Our vision as the Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health Services Division of Egyptian Health
Department (EHD) is to provide quality services that are family- driven, youth-guided,
strengths-based and culturally competent; meaning services are customized to fit family's
unique needs. Children, adolescents and their families will be provided equal services
regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, religion, socio-economic status,
etc.
Behavioral Health Crisis Services
Behavioral Health Crisis Services are provided to families in Saline, Gallatin, and White
Counties. All after hour calls are generated through Saline County Sheriff's Department. A
qualified crisis worker shall respond to the crisis at an appropriate, safe place such as the
emergency room or the police department. At that time, a crisis evaluation takes place and
appropriate referrals are made. Children and adolescents will be evaluated for possible
hospitalization and/or referral to outpatient services. EHD also conducts consultations for the
Saline and White County Detention Centers when needed to assess an inmate for lethality. To
access this service, call the Saline County Sheriff's Department at 618-252-8661.
Comprehensive Mental Health Assessment
Egyptian Health Department's Child & Adolescent Division will have a qualified Assessment
Specialist conduct a Comprehensive Mental Health Assessment. This will be completed on all
child and adolescent referrals. After their needs are identified, the Assessment Specialist will
recommend the program to fit the child's needs. If the child requires psychiatric medication in
addition to primary health care, the family may choose to utilize our on-site Family Nurse
Practioner who will be able to provide both services.
Family Resource Developer (FRO)
We at EHD understand the correlation between having positive mental health and academic
success. To promote that idea, we have partnered with local area schools by placing a Family
Resource Developer (FRO), who is housed at the school and serves as a support to families and
children to successfully navigate mental health services as well as community resources. An
FRO is not a counselor, but supports the parent through education on how to parent a child that
has a unique and challenging personality.
Screening, Assessment, & Support Services (SASS)
For children and adolescents who may be hospitalized due to a diagnosed or undiagnosed
Serious Emotional Disorder (SED), we offer the Screening, Assessment, & Support Services
(SASS), which is a 90-day program that will provide you and your child intensive counseling,
mentoring, crisis intervention and case management to youth and families.
Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services (CCBYS) Program
For families who experience runaways, lockouts, and children refusing to return home, our
Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services (CCBYS) Program provides counseling and
group activities that help through problem-solving strategies that promote family unity.
System of Care Program (SOC)
For those circumstances that require out of home placement for children and adolescents who
are wards of the Department of Children and Family Services, EHD offers a community-based;
System of Care Program (SOC) that provides an array of critical intensive therapeutic strategies
and/or coordinating services to emotionally and behaviorally challenged children and
adolescents. Maintaining a stable and familiar environment through the utilization of these
services is the ultimate goal of the SOC Program.
Mental Health Counseling
For children and adolescents needing in-office counseling, EHD offers specialized outpatient
Mental Health Counseling. Services such as counseling, crisis intervention, case management,
and advocacy are provided by a Qualified Mental Health Professional.
Care Coordinators
Our Local Area Network (LAN #2) is a community resource that utilizes Care Coordinators,
promotes a strengths-based team approach concept while developing and coordinating services
into one service plan specifically designed for youth who are having difficulties in home,
school and community.
Transition to Independence (TIP)
For children and adolescents ages 14-21 years old who have been actively involved in mental
health counseling and meet other criteria, there is an intensive therapeutic program using the
Transition to Independence (TIP) model that assists youth with navigating systems and utilizing
resources that promote: Finding employment and a career, assessing education and•
opportunities, creating positive living environments, and improving personal effectiveness and
wellbeing as well as community-life functioning. This adolescent will need to demonstrate a
commitment to improving, learning and utilizing skills while being involved in this specialized
program.
Mental Illness & Substance Abuse (MISA)
In addition to the many specialized services available through our Child & Adolescent
Division, we are now specifically treating adolescents with co-occurring disorders. Our Mental
Illness & Substance Abuse (MISA) Specialist is dedicated to providing age-appropriate and
individualized treatment to dual diagnosed adolescents, addressing issues such as: behaviors,
self-esteem, emotional and physical health, strengths, goals, substance abuse, history, relapse
prevention, and healthy recovery environments.
At Egyptian Health Department we take pride in serving children and adolescents to assist them
with reaching their fullest potential. After all, we know that healthy people create healthy
communities.
Behavioral health
Funding provided in whole or in part by Illinois Department of Human Services
Community Support:
Offers both individual and group services and is designed to assist adults with mental illness
who are at risk for hospitalization. Counselors and technicians are available to provide
educational training on mental illness, skill building in their homes and community, and
promote recovery and resiliency.
Crisis Intervention:
24-hour, 365 days per year program where counselors are ready to assist with mental and
emotional crisis, alcohol or substance abuse crisis, family crisis, child/youth runaway, or
elderly crisis. Call the Saline County Sheriff's Department, 618-252-8661, to access this
service.
Individual Placement and Support (IPS):
IPS program, previously known as Supported Employment, is a holistic, recovery-based
vocational rehabilitation approach for persons with severe mental illness that emphasizes
helping people obtain competitive work in the community and providing the supports necessary
to enhance continued success in the workplace. Extensive evidence-based research has proven
that IPS produces better outcomes for consumers than other vocational services. The agency
works in collaboration with the Office of Rehab Services.
Intensive Case Management:
Provides linkage following discharge from state-operated facilities, including counseling, case
management and other services.
Mental Health Groups:
Support Groups include Anger Management, Trauma and Recovery, Dialectical Behavioral
Therapy, and Illness Self- Management.
