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Mon Yough Community Mental Health is the mental health service component of Mon Yough Community Services. Mon Yough Community Services provides a variety of behavioral health care services to residents in Southwest Pennsylvania. The mental health division treats individuals in McKeesport, Pa., and surrounding communities. It serves as a resource for local hospitals, doctors, school counselors, ministers and others who want to assist individuals with problems requiring specialized psychiatric evaluation and treatment. Established in 1969, its continuum of services includes outpatient therapy, residential services, vocational training and psychosocial rehabilitation.

In 1989, ACRP initially began working with youth through child welfare and juvenile justice, but there was an almost immediate realization that services needed to be provided to entire families. A grant for Family Preservation Services made this possible.Next the agency began implementing programs in local schools. This led to the development and creation of an Alternative Education Program for youth who could not succeed in traditional school settings. ACRP now operates (4) alternative school sites that service over 125 studentselementary, middle, and high school and is an approved Alternative Education Provider through the PA Department of Education.ACRP expanded its programming into the mental and behavioral health system in 1997. ACRP is now licensed through the PA Dept. of Public Welfare to provide a variety of outpatient, partial hospitalization, family, and school based programs.Through the years, ACRP has also expanded its coverage. Originally servicing clients in Johnstown, there are now 12 offices or schools covering Cambria, Somerset, Bedford, Blair and Clearfield counties, employing over 325 individuals and serving 4,000 clients, students, and families annually.