ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services) was created to assist the Arab immigrant population adapt to life in the United States. It has 11 locations and more than 120 programs serving metro Detroit.
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Services Offered
Adult Mental Health Program - Serves clients throughout southeast Michigan suffering from mental illness, acculturation and substance abuse. The program is a comprehensive bilingual English/Arabic outpatient mental health treatment initiative accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).
Program Services Offered:* Mental illness assessment and treatment * Individual, family, and group therapy * Substance abuse counseling * Crisis intervention (referral) * Case management services * Psychological tests
Children's Mental Health Program - Helps children ages 6-17, and their families, manage symptoms associated with behavioral, cognitive, emotional or mental illness.
Program Services Offered:* Trauma screening and assessment * Trauma-informed interventions * Public research presentations with relevant topics, such as the state of children's mental health, outcomes, and evaluation
Target Groups/Client Base: * Dearborn and Dearborn Heights residents * Wayne County referrals for any Arab Americans (due to special linguistic competency within the Arab American population)
Psycho-Social Rehabilitation Center - Provides assistance to Arab Americans who suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, anxiety, social adjustment problems, family and immigration problems.
Program Services Offered:* Mental health: Individual psychotherapy, family therapy, marital counseling, and rehabilitation group therapy * Psychiatry services
Target Groups/Client Base: * Refugee families from Iraq, Palestine, Algeria, and other Arab countries * Asylum seekers, mainly from African countries: Senegal, Togo, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Somalia * Refugees from Afghanistan and Bosnia
Developmental Disabilities Programming - Offers support to people who suffer from developmental disabilities in their communities. An emphasis on human dignity and a conviction that each person is unique and capable of growth are the cornerstone beliefs of program staff.
Program Services Offered:* Psychological assessment * Crisis intervention * Psychological testing * Psychiatric services * Individual and family therapy * Behavioral management and planning * Parenting skills training * Case management services and advocacy * Referral and follow up appointments * Mental retardation services * Autism counseling for adults * Cerebral Palsy intervention * Seizure disorder * Polio * Speech and language disorder * Learning disabilities * Dual Diagnosis - Mental illness and mental retardation
Target Groups/Client Base: Arab and African American communities in southeast Michigan
Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Program - Provides services and assistance to victims of crime. The program serves the southeast Michigan community, including Wayne, Macomb and Oakland counties. The program helps clients with mental health recovery, healing and justice by providing counseling, psychiatric services, case management and legal advocacy. VOCA serves victims of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual abuse, rape, hate crimes, discrimination, robbery, assault, theft, burglary and survivors of homicide.
ACCESS Hope House - Hope House is, first and foremost, a community of people. It is a groundbreaking program of the ACCESS Community Health and Research Center (CHRC) that gives adults with a history of serious mental illness the opportunity to form meaningful relationships and extend these relationships into society. Hope House guarantees its members the right to a safe and supportive environment and the right to participate in a community. In this environment, members develop improved self-esteem, healthy habits and better socialization and personal skills.
Fees and Payment
This is a non profit agency.
Services Offered To: Adults
Special Groups: LGBTQ
Payment: Sliding Scale 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.
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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.