An Independent Contract Agency of the
Fairfield County ADAMH Board Availability: 24 hours per day. Always ready. Always
Near. Methods of Payment: Sliding Fee Scale, Insurance,
Title XX, Medicaid, Medicare and SSI
In case of a mental health emergency, please call our 24-hour
Emergency Phone Line 687-8255 (687-TALK)
New Horizons Youth & Family Center
1592 Granville Pike, Lancaster, OH 43130
Tele/TDD 740-687-0835 or 614-837-0660
24 Hour Emergency Services 740-687-8255
Chief Executive Officer: Tony Motta
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
New Horizons provides quality comprehensive behavioral healthcare services
for children, adults, and families.
Services Provided: 24 Hour Emergency Services (687-TALK); Diagnostic
Assessment; Counseling - Individual, Family and Group; Psychiatric Evaluations;
Medication Management; Psychological Testing; Pre-hospital Screenings;
Community Support Program; Residential Support; School-based Early Intervention
Services; Community Presentations; 24 hour support line for those with
severe mental disability 687-2277 (687-ACSP).
Tools provided: Effective Parenting Skills; Depression/Anxiety
Management; Healthy Relationships; Family Preservation; Surviving/Thriving
with Chronic Disabilities; Effective Interpersonal Communications; Creative
Problem Solving
For residents of Northern Fairfield County, services are available at:
Pickerington Area Counseling Services
437 Hill Road North
Pickerington, OH 43137
(614) 834-1919
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 9:00 am to 8:00 pm
New Horizons Youth & Family Center Providing Comprehensive Behavioral Health Care: Making A Difference In Fairfield County Quality Of Life
April 27, 2005
- Crisis Intervention services at FMC - long-time partnership with the medical center
- Thriving mental health practice in Pickerington (PACS)
- Contracts with many local school districts for Early Mental Health Intervention services - over 700 youngsters served in school per year
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) contracts with 6 Fairfield County employers
- Student
Assistance Program with Ohio University-Lancaster
- Service Contract (counseling/psychotherapy and psychiatric Services) with Meals on Wheels-Older Adult Network for specialized care for older adults and their caregivers
- Service Contract (counseling/psychotherapy) with Fairfield County Job and Family Services for any displaced worker
- Service contract (Early Mental Health Intervention) with West After School Center and Eastside Center For Success
- 3 subsidiary housing corporations - 3 apartment complexes constructed and maintained by New Horizons (total of 23 apartments) - helps prevent homelessness
- 5 Adult Care Homes under contract- helps prevent homelessness
- Intensive Home-based therapy services for children/families: 2-year contract with Family Adult and Children First Council
- Three internal, interdisciplinary treatment teams that meet weekly and are psychiatrist-led (includes 1 dual disorders team; one child-family team; one adult team)
- Part of National Research project for Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment Program (one of only 4 initially selected sites in Ohio) - for persons with concurrent mental health and substance use disorders
- Partnership with Fairfield Mental Health Consumer Group
- An array of services: Diagnostic Assessment; Counseling/Psychotherapy; Crisis Intervention; Community Support Program; Early Mental Health Intervention; Medication/Somatic,
- 45,788 direct service hours to 3,935 different people last year
- Agency designated as the Chief Clinical Officer for the entire ADAMH Board system (pertains to psychiatric hospitalizations for adults) - outpatient services prevent hospitalizations.
- Only 1-2 Fairfield County residents in the State hospital on any given day
- Close collaboration with primary care physicians - strong correlation between physical and mental health - work collaboratively with mutual patients