RECOVERY SERVICES:

Adult Case Management Services

Mailing Address: PO Box 1559, Bartow, FL 33831     (863) 248-3311
Population: Western Polk and Hardee County residents
Description: Provides a need assessment, develops a service plan, links and refers to community resources to meet identified needs, monitors progress for the treatment team and advocates on behalf of the client.

FACT Team

Mailing Address: 1825 N. Gilmore Ave., Lakeland, FL 33805
Physical Address: 1825 N. Gilmore Ave., Lakeland     (863) 248-3309 ext. 2178
Hours of Operation: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Population: Western Polk and Hardee County residents
Description: The Florida Assertive Community Treatment Team is a comprehensive and intensive multidisciplinary service model designed to serve 100 adults with severe and persistent mental illness to help them improve their quality of life and avoid long-term hospitalization.

Residential Program

Mailing Address: PO Box 1559, Bartow, FL 33831
Facilities: Stepping Stones (Group Home I)         (863) 413-2688
                Success House (Group Home II)       (863) 413-2677
Hours of Operation: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Population: Polk, Hardee and Highlands County residents.
* Out-of-area referrals accepted based on bed availability.
Description: Assists severely and persistently mentally ill residents in the development and refining of daily living skills towards the goal of living in the least restrictive environment possible by coupling their strengths are coupled with his/her personal goals to develop individual treatment plans. Residents may also receive medication management, case management, vocational, forensic, and psychosocial rehabilitation services.

Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services

Mailing Address: PO Box 1559, Bartow, FL 33831
Physical Address: 715 N. Lake Avenue, Lakeland,    (863) 413-2566
213 E. Orange St., Wauchula                               (863) 773-3228
Office Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm Mon-Fri
Client Participation Hours: 9:00am - 2:00pm Mon-Fri
Population: Polk, Hardee and Highlands County residents.
Description: Provides opportunities to develop essential communication skills, coping skills, daily living skills and a deeper understanding of emotional well-being using two tracks:
Track 1 - Independent Living/Community Tenure helps clients achieve independent living in the least restrictive environment possible and avoid hospitalization.
Track 2 - Vocational Track helps clients develop workplace and employment skills.

Vocational &Supported Employment Services

Mailing Address: PO Box 1559, Bartow, FL 33831
Physical Address: 715 N. Lake Avenue, Lakeland       (863) 413-2566
1835 N. Gilmore Ave., Lakeland                              (863) 248-3311
1255 Golfview Ave., Bartow        (863) 519-3750
213 E. Orange St., Wauchula      (863) 773-3228
Office Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm Mon-Fri
Population: Polk, Hardee and Highlands County residents.
Description: Operates in conjunction with Psychosocial Rehabilitation by developing emotional, social and employment skills necessary to secure job placement, providing opportunities to try various jobs to assess interest and skill level, and providing opportunities to work in the community for a competitive wage with a job coach working to maximize the client’s opportunity for success.

Supported Housing Program

Mailing Address: PO Box 1559, Bartow, FL 33831     (863) 248-3311
Office Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm Mon-Fri
Population: Polk, Hardee and Highland County residents
Description: Assists homeless individuals with mental disabilities, in seeking, securing and retaining permanent scattered-site housing.  

 
Jeanene Brown Drop-In Center

Mailing Address: 2326 Edgewood Dr., Lakeland, FL  33803
Physical Address: 2326 Edgewood Dr., Lakeland, FL  33803 (863) 413-2788
Center Hours: 10:00am - 6:00pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday             

12:00pm - 9:00pm Tuesday
12:00pm – 8:00pm Thursday                                                         

10:00am – 5:00pm Saturday, 12:00pm-5:00pm Sunday                         
Last Saturday of each month: 10:00am - 8:00pm                                 

Population: Western Polk County residents
Description: Provides social opportunities using peer support groups, special events, games and crafts.

Short-Term Adult Residential (SRT)

Mailing Address: PO Box 1559, Bartow, FL 33831-1559
Physical Address: 1255 Golfview Avenue, Bartow            (863) 519-3741
Hours of Operation: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Population: Polk, Hardee and Highlands County residents.
Description: A locked 30-bed treatment unit providing psychiatric rehabilitation services to prepare for community reintegration using comprehensive assessments, group treatment, medication management and education, discharge planning and referrals, family education and psychosocial rehabilitation.

Club SUCCESS

Mailing Address: PO Box 1559, Bartow, FL 33831-1559
Physical Address: 217 N. Wabash Ave. Lakeland 33815     (863) 413-3267
Hours of Operation: 8:00am - 4:00pm Mon- Fri
Population: Polk, Hardee and Highlands County residents.
Description: A rehabilitation club for people with mental illness where real-life job skills are taught and used to achieve “meaningful work” as a contributing member of society.  Club members learn responsibility, develop self-esteem and learn to interact professionally. Provides transitional employment with local community partners, guidance to secure housing and/or advance their education and promotes on-going psychiatric care, while maintaining government benefits.

Substance Abuse and Co-Occurring Counseling Services

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1559, Bartow, FL 33831-1559
Physical Address: 1825 N. Gilmore Ave., Lakeland, FL  33805   (863) 248-3311
Hours of Operation: 5:00pm – 9:00pm Tues, Wed, Thurs or by appt.
Population: Polk, Hardee and Highlands County residents. 

Supportive Homeless Outreach Program

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1559, Bartow, FL 33831-1559     (863) 519-0575 ext. 2144
Hours of Operation: 8:00am-5:00pm Mon-Fri                                          ext. 2167
Population: Polk, Highlands and Hardee County residents
Description: The purpose of this program is to identify homeless, mentally ill individuals in the community through outreach services.  The homeless will be linked to an array of mental health, substance abuse treatment and intervention services aimed at getting the individual into a stable living environment and off the street.

Forensic Case Management Services

Mailing Address: PO Box 1559, Bartow, FL 33831      (863) 519-0575
Office Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm Mon-Fri, (flexible)
Population: Polk, Hardee and Highlands County residents
Description: Provides the necessary evaluations and resource brokering for clients involved with the local criminal justice system, committed to the state forensics hospital, or on conditional release.  Competency Restoration Services operate in cooperation with the justice system to avoid state hospital admissions.


Adult Overlay Services

Mailing Address: PO Box 1559, Bartow, FL 33831       (863) 413-2566 ext. 4115
Office Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm Mon-Fri
Population: Designated Polk, Hardee and Highlands County assisted living facility and nursing home residents.
Description: Provides individual and group therapy, family counseling, and case management to residents and their families. Increases the knowledge and skills of caregivers.