UMCH Family Services is a comprehensive children's mental health and child welfare agency that helps families stay together, reunify or become new forever families. We work with hundreds of children and parents across Ohio.
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Services Offered
Outpatient Mental Health - UMCH Family Services focuses on strengthening the children, adolescents and their families through counseling and supportive services. Our multidisciplinary treatment team is comprised of Masters-level Clinicians, licensed Community Psychiatric Support providers, registered nurses, and medication prescribers, including Clinical Nurse Practitioners and Psychiatrists. Our Outpatient Behavioral Health team uses the newest evidence-based and evidence-informed practices. We work hand in hand with parents and guardians, as well as partner with schools and pediatricians to bring a dynamic, comprehensive approach to our process. Treatment is individualized and unique for every child. Some of the concerns that families bring to UMCH Family Services Offered:* Anger and Aggression * Attachment Issues / Relationship Building * Depression, Anxiety, Social Withdrawal * Family Changes and Transitions * High Risk Behaviors * Inattention/Impulsivity * Non-Compliance with Authority * Parent-Child/Family Functioning * Poor Social Skills * Post Adoption Issues * Trauma/Grief/Loss
General Outpatient Behavioral Health - Provides individualized treatment for children 4 to 22 years of age, in a variety of locations throughout Franklin County. We have a continuum of services, including mental health/behavioral health counseling.
Intensive Home-Based Treatment - Some families experience challenges that require more intensive services than traditional once-a-week counseling. Intensive Home-Based Therapy Services include mental health/behavioral health counseling and clinical contact occurs multiple times per week and can be in various locations such as in the home, at school or in the community, as needed.
Post Adoption Counseling - UMCH Family Services believes it is important to help forever families stay together. Adoption can bring a unique set of challenges for a child, adoptive parents and extended family throughout the lifelong process of adoption. Our Post Adoption clinicians understand how a child's pre-adoption experiences influence life in their adoptive home.
Fees and Payment
UMCH Family Services accepts Medicaid, private insurance, PASSS funds and fee for service.
This is a non profit agency.
Services Offered To: Adults Teens Children
Special Groups: Bilingual
Payment: Sliding Scale Pro-bono Medicare Medicaid
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Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.