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Mental Health Services l Outpatient Clinical Services l Community Support Services l Rehabilitation Services l HIV/AIDS Services |
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Domestic Violence Services (The Umbrella) l Substance Abuse Prevention Services (VSAAC) l Birmingham Foundation |
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Birmingham Group Health Services, Inc.'s Young Adult Services Program (YAS), located at the BGHS Extension located at 111 New Haven Avenue (Route 34) in Derby, CT, serves young adults between the ages of 18 to 25, who reside in the five towns of the Lower Naugatuck Valley region (Shelton, Derby, Ansonia, Seymour, and Oxford). The YAS program is designed to serve as a bridge between the children's and adult service systems - a space in which services have been historically inadequate or non-existent. BGHS' Young Adult Services Program operates on a two-pronged approach to service which includes outreach and engagement by YAS staff that takes place in environments where youth are comfortable, and a youth drop-in center wherein youth who have been successfully engaged can receive case management services, assistance with vocational and educational goals, linkage to other resources both within BGHS and other community organizations, and opportunities for socialization and support network development. The youth drop-in center also offers structured programming such as social skill building, vocational skills training, life management skills, and educational assistance as well as the opportunity to participate in unstructured activities such as playing pool, arts and crafts, movie nights, and board and computer games. Above all, the drop-in center is designed to serve as a place that young adults can come to and feel accepted, despite their psychiatric disabilities. Birmingham Group Health Services understands that one of the most difficult challenges facing persons in recovery is establishing and maintaining a safe and productive home life. That's why BGHS offers supportive and/or supervised housing programs that assist individuals in recovery with obtaining permanent housing as well as the skills they need to live independently. |
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