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B. Organizational Capability 1. Provide the mission statement and vision of your organization: fission Statement: Mission: To provide immediate access with no barriers to mental health care. "It's Okay to Get Help!"® MHA Vision: Individuals will be afforded an opportunity for an improved quality of life through: • Access to a continuum of care, • Reduced stigma of mental health issues, and • Increased integration and acceptance within a community that has an informed understanding of mental health issues. z. Provide a onet summary of your organization, inciucung areas or expertise, accom lisnments and population served. Mental Health Association in Indian River County has been providing services to residents since 1978. Our Walk -In & Counseling Center (WICC), which opened in 2007, provides immediate access to mental health care to individuals of any age without an appointment can receive help just by walking in. We provide scheduled visits for individual and family therapy, group counseling, psycho -educational wellness classes, case management, and psychiatry services. We care for IRC residents of any age in need of timely, effective mental health treatment. We also focus on prevention for mental health B4 Stage 4 philosophy, or before concerns reach a crisis. At local IRC aftercare programs at all three IRC Boys & Girls Clubs, we provide prevention and skill -building groups to youth for early intervention. We provide a Violence and Suicide Prevention program within area schools and for middle/high school students in crisis or with unmet mental health needs. MHA also operates three Drop -In Centers which are peer -operated, recovery -oriented environments open 365 days of the year, in Indian River, Okeechobee, and Indian River counties, which, as part of our continuum of care, serve severe and persistent mentally ill adults. The majority of our nearly exclusively IRC clients are indigent, lack health insurance, are underinsured, or require free/low-cost services to engage in needed treatment. The WICC allows the opportunity of a no -barrier approach to getting mental health help and filling those gaps in the community. MHA clinical services are designed to focus on the therapy first model which provides those in immediate need to get the help necessary to assist and support individuals to continue their daily functions, ie. school, work, etc. In the fiscal year of 2021, the MHA provided 705 immediate mental health walk-in screenings, conducted 205 risk assessments to provide avoidable harm, served 1043 unduplicated clients, conducted 283 diagnostic assessments, 840 psychotherapy visits, 140 case management sessions, and 1058 psychiatry visits. Additional no -charge services e provide to the Indian River community are a bimonthly hybrid Mood and Anxiety Support group, a weekly meet -up for veterans, and case management services. MHA's Walk -In & Counseling Center focuses on overcoming obstacles that prevent those in need from their mental health recovery and providing a safety net for those who would continue to suffer from mental health symptoms and at -risk individuals with more serious concerns, which would exacerbate if left untreated. Immediate care access not only improves lives but also saves them. The urgent mental health care services provided at our Walk -In & Counseling Center stabilize mental health symptoms and behaviors of people who otherwise may have needed inpatient psychiatric hospitalization or who may have sought costlier intervention for their unmet mental health needs at a hospital Emergency Department. Timely intervention and effective mental health treatment are key for our community to be mentally healthier, to have reduced resident risk from avoidable harm, and support the productivity of citizens of all ages. :i. bnerly list any certitications and/or accreditations obtained by your agency, Mental Health Association is an affiliate of Mental Health America and in October 2021 the Mental Health America Board approved a 5 -year affiliation. We continue to work towards CARF accreditation in the near future and it is included in our current strategic plan and currently complete standards for Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network's unaccredited CARF participating provider in preparations. The MHA is a United Way Agency of Excellence and maintains a Platinum GuideStar status. • 193