Rape Crisis Center

Safe Harbor Behavioral Health is a private, nonprofit human service agency, established in 1993. It provides intensive outpatient psychiatric services to individuals diagnosed with serious mental illnesses; and 24-hour crisis intervention to individuals, experiencing a disturbance of mood, thought, emotion, behavior and social functioning. Safe Harbor Behavioral Health provides three primary services, including crisis, outpatient and wrap around. Its crisis service includes patients suffering from suicidal tendency, bereavement, family discord, situational stressors and substance abuse. Its outpatient services are provided to adults diagnosed with a mental illness and children diagnosed as having emotional disturbance. Its wrap around services are provided to children and their families who have been identified as having complex needs. The center is located in Erie, Pa.

Thanks to United Way funding, Family Services is able to offer counseling services to individuals without insurance at no cost or at very low cost. Additional grant funding allows the agency to provide counseling services free of charge, to any adult county resident who is actively enrolled in Medicaid. The agency also accepts most major insurances. Services can address a variety of concerns, including marital difficulties, parenting concerns, family problems, and individual adjustment issues. Social workers, counselors, and marriage and family therapists who have extensive counseling experience are available for both day and evening appointments.

Bethesda Children's Home, located in Meadville, Pa., is a Christian ministry that provides a range of behavioral health services to children and their families. The institution addresses the social, emotional, spiritual and behavioral health needs of children, families and individuals by providing a continuum of care. The residents are involved in a variety of activities, both indoor and outdoor, which are specifically designed to help facilitate team building, self confidence and conflict management. The residents of the home can participate in its national youth project using mini-bikes in which dirt bikes are used as a behavioral modification tool. Bethesda Children's Home s emergency shelter provides 24-hour service, throughout the year to adolescents of ages 12 through 18.