Alternative Community Resource Program

Turtle Creek Valley MH/MR, Inc. was incorporated at a non-profit 501 C3 through a Model Cities Grant for the purpose of providing mental retardation services in the Turtle Creek Valley. A federal grant in 1980 established the organization as a community mental health center and services expanded to include outpatient, partial hospitalization, residential services and case management. Through the grant funding, individuals and families could receive mental health services regardless of their ability to pay. TCV MH/MR, Inc. expanded services to the Steel Valley communities in 1981 and established regionally Alternatives drug and alcohol treatment services. Funding from the state and federal government through a contract with Allegheny County Department of Human Services continues to allow the Agency to offer services to individuals and families who are uninsured using a sliding fee schedule with fees determined based on individual/family income. In 2005, Turtle Creek Valley MH/MR, Inc. celebrated 35 years of innovative services to the community. Today, the agency offers a full continuum of mental health, intellectual developmental disabilities and alcohol and other drug treatment programs.

In 1989, ACRP initially began working with youth through child welfare and juvenile justice, but there was an almost immediate realization that services needed to be provided to entire families. A grant for Family Preservation Services made this possible.Next the agency began implementing programs in local schools. This led to the development and creation of an Alternative Education Program for youth who could not succeed in traditional school settings. ACRP now operates (4) alternative school sites that service over 125 studentselementary, middle, and high school and is an approved Alternative Education Provider through the PA Department of Education.ACRP expanded its programming into the mental and behavioral health system in 1997. ACRP is now licensed through the PA Dept. of Public Welfare to provide a variety of outpatient, partial hospitalization, family, and school based programs.Through the years, ACRP has also expanded its coverage. Originally servicing clients in Johnstown, there are now 12 offices or schools covering Cambria, Somerset, Bedford, Blair and Clearfield counties, employing over 325 individuals and serving 4,000 clients, students, and families annually.

Mon Yough Community Services, also known as MYCS, is a mental health outpatient facility that offers counseling and recovery-based programs. Founded in 1969, the facility specializes in case management, residential and vocational services. It also offers drug and alcohol-treatment programs, which include HIV testing and counseling services. The facility s community living services provide residential care for developmentally disabled individuals. Mon Yough Community Services participates in various community projects. It is also a member of the Mental Health Association, the United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association and the American Association on Mental Retardation. Mon Yough Community Services employs more than 300 people and is located in McKeesport, Pa.