What is the Winfield Township Mental Health Board
The purpose of the Mental Health Board is to aid individuals in the enhancement, maintenance, and/or restoration of their mental health within the context of their environment. As the local mental health authority for Winfield Township, the Board shall have the power to construct, repair, operate, maintain, and regulate community mental health board facilities and/or to contract with providers of services for Winfield Township residents with, or at risk of:
- Mental Illness
- Developmental disabilities
- Substance Use/Dependence/Addictions.
The function of the Board shall be to provide leadership in the promotion of mental health, strengthening mental health producing factors in the environment and preventing the development of mental health-inhibiting factors. This shall be accomplished by developing and maintaining:
- An on-going needs assessment and planning process involving Winfield Township, its residents, and organizations serving the community;
- A comprehensive continuum of effective services being made available to Township residents with, or at risk of, mental and emotional illness, developmental disabilities and substance use/addictions;
- An integrated network of mental health and human services, coordinated to provide intra- and interagency continuity of care.
- A service delivery network or system which is accountable to both the public and its users.
The specific service objectives are:
- Identification in early stages – to identify populations in need of service.
- Crisis stabilization – to assist those in crisis in returning to a state of equilibrium.
- Prevention- to establish a defense against an illness by elimination of an essential causative factor.
- Rehabilitation- to restore individuals to the highest level of independent activity of which they are capable.