Outpatient Mental Health:
Outpatient services are designed to promote recovery and resiliency through individual, family,
or group counseling methods. We also do Psychiatric Nursing Home Placement, when
appropriate.
Psychological & Psychiatric:
Assessments and medication evaluations.
Substance Abuse Program:
Provides DUI Evaluation/Risk Education, counseling and Substance Abuse School-Based
Prevention Programs.
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP):
is an evidence-based practice that provides group intervention for adults with mental illness.
WRAP guides participants through the process of identifying and understanding their personal
well ness resources ("well ness tools") and then helps them develop an individualized plan to
use these resources on a daily basis to manage their mental illness.
public health
Funding provided in whole or in part by federal and state funded programs
All Kids and Family Care:
To provide health insurance to uninsured pregnant women, children and parents in Illinois.
CATCH Program:
The CATCH Program (Coordinated Approach to Child Health) brings schools, families and
communities together to teach children how to be healthy for a lifetime. Visit
http://www.wix.com/ ehdcatch/tobaccofree for more information.
Child Care Nurse Consultant:
In collaboration with Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R}, Egyptian Health
Department provides Child Care Nurse Consultant services for children in child care in the
southern 15 counties of Illinois. This effort is intended to improve the health status and wellbeing of children in child care by enhancing coordination and collaboration between health care
providers and the child care system. The CCR&R provides parents with child care referrals, and
delivers training and assistance to child care providers.
Environmental Health:
Promotes health and quality of life by prevention' n or controlling infectious diseases through
Food Protection, Potable Water, Private Sewage, Vector Control and Solid Waste Programs.
Family Case Management:
To assist pregnant women and women with infants and children in finding an ongoing source of
medical care and related services. Health Works program offers intensive case management
services.
Family Planning:
To provide reproductive health with medical, social and educational supports to Illinois women,
one third of whom are teens, and families.
Genetics/Newborn Screening Program:
Referrals are offered for this program that will facilitate early diagnosis of metabolic/genetic
disorders and help prevent premature death, excessive morbidity, mental retardation, and other
developmental disabilities.
High Risk Infant Follow-up:
Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Reporting System (APORS) captures information to identify and
refer children with health problems to the High Risk Infant Follow-up that will ensure the
healthy development of infants born with a high-risk medical condition.
Home Health:
Delivers skilled nursing and therapy services to persons in their home. Some of the services
include Wound and Diabetic Care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Disease
Specific Education.
Illinois Lead Program:
To assess children at risk for lead poisoning and provide referrals as needed.
Illinois Tobacco Free Communities:
To promote tobacco cessation and eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke. Call the Illinois
Tobacco Quitline toll-free at 1-866-QUIT-YES (1-866-784-8937) or TTY
1-800-501-1068 to learn about available programs in your area that can help you quit smokingOpen 7 Days a Week from 7am to 11 pm. •
Immunization Program:
To prevent the spread of vaccine preventable childhood diseases by providing and encouraging
child immunizations, such as Chickenpox, Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (Dtap), Hepatitis
A and B, Hemophilic conjugate (HIB), Polio, Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR), Pneumonia,
Influenza, Meningitis, Shingles, Human Papillomavirus (HPV), and Rotavirus.
Tuberculosis Program:
Prevents the spread of TB through identifying, treating, and caring for all persons with TB
disease. By evaluating contacts of persons with TB, and identify and treat persons with latent
TB infection (LTBI), so those persons do not develop TB disease.
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Woman, Infants and Children):
To reduce the incidence of infant mortality, low birth weight and nutrition-related problems to
ensure the proper growth and development of children to age 5.
Locations
Saline County
1412 US45 N.
Eldorado, IL 62946
Main Office
Phone: 618-273-3326
TTY: 618-273-9403
Fax: 681-273-2808
Hours: Monday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday
8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday
8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
White County
Carmi Office
1705 College Avenue
Carmi, IL 62821
Phone: 618-382-7311
Fax: 618-382-7552
Hours: Monday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday
8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday
8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Gallatin County
Ridgway Office
112 E. Main Street, P.O. Box 181
Ridgway, IL 62979-0181
Phone: 618-272-4691
Fax: 618-272-5751
Hours: Monday
8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Shawneetown Office
9525 Gold Hill Road
Shawneetown, IL 62984
Phone: 618-269-3454
Fax: 618-269-3825
internet resources list
American Psychiatric Association (APA)
ww.healthyminds.org
Illinois Mental Health Collaborative
www.illinoismentalhealthcollaborative.com
American Psychological Association (APA)
http://effectivechildtherapy.com/
Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
www.isbe.net
Black Mental Health Alliance
www.blackmentalhealth.com
Minority Health
www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov
Black Psychiatrist of America
www.blackpsch.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
www.nami.org
Centers for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov
Community & Residential Services Authority (CRSA)
www.illinois.gov/crsa/
National Center on Responsiveness to Intervention (Rtl)
www.rti4success.org
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
www.nichcy.org
Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)
www.state.il.us/dcfs
Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance
www.dbsalliance.org
Family Resource Center on Disabilities
www.frcd.org
GROW
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www.growinamerica.org
National Federation of Families
www.ffcmh.org
National Institute of Mental HealtH
www.nimh.nih.gov
Systems of Care (SOC)
http://systemsofcare.samhsa.gov/
Illinois Dept. of Human Services Division of Mental Health
www.hfs.illinois.gov
Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice
www.idjj.state.il.us
Technical Assistance Partnership
www.tapartnership.org
United Methodist Children's Home (SILAN)
http://umchome.org/programs/silans.htm