Behavioral Health

The Behavioral Health Unit serves Calumet County residents with mental health needs, alcohol or other drug abuse addictions, or experiencing a mental health crisis situation. The unit serves clients across the age span and with varying mental health issues and diagnoses.

Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) / Mental Health Crisis Services

Calumet County Department of Health and Human Services (CCDHHS) is HFS 34, Level III-Certified as an Emergency Mental Health Service Program. Licensed therapists and other mental health professionals provide crisis intervention services 24 hours a day. Persons experiencing a crisis situation after hours should call 920-849-9317 (Chilton) or 920-832-4646 (Appleton).

AODA Services

CCDHHS is responsible for doing all assessments of Calumet County residents convicted of Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated (OWI) violations. This department provides AODA assessments, referrals, and the initial payment of services for individuals in hospital inpatient programs, halfway houses, and intensive outpatient programs. Individuals and/or their families are responsible for payment of services either through insurance, medical assistance, or on an ability-to-pay basis.  Wisconsin programs receiving Substance Abuse Block Grant funds must publicize the following order of preference for receiving services: Pregnant women who inject drugs first, other pregnant women second; other persons who inject drugs third; and all other individuals fourth.  

Community Support Program (CSP)

Calumet County’s Community Support Program provides comprehensive mental health treatment and case management services to adults diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illnesses (e.g. Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder). The objective of the Community Support Program is to reduce the frequency and duration of psychiatric hospitalizations and/or other institutional settings, by providing coordinated care and treatment in a community setting. The program focuses on identifying and using the individual’s strengths to promote recovery and self-sufficiency, resulting in an improved quality of life.

Treatment is individualized, based on needs and goals identified through a comprehensive assessment. Services may include psychiatric services, psychotherapy, social/recreational skills training, crisis management, life skills training, physical health monitoring, medication management/monitoring, case management, and vocational rehabilitation.

View: Community Support Program Brochure

Comprehensive Community Services (CCS)

Comprehensive Community Services is a program that provides mental health and/or substance use services to individuals of any age. Comprehensive Community Services assists consumers with identifying and achieving goals to improve their quality of life, by empowering consumers to take control over their recovery from a mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Comprehensive Community Services is a psychosocial rehabilitative program – meaning that the goal of services is to achieve the consumer’s highest level of functioning, with the least amount of professional services the consumer can manage.

Treatment is individualized, based on needs and goals identified through a comprehensive assessment, and centered around the core treatment of individual/family psychotherapy. Services may include screening and assessment, service planning, service facilitation, diagnostic evaluation/psychiatry, medication management/monitoring, physical health monitoring, individual skill development and enhancement, employment-related skills training, individual/family psychoeducation, wellness management, and recovery services, individual/family psychotherapy, and substance abuse treatment.

View: Comprehensive Community Services Brochure

Eligibility

Eligibility for both the Community Support Program and Comprehensive Community Services is based on one's desire to be involved in the program and the need for Psychosocial Rehabilitative Services as determined by a functional screen and comprehensive assessment.

Mental Health Services

Mental health staff provide outpatient psychotherapy, psychiatric, and case management services to individuals with mental health needs. The focus is on serving Calumet County residents who have limited or no resources for mental health services because of a lack of available insurance benefits or who have insurance coverage through Medicare and Title XIX fee for service medical assistance.