Our Partners
Every day, Crisis & Counseling staff work with other community agencies, schools, law enforcement and others, to provide care for mutual clients and services to the community. An important aspect of our work is our partnerships with several consumer groups, facilitated by Crisis & Counseling Centers (See G.E.A.R. and Correctional Healthcare & Jail Diversion Services below). Since 2005, the agency’s Community Advisory Committee (C.A.C.) has provided feedback about our services and broad system of care.
Below are lists of other partners we work with on both an informal and formal contract basis. (This is not meant to be a comprehensive list.)Crisis Response Program Partners
C&C's Crisis program provides support to other behavioral healthcare agencies in the area and to other agencies providing in-home supports.
By contract, staff provide evaluations and referral for any and all individuals in crisis in the Emergency Departments and inpatient medical units of:
- Maine General Hospitals
- Sebasticook Valley Hospital
- Redington-Fairview General Hospital
- Inland Hospital
Crisis staff also coordinate patient care with Acadia Hospital, Spring Harbor, Dorthea Dix Psychiatric Center and Riverview Psychiatric Center for crisis clients who are admitted there.
Crisis staff provide emergency assessments and referral for:
- All Kennebec and Somerset schools, calling on behalf of a student or family
- Kennebec and Somerset county jails, calling on behalf of an inmate
The Crisis department has strong relationships with the local law enforcement throughout the two-county area and often work side by side with officers in crisis situations.
In Waterville, Crisis & Counseling Centers has had a unique partnership with the Waterville Police Department through the Ride Along Program, which pairs a Crisis & Counseling staff person with a patrolling police officer during evening hours.
Outpatient / Medication Management Partners
Our Outpatient / Medication Management service partners include:
- The Co-Occurring Disorders Courts of Kennebec and Somerset Counties
- Probation and Parole
G.E.A.R. Statewide Parent Network Partners
In providing services to parents of children with behavioral health needs, G.E.A.R. - a chapter organization of the Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health - works collaboratively with many other programs and agencies, including:
- THRIVE Initiative
- Learning Disabilities Association
- KidsPeace New England
- Maine Parent Federation
- Autism Society of Maine
- National Alliance on Mental illness ( NAMI) - Maine
- Developmental Disabilities Council
G.E.A.R.'s consumer group partner group is the Family Advisory Council for Empowerment Statewide (F.A.C.E.S.)
Correctional Healthcare & Jail Diversion Services
- Kennebec County / Kennebec County Commissioners
- Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office / Kennebec County Correctional Center
- Two Bridges Regional Jail
- Maine Pretrial Services
- National Alliance on Mental illness ( NAMI) – Maine
The Correctional Healthcare & Jail Diversion Services consumer partner group is the Diversionary Advisory Committee (D.A.C.).
Funding Partners
Our recent & current funding partners include:
Grants:
Maine Department of Health & Human Services
- Office of Adult Mental Health Services
- Office of Children's Services
- Office of Substance Abuse Services
Maine Department of Labor
- Agnes Lindsay Trust
- Department of Justice / Bureau of Justice Assistance
- Maine State Housing Authority
- Maine Health Access Foundation
- Mid-State Machine Foundation
- United Way of Kennebec Valley
- United Way of Mid-Maine
- Davis Family Foundations