families and others coping with mental health issues - from schizophrenia, bi-polar to depression. A lite meal is provided along with interpreter services if requested. Meetings are first and third Tuesdays of the month from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at 460 Kings County Dr., Suite 101.
Sisters Speak - This group is an open monthly forum that meets on the 3rd Thursday of every month to discuss, answer questions, provide presentations on mental health, prevention, physical health, nutrition, finances and other life issues, challenges and barriers that prevent African American Women from accessing programs and services and what attendees can do as a community and a County agency to eliminate those challenges and barriers. Check out the FLYER and CALENDAR.
Collaborative Justice Treatment Court
Collaborative Justice Treatment Court (CJTC). The new court has been established as a pilot program and funded by Behavioral Health, which will seek to serve Veterans, individuals with a severe mental illness (SMI), individuals with a substance use disorder (SUD), or both (Co-Ocurring Disorders) through criminal justice supervision, diversion and treatment.
Visit our CJTC page and learn more by clicking HERE.
Oak Wellness Center
A drop-in social center that is consumer -run, membership-driven meeting place for adults to socialize, support each other through self-help groups, engage in numerous activities, volunteer, relax, learn from each other, etc.
Senior Access For Engagement
SAFE is an outreach program designed to bring services to seniors of Kings County having problems accessing services. Barriers to these services include language, isolation, transportation, and awareness of services. The goal of SAFE is to reach unserved and under served older adults in order to eliminate ethnic and age disparities in accessibility, availability, and appropriateness of mental health services. In partnership with Kings County Commission on Aging, this program strives to serve a vulnerable, at-risk population in Kings County. For more information Call 559-852-2825.
ANCHORS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
ANCHORS was developed to provide permanent and supportive housing program for Kings County. The ANCHORS program was a partnership between the Kings County Behavioral Health Department and the Kings County Housing Authority. The Capital Needs and Facilities (CFNT) funding from Prop 63 was used to build the housing complex which has five (5) – two (2) bedroom units. Each unit has a full kitchen, bathroom, living room and bedrooms.
The housing units were built to provide permanent and supportive housing to individuals living with a sever mental illness/emotional disturbance or families of someone living with an SMI/SED.
The project was just completed in 2015 and now houses residents who are all also participants in our FSP program. The housing complex has a wellness center on site for residents to hold groups, conduct social and educational functions.
The ANCHORS project also features and FSP Recovery Support Coordinator on site who provides the support, referral and linkages needed by residents. There are office spaces in the wellness center as well for partner agencies to use when rendering services to residents. Property is managed by the Housing Authority and the program is managed by Behavioral Health. Resident rent sustains the program, and staffing is funded through our Community Support and Services Plan (CSS).
ANCHORS was developed to provide permanent and supportive housing program for Kings County. The ANCHORS program was a partnership between the Kings County Behavioral Health Department and the Kings County Housing Authority. The Capital Needs and Facilities (CFNT) funding from Prop 63 was used to build the housing complex which has five (5) – two (2) bedroom units. Each unit has a full kitchen, bathroom, living room and bedrooms.
The housing units were built to provide permanent and supportive housing to individuals living with a sever mental illness/emotional disturbance or families of someone living with an SMI/SED.
The project was just completed in 2015 and now houses residents who are all also participants in our FSP program. The housing complex has a wellness center on site for residents to hold groups, conduct social and educational functions.
The ANCHORS project also features and FSP Recovery Support Coordinator on site who provides the support, referral and linkages needed by residents. There are office spaces in the wellness center as well for partner agencies to use when rendering services to residents. Property is managed by the Housing Authority and the program is managed by Behavioral Health. Resident rent sustains the program, and staffing is funded through our Community Support and Services Plan (CSS).
