Services
The services of the Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance are comprehensive and focus on the total wellness of the individual. Listed below are the primary services.
Peer Support
- Daily Living Skills
- Budgeting
- Personal Relationships
- Employment Coaching
- Peer to Peer Sharing
- Personal Responsibility
- Self Advocacy
- Hope
Consumer/Family Satisfaction Team (C/FST)
- Survey Specialists conduct 300+ surveys
- Consumers report levels of satisfaction with care
- Staffed by consumers or family members of consumers of behavioral health treatment services
- Results reported to Berks County, managed care, and providers
Support Groups
- Peer to Peer Support
- Collaborate on Wellness Techniques
- Socialization
- Relationship Resource
- Reduce Stress
- Effective Coping Skills
- Gateway to Professional Counseling
Information/Referral/Education
- Information on local services
- Referral to appropriate agencies
- Access to resources
- Education on the MH/DD system
- Support group information
- Supportive services within the community
Representative Payee Services
- Social Security
- SSDI
- SSI
- Expense Allocation
- Budgeting
- Peace of Mind That Finances Are Managed Properly
Educational Advocacy
- For children with special needs, mental health or behavioral issues, and/or learning obstacles
- Represent child's educational rights within a school structure
- Give a child guidance and support to implement change and progress in academic life
Adult Advocacy
- Empowering through education
- Help to access services
- Referral for legal assistance
- Connections to housing
- Professional service information
- Government services information
- Support and advocacy where needed
- Resources and education