Adele Gilbert Residential Treatment Facility

Adele Gilbert Residential Treatment Facility is a 16‑bed-level 2 state-licensed residential treatment program in Pasco County for adults who have a diagnosed mental illness and may have co-occurring substance abuse issues.  The program accepts non-violent forensic referrals that would be better served in a community setting.  Services include medication management and education, recovery-oriented life skills training, psychosocial rehabilitation, substance abuse counseling, individual therapy, and other supports for up to three or eight months.

Adult Residential Treatment and Stabilization

Adult Residential Treatment & Stabilization (ARTS) is a 16-bed level 1 state licensed intensive residential program in Broward County for older adults who have a severe and persistent mental illness and may have co-occurring issues. The program accepts forensic referrals that would be better served in a community setting, as well as from the local state hospital and mental health receiving facilities. The program provides psychiatric services, psychosocial rehabilitation, life skills training, and other supports for approximately three months.

Community Assistance & Life Liaison Program (CALL)

The Community Assistance and Life Liaison program (CALL) is a program led by Gulf Coast JFCS in partnership with St. Petersburg Police Department. A team of clinical staff and community navigators are dispatched to non-violent, non-criminal calls to provide a therapeutic, wrap-around response.  The CALL program responds to intoxication, drug overdose, mental health crisis, suicide intervention, truancy, homeless complaints, and neighborhood disputes.

Darlington Residential Treatment Facility

Darlington Residential Treatment Facility is a 16-bed-level two state-licensed facility that provides short-term (3-9 month) residential treatment to adults who are diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness and/or a co-occurring disorder. The facility provides access to psychiatric medication management services as well as psychosocial rehabilitation, individual counseling, and case management services, in addition to life skills training in a home-like environment that fosters independence and encourages individuals to seek independent living in the community. The facility receives referrals from the local state hospital as well as the mental health receiving facilities, case managers, and family members within the Suncoast Region.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Must be age 18 or older.
• Diagnosed with a severe and persistent mental illness as evidenced by a psychiatric evaluation completed within the last year.
• Continent of bowel and bladder.
• Able to function in an unlocked facility and therefore not a danger to self or others.
• Able to self-preserve (ability to recognize danger and take steps to avoid danger).
• No aggression in the last six months.

Older Adult Support Program

Older Adults Support Program provides specialized intervention for elders at risk of suicide. In close coordination with state Adult Protective Services, this holistic program in Broward County provides in- home assessment, crisis intervention counseling, and case management with the overall goal of reducing suicide risk.

Prevention and Intervention Services

Prevention and Intervention Services provide substance abuse services for adults in Pinellas, Pasco, and Hillsborough counties. We offer presentations focusing on the prevention of substance abuse and increasing healthy behaviors in our communities. For individuals who present with risk factors for substance misuse, we provide in- home services for individualized screening, assessment, and intervention through education, short-term problem solving, advocacy, referral, and follow-up to reduce risk factors and the need for more extensive treatment.

Depression Warning Signs

• Being easily upset
• Social isolation
• Lack of energy
• Increased forgetfulness
• Neglecting self-care
• Crying easily
• Believing that one can’t do anything worthwhile
• Feeling hopeless or overwhelmed
• Thinking life isn’t worth living

Supported Housing/Living Program

Supported Housing/Living Program assists over 75 individuals with serious mental illness or co-occurring substance abuse issues to live independently in the community.  Services include obtaining affordable housing, developing readiness for work or volunteer activities, vocational job and coaching, and helping to strengthen daily living skills.  Services are provided in Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties.

Community & Home-Based Rehab

Assisting consumers with developing goals, locating affordable housing, developing a budget, and linkage to outside services as needed.

Support Services

Providing direct assistance with daily living skills, side-by-side individual support, and mentoring.

Vocational Coaching

Assisting members with skills required to interview for and obtain a job, and provides support once employment is obtained.

Referrals Come From

• Residential treatment facilities
• Psychiatric units
• Jails
• Other community service providers

All referrals must have a completed Supported Housing Application in addition to a recent psychiatric evaluation.

Download a Supported Housing Application

Quick Response Team

The Quick Response Team (QRT) is a program led by Gulf Coast JFCS in partnership with Pinellas County Human Services Department and Pinellas County Safety and Emergency Services. The Quick Response Team comprises both case managers and peer specialists who respond to referred individuals who were recently treated with naloxone or who are at risk of overdose. Services include risk assessment, safety planning, peer support, community stabilization, and a Naloxone Education and leave behind.