Crisis intervention for runaway, locked-out, homeless, and ungovernable youth.

-- Ensures youth receives emergency psychiatric or substance abuse treatment if needed.

-- Follow-up care plan for youths reunited with family.

-- Short-term or long-term placements if reunification is not immediately possible.

Provides a crisis intervention service available to anyone in Southern Kane or Kendall County. A multi-disciplinary team of trained mental health professionals work with individuals in a crisis to provide community-based crisis response, evaluation and assessment to determine appropriate care, solution-focused and recovery-oriented interventions, completion of crisis safety plan with the individual and their supports, linkage to appropriate resources and referrals as needed, short term follow-up care and case management.

Services include:

-- Access/screening.

-- Anger Management Counseling.

-- Caregiver Connection.

-- Crisis stabilization services.

-- Case Management.

-- Child Outpatient Therapy.

-- Family Counseling.

-- Linkage with psychiatric medical services.

-- ADHD Services and Resources.

Crisis Services to anyone experiencing a crisis. Crisis services include:

23-hour Crisis Observation services support individuals in a secure and protected setting, medically staffed, and a psychiatrically supervised treatment environment to stabilize the situation and better assess any additional levels of care.

24-Hour Crisis Hotline provides support on the phone for people looking for immediate help with an emotional or mental health crisis.

Crisis Evaluation and Stabilization provides short-term care for individuals with mental health and developmental disabilities who need 24-hour supervision for safety during a crisis, without the added trauma of hospitalization. Stabilization includes a crisis evaluation.

Mobile Crisis Response and Outreach services provide on-site, face-to-face mental health services for an individual or family experiencing a mental health crisis. Can respond to wherever the crisis is occurring. Must call the 24-hour Crisis Line to access mobile crisis response teams. Call (855) 581-8111 for Mobile Crisis.

Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) provide mobile crisis response.

-- On-site counseling.

-- Mental health evaluation.

-- Assess the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

Offers a 24 hour Mobile Crisis Response Team. Anyone experiencing a mental health crisis can call to have the Mobile Crisis Unit dispatched.

SASS provides the following services for children and youth:

-- Crisis intervention.

-- Short-term stabilization where a child is at risk of self-harm, or harming others.

-- Individual and family psychotherapy/counseling.

-- Mental health assessment.

-- Case management and resource linkage assistance.

-- Psychiatric services.

Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) provide mobile crisis response.
- On-site counseling
- Mental health evaluation
- Assess the need for psychiatric hospitalization

Provides a confidential, 24/7 crisis intervention for runaway and homeless youth and their families via phone, chat, email, text, and bulletin board. Referrals, conference calling with a parent upon youth's request, conflict mediation, and information hotline. Free bus tickets home to family or shelter for qualified youth ages 12-21. Call or text 1-800-RUNAWAY (786-2929) or visit www.1800runaway.org

HOME FREE PROGRAM: In partnership with Greyhound Lines, Inc., NRS helps reunite qualified runaway youth ages 12-21 with their families, or alternate living arrangement through a free bus ticket home. Youth must call 1-800-RUNAWAY (786-2929) to start the process.

Let's Talk: Runaway Prevention Curriculum:
A free 14-module, interactive prevention curriculum that is available in English and Spanish. This evidence-based tool builds life skills; increases knowledge about available resources; educates about alternatives to running away; and empowers youth to access and seek help from trusted community members.

Provides the following services for children and youth:

-- Crisis intervention.

-- Short-term stabilization where a child is at risk of self-harm, or harming others.

-- Individual and family psychotherapy/counseling.

-- Mental health assessment.

-- Case management and resource linkage assistance.

-- Psychiatric services.

Offers the Crisis Observation Service (COS) is available to clients ages 5 or older who are experiencing psychiatric/psychological stress which does not require hospitalization. Provides a safe environment where you can meet with a crisis specialist, a nurse and a mental health professional. If appropriate, the COS staff may coordinate an assessment by a psychiatric nurse practitioner if indicated.

COS clients must be able to maintain safe behaviors while utilizing the suite, be able to provide their own basic hygiene needs, be medically stable and willing to work with staff on intake paperwork and discharge planning. The crisis specialist may also be able to assist clients in setting up mental health appointments and services with Elevate CCBHC or their provider of choice.

Provides outpatient services to enhance emotional health.

Services include:

-- Crisis intervention, community outreach

-- Case Management

-- Outpatient Mental Health Services

-- Treatment Referral Services

-- Individual Therapy

-- Couples Therapy/Family Therapy

-- Psychiatric Evaluations

-- Outpatient Treatment Services for Adults

-- Screening, Intake Orientation, Assessments

-- Treatment Planning

-- Referrals, Placement into Treatment Programs

-- Individual Counseling, Group Therapy

Provides crisis intervention services for individuals who are experiencing a psychiatric crisis.