Bellefaire JCB has a long tradition of providing effective outpatient and community-based behavioral health and substance use counseling throughout Northeast Ohio. Our services are designed to remain flexible and responsive to the changing needs of the individuals and families we serve.

Treatment addresses behavioral health and substance use concerns through individualized treatment plans developed to meet each client’s specific needs.

Services are available for children and adults and may be covered through Medicaid, select commercial insurance providers, or self-pay.

Outpatient services address a wide range of behavioral and emotional health concerns, including:

• Parent-child and sibling relationship challenges
• Oppositional and behavioral concerns
• Depression, anxiety, and self-esteem issues
• Sexual or physical abuse
• Teen dating violence
• School-related concerns, including bullying
• Life transitions, including divorce or family change
• Grief, loss, and trauma
• Anger and stress management
• Attachment-related concerns
• Adoption and foster care adjustment

Ongoing outpatient psychiatry services are available for children and adolescents who require medication management to support their mental health treatment. Services include a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation followed by ongoing psychiatric appointments to monitor progress and adjust care as needed.

Intensive Home Based Treatment (IHBT) services are provided to children, youth, and families who need a higher level of support to address emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges. The program is designed to help families stabilize and strengthen functioning within the home and community.

Families typically participate in IHBT for three to six months, receiving three to six hours of service per week. As progress is made, services are gradually stepped down to less intensive outpatient care in the community.

IHBT uses a multisystem, wraparound approach that supports the whole family. Treatment focuses on strengthening relationships, improving communication, and developing practical strategies to address challenges. Interventions may include cognitive behavioral therapy, family preservation services, and coordinated care planning.

The IHBT counselor works closely with the family and collaborates with other involved systems, including schools, courts, therapists, and other community providers, to ensure coordinated and effective care.

Services include:

• In-home assessment and treatment
• Individual and family therapy
• Coordination with schools, courts, and providers
• Ongoing consultation and progress monitoring
• Transition and aftercare planning

are semi-open, allowing new participants to enter at designated points throughout the 10-week cycle.

Bellefaire provides individual, family, and group counseling in school settings, allowing children and families to access behavioral health services in a familiar and convenient environment. School staff, including teachers and support personnel, are encouraged to provide ongoing input to support treatment planning and intervention strategies.

School-based consultation, education and prevention services support students by bringing behavioral health expertise directly into the academic setting. Services include collaboration with parents and school staff, student observation, and participation in meetings focused on student functioning and the impact of mental health concerns on school performance.

Bellefaire also offers group programming for students, parents, and school personnel on topics such as conflict resolution, grief recovery, anger management, divorce and separation, social skills development, self-esteem, and coping with depression.

In addition, workshops are available for teachers and school staff on topics including managing mental health needs in the classroom, de-escalation strategies on school transportation, and designing behavioral interventions for concerns such as impulsiveness and attention-related challenges.

Bellefaire JCB’s Child and Adolescent Group Services provide structured, evidence-based group treatment facilitated by credentialed clinicians with specialized training and experience in child and family counseling.

Children and adolescents referred to the program must meet defined clinical criteria and demonstrate the ability to participate in a group setting.

Groups address a range of clinical needs using evidence-based approaches, including:

• Distress tolerance skills and coping strategies
• Mindfulness and impulse control skills
• Emotion identification and regulation
• Communication and interpersonal effectiveness skills
• Anger management
• Self-esteem development
• Trauma and crisis management skills

Services are primarily funded through Medicaid, with limited grant funding available when applicable. Groups operate year-round Monday through Friday, excluding holidays and quarterly staff training days.

Limited transportation is available to and from the Bellefaire JCB location.

Functional Family Therapy (FFT) is an Intensive Home-Based Treatment (IHBT) service that provides in-home therapy for families with youth ages 10–18 who are at risk of out-of-home placement due to mental health and/or behavioral concerns.

Services are delivered directly in the home environment, allowing clinicians to engage families in their natural setting and address challenges in real time. FFT is an evidence-based practice (EBP) supported by extensive research demonstrating both short- and long-term positive outcomes for youth and families.

The model focuses on strengthening family relationships, improving communication, and developing practical strategies to reduce risk factors and support lasting change.

Level Up is an outreach initiative supported through the Ohio Healthy Transitions program to improve access to treatment and support services for youth and young adults, ages 16-25, with a qualifying mental health diagnosis.

Once enrolled in the program, youth are paired with a Navigator who works with them to determine what services are needed and where the services are found. The Navigator will assist in transitioning from youth systems to adult systems to avoid gaps in services.