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Life Skills- Underage alcohol, drug, tobacco prevention - Research based program/strategies that work toward the reduction of addictive disorders, teen pregnancy, delinquency, school dropout, and violence for youth. This program is offered in Elementary and Middle Schools 

Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training - This program involves the training and development of Law Enforcement Officers to ensure persons who are experiencing mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse problems a receive dignified method of care and transportation to a treatment facility while simultaneously relieving police to resume law enforcement duties.

CLASS - Outreach worker contact communicate and follow-up with high risk substance users, their associates, and neighborhood residents. Promotes awareness about relationships, communicable diseases such as HIV, and encourages treatment.

Community and Family - Provides CLHSD client with behavioral health challenges with emotional peer support and educates clients and families about self-advocacy.

Mental Health Court Coordinator for Rapides Parish with Judge Koch. Provides professional support and advocacy for persons with behavioral health problems in the judicial setting.

ASIST - Provide participants in ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) for a two day workshop in suicide first-aid.  ASSIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may be at risk of suicide and how to help them create a plan to support their safety.

Underage tobacco use prevention - Facilitates the reduction of tobacco products sale to persons under the age of 18.  With the purpose of reducing tobacco use to minors, Tobacco retailers and the general public are made aware of the laws and penalties regarding the sale and purchase of tobacco products to minors through community coalition activities. 

Assertive Community Outreach and Support - The Assertive Community Outreach and Support (ACOS) program provides outreach and care coordination services to individuals with mental and behavioral health disorders in the community setting to promote recovery and resiliency. Examples of services include assistance with activities of daily living, assistance accessing community resources, education, and transportation.

Adult Consumer Care - Provides for client-specific needs required by adults with serious mental illness to achieve, maintain, or improve his/her community living status when these needs cannot be met through other sources.

Drop In Centers - A client-controlled and operated resource/activities center, which provides social support for individuals with mental illness.

Child Consumer Care Resource Program - Provide for some of the unmet needs of children and youth with mental and behavioral health issues and their families to improve functioning in families, communities, and schools through financial assistance.

Clothing Closet - Provides volunteer opportunities to individuals with a verifiable mental illness to work within The Clothes Closet with a Food Pantry service. The Clothes Closet with a Food Pantry service is operated as a site for distribution of emergency subsidiary food, in addition to donated items (i.e., household goods and clothing). Volunteer opportunities will be allowed at The Clothes Closet with a Food Pantry service, enabling volunteers to gain job skills and professional references.

Community Education - The Community Education program provides an education workshop for the Central Louisiana community-at-large and professionals.

Employment Development - The Employment Development program allows individuals to work with an Employment Development Specialist who educates program participants about job opportunities, provides vocational rehabilitation support services, assists with on-the-job training, and helps individual to access employment.

Peer Advocate Liaisons First Program (PALs First) - PALs First fosters empowerment while providing leadership development and paid employment experiences for individuals with mental health disorders or family members of those with mental health disorders. In addition, PALs First provides First Episode Psychosis (FEP) support to individuals to help ameliorate the experience and navigate the challenges by providing individuals the opportunity to connect with someone with lived experience in mental health and recovery.

Gift Shop - Gift Shop provides training opportunities to at least two adults with a verifiable mental illness. The Gift Shop is operated to provide individuals with opportunities to learn job skills, accomplish personal goals, experience meaningful activity, gain retail work experience, and understand how retail businesses are run.

Life Skills- Underage alcohol, drug, tobacco prevention - Research based program/strategies that work toward the reduction of addictive disorders, teen pregnancy, delinquency, school dropout, and violence for youth. This program is offered in Elementary and Middle Schools.
 

LifeSkills - A research-validated substance abuse prevention program proven to reduce the risk of alcohol, tobacco, drug abuse, and violence by targeting the major social and psychological factors that promote the initiation of substance use and other risky behaviors.