The following is a list of the programs and services provided by Monadnock Family Services to more than 7,500 consumers each year in the Monadnock Region:

Outpatient Programs

Child, Adolescent & Family Services
Child, Adolescent and Family Services provides families with a continuum of care designed to support and promote good mental health in children and families. This includes individual, group and family counseling, case management, parent education, parent aide and respite services, psychological testing, and medication evaluation and monitoring.

Adult Outpatient Services
The Adult Outpatient program provides mental health evaluation and treatment to adults in the Monadnock Region who are not severely mentally ill. Services include individual, group, couple and family counseling, medication evaluation and monitoring, as well as an array of specialized educational and therapeutic groups.

Older Adults Program
The Older Adults Program offers group and individual counseling, case management, home visits, medication evaluation and monitoring, and related services to adults over 60 dealing with mental health issues such as depression.

Monadnock Substance Abuse Services
A comprehensive substance abuse treatment program offering outpatient counseling for individuals, families and groups.

Child & Family Case Management
Provides case management services to children diagnosed with a serious emotional and/or behavioral disorder. Offering advocacy, coordination, referral and linkage to community-based supports and services.

Parent Outreach Project
Offering community-based education to parents of children of all ages. Services include support and parent skills education for pregnant and parenting teens.

Parent Aide Program
The Parent Aide Program provides homebased, family-centered support services to parents under stress, or at risk of child abuse or neglect as identified by the NH Division of Children, Youth and Families.

BabyTime
In-home parent education and preventative health support for pregnant women and their babies through the first year of life.

FamilyTime
Comprehensive community-based intervention with families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Challenge Program
Offering activity-based, group experiences that use problem-solving initiatives to enhance self-esteem, cooperation, decision-making, interpersonal communication skills and trust-building. The adventure-based model utilizes outdoor challenges such as high and low ropes courses, rock climbing and hiking to reach and engage children and youth.

MANY Options
A comprehensive after-school program offering area youth an array of safe and drugfree activities ranging from sports to the arts to academic tutoring.

The Monadnock Volunteer Center
The Volunteer Center, through its Young Monadnock Cares and the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), serves as a central clearinghouse for volunteer opportunities throughout the Monadnock region. Programs include Neighbors In Deed, Mentoring, America Reads and others.

Acting Out
A dramatic arts program to help youth explore contemporary issues through expressive arts, and group and peer interaction.

Cheshire Mediation
Cheshire Mediation offers comprehensive mediation services to many sectors of the community. Services include a no-fee, volunteer-staffed family mediation program, divorce mediation, victim-offender mediation, and consultation and training to schools, businesses and industry.

Monadnock Adult Care Center
The Adult Care Center offers support and social experiences to adults who are experiencing dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or other deteriorating conditions related to aging, while offering family members and caretakers a respite from the demands of care taking.

Community Education
Our Community Education efforts seek to educate residents on issues related to mental health and mental illness and to promote community responses and activities that are preventative and supportive in nature. A primary aim is to reduce the stigma related to mental illness.

All R Kids (ARK)
All R Kids is a supervised visitation center providing a home-like setting for parents and children to meet in safety. The visitation center is used by parents who are separated from their children due to domestic violence situations, foster care or other circumstances where a child’s safety and well-being may be at risk.

Respite Program
The Respite Program provides both daytime and overnight care to children with severe emotional disturbances, providing relief for parents or primary caregivers.

Training and Consultation
Our consultants and trainers are MFS staff who offer education and consultation to consumers, families, agencies, governments and corporations, regionally, nationally and internationally.

Recovery Services
Recovery Services at Monadnock Family Services provide bio-psychosocial services to persons with severe or long-term mental health concerns. Programs emphasize a person’s right to self-determination and growth, with a focus on their overall health, skill-building and individual potential. Services are available to people eligible by the standards of the NH Bureau of Behavioral Health Services.

In SHAPE
Through this program, people with severe mental illness access services such as nutrition education, fitness activities, and smoking cessation programs. Participants are also supported in seeking routine medical care to help monitor and improve their physical health.

Psychiatry
The psychiatric staff provides assessments,consultation and leadership to the Recovery Services treatment team. Medication evaluation and monitoring, and consultation to other care providers are offered as well.

Case Management Services
Case Management Services decrease the need for psychiatric hospitalizations by providing the support needed for successful independent living and self-directed treatment. Community and Family Service Specialists coordinate the array of Recovery Services and other community-based services available to help integrate pesons with severe mental illness into the life of the community.

Acute Care Services
Acute Care Services provides 24-hour a day psychiatric emergency evaluations, interventions and timely referrals to other appropriate services. Acute Care Services activates the treatment and support systems necessary to respond to psychiatric emergencies and to stabilize persons in crisis.

Vocational Services
Vocational Services provide education, training and support within a supported employment/recovery model. Components include assessment, support, job development and placement, and job support.

Nursing & Dietetic Services
Nursing and dietetic services are provided by certified professionals familiar with psychiatric and mental health settings.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy - DBT
DBT is a broad-based, cognitive-behavioral treatment developed specifically for individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Program features include group skills training and individual treatment.

Emerald House
Emerald House is a fully-staffed, 24-hour, 7-days-a-week transitional community residence serving as an alternative to longterm hospitalization.