The Institute for Child and Family Health (ICFH) - formerly the Children's Psychiatric Center (CPC) - is a private, not-for-profit organization that has been providing health, behavioral health, educational, and prevention services to the children, adolescents, and families of Miami-Dade County since 1945. It is one of the oldest and largest community health centers exclusively dedicated to the well being of children and families in the state of Florida. ICFH serves over 30,000 children, adolescents, and families per year.
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Services Offered
ICFH is one of the oldest, largest, and most respected providers of counseling services in the State of Florida. Our child and family counseling programs are designed to enhance individual and family strengths in order to achieve improvements in behavior, relationships, and/or emotional well being. We provide high quality counseling services to children, adolescents and families who are coping with a wide range of issues - from relatively simple behavior and adjustment problems to more serious conditions of depression, anxiety, child abuse, and trauma. Services are provided in the family's home, the child's school, or in one of our three outpatient centers. Increasingly - with funding cut backs and other barriers - our center is one of the few that still offers these essential services to needy and low income families. Access to high quality counseling services is especially critical for children and adolescents, as proper and timely treatment during childhood often serves to decrease the risk later in life for more serious mental health disorders, relationship problems, school failure, delinquency, and substance abuse.
Fees and Payment
ICFH accept and is funded by Medicaid, and also provides the availability of appropriate auxiliary aids and services at no cost to our deaf or hard-of-hearing clients and their companions.
Services Offered To: Adults Teens Children
Payment: Sliding Scale Medicaid
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A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
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.