NEFSH

Community Behavioral

Healthcare Services

Funded in part by the Department of Children and Families

NEFSH Community Behavioral Healthcare Services is the community division of Northeast Florida State Hospital.  We are contracted with the District Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Program Office to provide community mental health treatment to the adult mentally ill of Baker County.  The following program of services is available:

·        Adult Mental Health Counseling – Outpatient treatment that consist of individual, family, and group therapy.

·        Case Management- Case management services of linking, monitoring, and advocating for severe and persistently mentally ill adults.

·         Supportive Living Services- Social rehabilitation  and basic living skills training provided for severe and persistently mentally ill adults by peer coaches and staff.

·        Carrer Service Center- A vocational program to assist clients in vocational  assessments, exploration of careers, job-related skill building, job placements, and support to maintain jobs.

·        Supportive Housing- A 6 bed male supportive housing program to help adult males find housing in the community and to develop Independent Living Skills in a community setting.

·        Medical/Psychiatric Services- Psychiatric evaluation is a comprehensive evaluation that assesses the client’s need for medication and treatment recommendations. Medication Management consists of follow-up appointments to continue to obtain prescribed psychotropic medications and monitor medications for effectiveness and side effects.

·        Emergency Screening and Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU)- 24 hours a day/7 days a week emergency screening for individuals in Baker County needing to be evaluated for suicidal ideations, homicidal ideations, or inability to care for self which could lead to danger to him/herself or others.  We have a Receiving Facility at NEFSH for indigent clients needing hospitalization.

NEFSH CBHS is proud to announce that we have been providing services locally to Baker County residents since March 01, 2001. 

We have a Rehabilitation Coordinator who provides adult mental health rehabilitation services and oversight of the Career Services Center, Drop-In Center, and male Supportive Housing program.

We have a full-time Therapist that provides adult outpatient mental health therapy.  A part-time After-Care Specialist that provides maintenance services to clients.  Also, we have two Doctorate level Psychology Interns from NEFSH who alternate providing adult mental health outpatient therapy at the clinic throughout the year of their internship.

We have two full-time Targeted Adult Case Managers who provides case management services to up to 40 severe and persistent adult mentally ill residents of Baker County. 

We have a part-time Drop-In Center Specialist that assists in arranging and providing social and educational activities at the Drop-In Center.

We have a full-time Job Coach that assist severe and persistently mentally ill clients with vocational services.

We have a full-time Emergency Services Coordinator that provides Emergency Services assessments, crisis therapy, discharge planning, and coordination of activities between the outpatient clinic and the Receiving Facility at NEFSH.  

Our Emergency Services are locally based 24 hours a day/7days a week.  We provide emergency screenings for clients under a Baker Act or requesting voluntary admission to a Receiving Facility or Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU).  Our Emergency Services Coordinator will assess clients at the office Monday-Friday from 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.  After-hours, holidays, and weekends, emergency screenings are available upon request through on-call Emergency Evaluators at the Emergency Room of Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital or at the Baker County Sheriff’s Office.  If you need to speak to an Emergency Evaluator then dial the office number, (904) 259-4671, and press “1” to connect you to our after-hours crisis line

Other community resources that you may need:

Substance Abuse Evaluation and Treatment contact Baker Community Counseling Services- (904) 259-0264

Children Mental Health Treatment contact

Child Guidance- (904) 259-1137

Emergency Services for children contact

Child Guidance Main Office-

(904) 448-4700

What Helping is all About

Many clients become clients because, they  have decided or others have told them they are involved in problematic situations and encountering stressors they are not handling well.  These clients need to learn ways of dealing with, coping with, solving, and resolving their problems.  They have discovered what they have been doing has not been helping or has been helping but not enough to get them out of the “pit”they are in.  In other words, they need help from someone else in order to assist them in taking a fresh look at their situations in order to manage these problematic situations, stressors, and symptoms. 

are unaware of or not using, or opportunities they are not taking advantage of.  These may be people who feel locked in dead-end jobs or bland marriages who are frustrated because they lack challenging goals, who feel guilty because they are failing to live up to their expectations, who want to do something more constructive with their lives, or who are disappointed with their stagnant relationships.

A mental health professional can help you deal more efficiently and effectively with your problems, concerns, and goals.

If you or someone you know is in need of mental health services, please call NEFSH Community Behavioral Healthcare Services at (904) 259-4671.  The office address is 531 S. 6^th Street, Macclenny, Florida 32063.  Our fax number is (904) 259-5187.  Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.