Turner Family Support Center Council on Accreditation Nationally Certified 2004-2008 www.coanet.org Phone: 207.224.2017 Fax: 207.224.2021 Mailing Address: Turner Family Support Center Rumford Group Homes, Inc. 160 Lincoln Ave. Rumford, ME 04276 Email:  tfsc@midmaine.com Number of Beds: 4

HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY

Turner Family Support Center (TFSC) was developed by Rumford Group Homes, Inc. in conjunction with Western Crisis Services, a consortium of four agencies providing an array of mental health services in the Tri-County area of Maine. These agencies include Rumford Group Homes, Inc., Tri-County Mental Health, Evergreen Behavioral Services, and Greater Rumford Alliance for the Mentally III. TFSC works as a responsive and responsible crisis stabilization program to increase support services and minimize the need for expensive and unnecessary hospitalizations while increasing the emphasis on prevention.

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Turner Family Support Center (TFSC) is to provide crisis stabilization to reduce psychiatric hospitalizations. Families residing in Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties are given priority for our services. We will work with families who do not reside in the Tri-County area as staffing permits. TFSC offers responsive, community based services which respect the dignity of individuals and families. It is our goal to enhance the families' natural support systems to assist them in dealing with crises in the least intrusive manner.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

TFSC is a hospital diversion program for both boys and girls, ages 5 -17, experiencing crisis. We are designed to be child-centered, family focused, and community based. Our work with clients is geared to intervene in order to assist children and families with coping strategies to use during crises in their homes. In this way, we empower families to develop and utilize adaptive skills to prevent crises.

We operate a licensed mental health program centrally located in the Tri-County area. TFSC offers children a nurturing environment in which crisis stabilization,daily living skills, including educational support and recreational opportunities, are provided. This Turner, Maine site has trained staff available 24 hours a day to provide crisis stabilization including guidance in the expression of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, as well as behavior and medication monitoring.
A maximum of four children may stay in our coed home for up to seven days. While in the stabilization home, TFSC staff provides a structured, well-supervised, supportive living environment. Family members/guardians are encouraged and expected to actively participate in developing service plans and transitional support to benefit their child's individual needs.

"Children must have at least one person who believes in them. It could be a counselor, a teacher, a preacher, a friend. It could be you. You never know when a little love, a little support, will plant a small seed of hope."
- Marian Wright Edelman "The Measure Of Our Success"