Programs & Services

Social Rehabilitation for persons with a history of mental illness

• FriendshipRoom - weekly social activities
• Resocialization - outreach social programs for persons living in personal care homes
• Phoenix Center - Drop-in-Center Telephone: 724/775-9507 (Open 5 days a week - 10:00 to 5:00)
• Representative Payee - budgeting and managing SSI benefits

Individual Advocacy provides assistance to persons who need help in dealing with the mental health system

• Community Advocate - one-on-one advocacy to families and consumers
• Ombudsman Program - information about managed care and assists with filing complaints and grievances
• Parent/Child Advocacy - support, information and technical assistance to parents, children and staff involved in schools and human service agencies

System Advocacy through citizen action, influence and monitor the development and implementation of local and state public policy

• Consumer/Family Satisfaction Team - survey consumers to determine satisfaction with behavioral health services Telephone: 724/775-7650
• Community Support Programs - members of local community programs work on Beaver County mental health issues
• Jail Task Force - work on issues dealing with behavioral health in the Beaver County Jail

Education
Speakers Bureau, Referral, Education Presentations, Lending Library, Media Presentations

Support Groups:

• H.O.P.E. (Help Other Parents Endure) Families dealing with the death of a child
• Suicides Other Victims Families/friends dealing with a suicide
• Rebuilders Consumers helping each other
• Panic/Anxiety Consumers dealing with panic and/or anxiety

News

Search for Executive Director of MHA/Beaver County

Mary Kay Russo, executive director of the MHA in Beaver County has announced her retirement. MHA in Beaver County has initiated a search for her replacement by releasing a job announcement.

Contact Us

105 Brighton Avenue, Rochester, PA 15074
(724) 775-4165 (p)
(724) 775-8523 (f)
bcmha@verizon.net

Executive Director: Mary Kay Russo
Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday