A brief overview :

COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM, offering services to persons with persistent or chronic mental illness. These services focus on the person's strengths, abilities and needs, while including the desire and choices of each person served.

Services may include:
Identification, assessment, diagnosis of the target population;
Assistance to clients in applying for entitlements or benefits;
Crisis stabilization and intervention services;
Psychosocial rehabilitation services;
Supportive living and working arrangements of indefinite duration;
Medical and mental health care;
Back-up support and assistance to families, friends and community members;
Involvement of concerned community members in planning and offering housing or working opportunities;
Protection of client rights, both in hospitals and in the community;
Case management to ensure continuous availability of appropriate forms of assistance.

WATCH (Western Arkansas Therapeutic Children's Homes), providing a full circle of care by trained foster parents in a therapeutic home setting. An intensive backup for the child and foster family is a treatment team of therapist and case manager, individually suited for each situation.

LEAP ( Language Enrichment & Articulation for Pre-schoolers), preparing children with the skills necessary to successfully enter public school, while developing social skills through supervised play in small groups. Medicaid and ARKids accepted, and transportation is available.

HORIZON (co-occurring psychiatric substance abuse program), serving adolescents, ages 13 to 18 providing residential and outpatient treatment, case management, MH Services, social detoxification, always focusing on individual client input and the well-being of the whole person.

Westark RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) was established in 1976 and draws upon the unique services and life experiences of older citizens. Their varied areas of expertise create limitless opportunities for their involvement in our programs.

Western Arkansas Counseling and Guidance Center serves individuals of all ages and incomes, striving always to maintain a comprehensive network of quality behavioral health care services and programs. Our facilities are staffed by counselors and educators who, with community resources, enable our programs to function in the areas of community education.