IFS NEWS
Integrated Family Services earns CABHA certification
Daily Reflector
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Integrated Family Services PLLC has been certified by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services as a Child Critical Access Behavior Health Agency (CABHA).
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Grief counseling being offered in shooting death
Daily Advance
Staff Reports
Monday August 16, 2010
Elizabeth City Councilwoman Lena Hill-Lawrence is asking a broad cross-section of the community to join together in offering grief counseling and assistance to youth who are grieving the loss of DaJuan Brown in a shooting last weekend.
A press release that Hill-Lawrence issued Thursday afternoon calls specifically on pastors, church leaders, community agencies, Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools, Elizabeth City State University and Mid-Atlantic State University to provide assistance to the youth affected by Brown’s death.
Brown, 18, died at Sentara Hospital after being shot in the city’s Oak Grove neighborhood. A second shooting victim, Arron Lightfoot, 20, was taken to Sentara with a gunshot wound in the abdomen.
Two others, Sharmon Green, 20, and a 15-year-old, were treated and released at Albemarle Hospital.
Antonio West, 21, of Hertford, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with Brown’s death.
Hill-Lawrence told The Daily Advance she is working with Integrated Family Services to organize a “debriefing” during which trained counselors can determine which youth are experiencing the normal grieving process and which might be facing more severe trauma that could require professional treatment.
Integrated Family Services provides mobile crisis services in the area through a contract with East Carolina Behavioral Health. Staff from East Carolina Behavioral Health put Integrated Family Services in touch with Hill-Lawrence after learning of the 4th Ward city councilor’s interest in making counseling services available to youth troubled by Brown’s death.
Read More...______________________________________________________________________________Grief counseling being offered in shooting death
Daily Advance
Staff Writer
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Elizabeth City Councilwoman Lena Hill-Lawrence is asking a broad cross-section of the community to join together in offering grief counseling and assistance to youth who are grieving the loss of DaJuan Brown in a shooting last weekend.....
Hill-Lawrence told The Daily Advance she is working with Integrated Family Services to organize a “debriefing” during which trained counselors can determine which youth are experiencing the normal grieving process and which might be facing more severe trauma that could require professional treatment.
Integrated Family Services provides mobile crisis services in the area through a contract with East Carolina Behavioral Health. Staff from East Carolina Behavioral Health put Integrated Family Services in touch with Hill-Lawrence after learning of the 4th Ward city councilor’s interest in making counseling services available to youth troubled by Brown’s death.
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Mobile crisis partners sought
By Reggie Ponder
Staff Writer
Monday, January 25, 2010
The upcoming Crisis Intervention Team training for law enforcement officers may help officers make the best use of the mental health mobile crisis team, according to the head of the agency that provides mobile crisis services in Elizabeth City and the surrounding area.
The Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Department will host Crisis Intervention Team training March 8-12 in Elizabeth City.
CIT training builds on what officers already know and provides them an opportunity to gain additional skills in responding to people with mental illnesses.
Tony Rook, chief executive officer of Integrated Family Services, told The Daily Advance this week that Crisis Intervention Team training “will help tremendously” in improving officers’ understanding of the mobile crisis team and its work.
Integrated Family Services provides mobile crisis response in Pasquotank and surrounding counties.
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Mental health crisis help available
Firm brings mobile services to region
By Reggie Ponder
Staff Writer
Saturday, August 08, 2009
In a mental health crisis, help can be just a telephone call away.
Integrated Family Services, under a contract with East Carolina Behavioral Health, is providing 24-hour mobile crisis services in the 10 counties previously served by Albemarle Mental Health Center. ECBH took over management of mental health and related services in the Albemarle area July 1 in an agreement with the N.C. Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services.
The toll-free number to reach the IFS mobile crisis teams is 1-866-437-1821. Read More...
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Mental health team in N.C. goes to clients
By Catherine Kozak
The Virginian-Pilot
© August 2, 2009
Mobile team of mental health professionals is now available to assist clients in northeastern North Carolina. The team fills a void left when the state recently removed the Albemarle Mental Health Center.
Designed to be flexible and nimble, the crisis management teams respond to callers 24 hours a day. Their goal is to respond to patients within two hours. Health officials can visit clients in their homes or at public places like schools, and the service is free. Read More...
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Officials discuss disaster preparation
By Michael Abramowitz
The Daily Reflector
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Health care professionals brought a big message to a small neighborhood library Saturday.
“Everyone needs to prepare to deal with crisis and stress in their lives, and help is available regardless of circumstances,” said nurse Stephanie Grey-Swaby, director of the faith-based Be Healthy Ministry.
The ministry does public health screenings in collaboration with other agencies, such as the Pitt County Public Health Department, Pitt County Substance Abuse Coalition and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), Swaby said. It also promotes individual and family holistic health for the challenges and stresses of everyday life. Read More...
