The Guidance Center
110 Campus Drive
Bradford, PA 16701

E-mail: guidance@guidancecenter.net
Website: www.guidancecenter.net

Big Brothers Big Sisters of McKean County
83 South Marvin
Box 411
Smethport, PA 16749
814-887-5591

E-mail: bbbsmckean@yahoo.com
Website: www.bbbselk-mckean.org
Eligibility: A child or adolescent in need of a supportive adult in their life.
Targeted age group(s): Age 6 –17
  • A mentoring program that matches youth with an adult volunteer to positively affect the youth’s basic developmental needs. There are different types of matches: community and school-based.
  • Matches are carefully monitored and supported by rigorous standards and trained personnel.
Crisis Intervention
814-362-4623
800-459-6568
  • Hotline operated twenty-four hours a day provides support and direction to callers experiencing emotional distress.
  • Interventions may include face-to-face counseling at the office, home or in the community.
  • Assistance is available for those seeking involuntary admission to a psychiatric hospital.
Family Based Services
814-362-6535

Eligibility: The child or adolescent must have a mental health disorder as documented by a psychiatrist or psychologist within six months, be at risk for out-of home placement, and experiencing symptoms which are resulting in a significant level of family conflict and relational problems
Targeted age group(s): Children/Adolescents – ages 0–20
  • Intensive home-based family therapy and support services in an effort to keep families together.
  • Designed to reduce or prevent out of home placements for children.
  • Assist in reuniting families whose children have been placed out of home.
Mental Health Case Management Program
814-362-6535

Eligibility: Individuals with serious mental health disorder in need of home based casework services.
Targeted age group(s): All ages

  • A service that assists adults and children with serious mental illness or emotional disorder in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational and other services.
  • These services are aimed to maximize an individual’s ability to live independently and productively in the community.
Mental Retardation Case Management Program
814-362-6535

Eligibility: Mental Retardation
Targeted age group(s): Anyone over 3 years old

Supports Coordinators locate, coordinate, and monitor services and supports for individuals with mental retardation so that they may live as independently as possible. These services could include housing, budgeting, employment, medical appointments, financial benefits, transportation, and transition after school.

Outpatient Counseling Program
814-362-6535

Eligibility: Anyone with mental health problems.
Targeted age group(s): All ages
Fee for Service: Yes – sliding scale
  • Professional counseling to children and adults with a variety of mental health problems.
  • Services include: individual therapy, couples counseling, family therapy, parent training and group therapy.
  • Psychological testing.
  • Psychiatric evaluations and psychiatric medications.
  • Other services include: nursing home consultant for the elderly; counseling battered women in the domestic violence shelter; consultations with probation, schools and Children and Youth Services.
Project RAPPORT
9 Main Street
Bradford, PA 16701
814-362-5960

2 Greeves Street
Kane, PA 16735
814-837-5148

Provides health education and supportive services to school age youth who are pregnant women, fathers-to-be or parents of a child under age one. The program, through school or home based visits, focuses on pre-natal health, fetal development, labor and delivery, infant care and all aspects of child development. Prevention services and free pregnancy testing are also available.

SCAN/PEP Program
83 S. Marvin Street
P.O. Box 411
Smethport, PA 16749
814-887-5591

E-mail: scanpep@hotmail.com
Eligibility: 25% developmental delay, those at risk of developing delays.
Targeted age group(s): Birth – 3 years old

Early Intervention home-based services provided to children ages birth to three who are determined eligible. Also provides a wide range of specialized services: developmental specialists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists and vision/hearing support services.

STEPS Drop-In-Center
62 Main Street
Bradford, PA 16701
814-362-6260

Eligibility: Mental Health consumer
Targeted age group(s): 18+ years old

A mental health consumer-run group that offers social and recreational activities to community residents receiving mental health services.

Wrap Around Services
814-362-6535

Eligibility: Children and youth under 21 with a mental disorder. Child must be eligible for Medical Assistance
Targeted age group (s): Children/youth up to 21 years old
Fee for Service:Yes – Medical Assistance

Intensive community based mental health treatment for children and their families.

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