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The Murphy-Harpst Community Mental Health Services Center
In July 2007 Murphy-Harpst opened its doors to the communities of Polk and Floyd Counties for a variety of mental health services provided in-clinic and in the community. Over 170 youth and their families have been served by these services, with that number growing every day. With expertise acquired through years of providing outstanding residential services, specialized foster care and aftercare services, the organization embarked on this new mission to impact the surrounding communities.
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This also signified the first opportunity to provide a full range of Medicaid and Managed Care funded services to at-risk families. Types of services available through this outpatient program include individual, family and group therapies; psychiatric and medication evaluation; nursing assessment; home based services; substance abuse treatment; parent training; and a number of various group therapies. Community Services Treatment can take place in the home, in our offices, or in any other community setting convenient for the family.
Each child or adolescent enrolled in these programs is assigned an individual therapist who is responsible for the development of an Individualized Recovery/Resiliency Plan that outlines the youth and family’s goals and desired outcomes, specific objectives to be attained, services to be provided, identification of staff responsible for delivery of each service, and plans for discharge. Group therapies provided include, but are not limited to, substance abuse, peer relations, family issues, conflict resolution, communication skills, assertiveness training, social and recreational opportunities, anger management, and others as needs may dictate.
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The Head Start School
Approximately 120 three and four year old children receive educational instruction in the school buildings that comprise the Head Start program, supervised by the Tallatoona Community Action Partnership, Inc. The children eligible for these early educational opportunities live in families whose income is below an eligibility-defined level, who are from single-parent families living in hardship, and who are not often exposed to pre-school experiences that prepare a child for success in school. This program provides an array of learning tools and social opportunities that bring fun and excitement to the pre-school experience. Tallatoona CAP also supervises the Pre-K program because this connection enables the blending of different funding streams, resulting in a richer array of educational opportunities, staff, and resources.
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The Pre-Kindergarten School
Through funds provided by the Georgia Lottery, this school serves four-year-old children made eligible through family circumstances that place the child at risk of not being prepared to start kindergarten without the help of this program. Sixty children are taught in the Murphy campus school, where they are provided with a rich array of educational toys, supplies, experiences and instruction designed to equip them with those skills needed to start school ready to learn and progress from grade to grade successfully. |
