About Us
The purpose of Shelby County Community Services (SCCS) is to provide
and promote mental health and rehabilitation programs for the residents of
Shelby County, Illinois. Our commitment spans over forty years from a modest
beginning stemming from our county residents seeing and meeting a need for
mental health services in the area. Since then our focus, capacity, and abilities
have all expanded to strive for inclusion of all our underserved and
disadvantaged neighbors in our community, regardless of race, ethnicity,
religion, gender, national origin, financial means, developmental disability,
mental disability or illness.
Our services include:
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Respite Services, that strive
to keep families together and engaged with their developmentally disabled
loved one, while providing a dedicated team assisting individuals with daily
living, socializing, and learning, and attending to their specific health
care needs.
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Activity Center Program,
dedicated to providing a positive supportive environment to help those who
are seriously and chronically mentally disabled maintain and learn new strategies
for managing their mental illness, learning community life skills, interacting
socially with others, and facilitating as far as possible integration into
the community.
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Developmental Training
Program, provides skills training for adults with developmental and
mental disabilities resulting in serious functional skills deficits with
the skills, allowing each individual to maximize their potential and function
as independently as possible in their daily lives.
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Residential Services, offering
Community Integrated Living Arrangements and Supported Living Arrangements
designed to meet the specialized diagnosed needs of our clients. These housing
options allow the most independent environment possible, while providing
families and clients the assurance that support staff are available to meet
the physical, emotional, and health care needs of those that live under our
care.
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Manufacturing / Production
Facilities, a primary goal of which is to provide vocational skills
training and employment opportunities for individuals with developmental
disabilities or other applicable obstacles to employment. Our production
facilities manufacture paper plates, plastic film, trash bag liners, and
food-grade plastic bags. We also provide warehousing and distribution services
for these and related products for the state of Illinois. Our Greenhouse
produces various ornamental flowers and vegetables throughout the year, and
specializes in growing pot mums and asters for autumn, and poinsettias for
Christmas.
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Outpatient Mental Health
Clinic, to provide professional psychiatric, psychological, and
counseling services to individuals, couples, families and groups, as well
as consultation and outreach education to other local agencies, groups, and
professional and community organizations.
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DUI and Substance Abuse
Services, dedicated to helping persons who are experiencing problems
with drug and alcohol addictions, whether with co-occurring mental illness
or not. Individuals are offered counseling, education and recovery treatment
options, socialization and skills training, and potential employment in our
production unit.
At SCCS, our motto is "Our most important product is Human
Dignity". |
