Inwood Community Services (ICS)

Youth Services - the organization has several youth service programs:1. Comprehensive after school system of new york city (compass) programs provide elementary students with sequenced academic enrichment, homework help, cultural, leadership and recreation activities during the academic year, as well as a seven-week-long recreational and cultural arts camp during the summer. The organization has developed and operates three compass programs at ps 366, ps 278, and ps 189. Funding is provided through the new york city department of youth and Community development.2. The school's out new york city (sonyc) programs provide middle school students with sequenced academic enrichment, homework help, cultural, leadership and recreation activities during the academic year, as well as a four-week-long recreational and cultural arts camp during the summer. Ics has developed and operates three sonyc programs at ms 278, ms 366, and is52. The sonyc programs are part of the compass system and funding is provided through the new york city department of youth and Community development.3. The summer youth employment program (syep) provides youth meaningful opportunities for summer employment, as well as vocational and life skills building workshops. Workshops include financial literacy, job interviewing, college readiness and personal health. Funding is provided through the new york city department of youth and Community development.

Education: this program offers adult education classes to residents of the Community. The two main types of classes are english for speakers of other languages (esol) and civics classes in spanish and english. There is a laboratory where students can utilize computer programs to enhance their language and civics skills. Funding is provided through the new york city department of youth and Community development.

Counseling and treatment - Inwood Community Services, Inc. has three counseling and treatment clinics:1. The comprehensive outpatient addiction program (coap), a new york state oasas licensed 822 chemical dependency clinic, provides multifaceted Services to individuals in need of treatment for alcoholism or alcohol abuse and other chemical dependency/abuse problems. Funding is provided by grants from the new york city department of health and mental hygiene and the new york state office of alcoholism and substance abuse Services as well as per visit fees paid by medicaid, medicare, managed care and commercial insurance. 2. The alicia m. ferrer mental health clinic (amfmhc) is a new york state office of mental health licensed comprehensive outpatient psychiatric Services (cops) clinic program that targets consumers with major psychiatric diagnoses or psychiatric concomitant with chemical abuse diagnoses, as well as their family members. The clinic provides individual, group, and/or family outpatient psychotherapy to children, adolescents and adults, as well as psychopharmacological treatment. Funding is provided per visit fees paid by medicaid and medicare as well as managed care and commercial insurance plans.3. The Inwood Community Services, Inc. family life center (icsflc) is a united states department of health and human Services (usdhhs) substance abuse and mental health Services administration (samhsa) certified Community behavioral health clinic expansion funded program operated under the amfmhc new york state office of mental health licensed clinic (article 31). The icsflc provides individual, group, and/or family outpatient psychotherapy to children, adolescents and adults, as well as psychopharmacological treatment. Additionally, icsflc provides care coordination, intensive case management, peer support, advocacy, crisis stabilization, psychosocial/recreational programming, nutritional counseling, a trauma-informed and person-centered approach to reduce stigma, increase engagement, and enhance outcomes. Through these Services, icsflc proposes to expand and transform its outpatient mental health and chemical dependency clinics, as well as its wellness and prevention program, into a certified Community behavioral health clinic (ccbhc) model, including a robust case management/crisis management service. Additional funding is provided by per visit fees paid by medicaid, medicare, managed care and commercial insurance.

Alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention (atod): the child and family prevention and wellness program, a nys oasas and nyc dohmh funded primary and direct prevention program, serves at-risk children, adolescents and families with an array of evidence-based practices. These practices include parenting, individual, and family interventions aimed at enhancing communication, social skills, resiliency and self-esteem. The interventions utilize the intensive group strengthening families program, the teen intervene program for adolescents, and the botvin lifeskills training for children.