Hancock Health Connection Center

The Hancock Health Connection Center is a confidential and comprehensive approach to making health possible for Hancock County residents, patients and Hancock Health associates. We are a hub for community resources to meet social needs and prevention and intervention services related to behavioral health needs.

A team of support navigators and System of Care outreach programs offer many services including QPR suicide prevention training, ACE Interface training, treatment for tobacco cessation, peer recovery services, CRAFT support groups, and more. Because of our strong System of Care, we can connect you and your family with local providers whose services encompass:

• Gesundheitspflege
• Social needs
• Psychische Gesundheit
• Substance misuse treatment
• Ausbildung
• Glaubensgemeinschaften
• Disabilities
• Kinderfürsorge
• Early Childhood
• Justice system
• Gemeinschaftskoalitionen
• Seniorendienste
• Kommunalverwaltung
• Jugend und Familien
• Sonstige soziale Dienste

Unsere Support-Navigatoren beseitigen Hürden bei der Pflege und verbinden Sie mit den Diensten, die Sie zur Unterstützung Ihres Körpers, Geistes und Ihrer Seele benötigen.

Geist

Mental illness can affect anyone. Just because we can’t always see it doesn’t mean it’s not there. The Hancock Health Connection Center team is here to help you connect with local mental health resources.

Körper

Our health is heavily affected by the way we care for our bodies—our dietary and exercise habits, coping mechanisms, and use of drugs or alcohol. We have a wealth of social and physical wellness resources available: Hancock Wellness Centers have state-of-the-art gym equipment, and we offer many classes and support groups.

Geist

Spirituelles Wohlbefinden kann ein wichtiger Teil des täglichen Lebens sein. Die Suche nach einer örtlichen Glaubensgemeinschaft kann sowohl in Zeiten der Gesundheit als auch in Zeiten der Not von großem Nutzen sein.

Hancock Health Behavioral Services can help adults affected by substance use disorder and co-occurring mental illnesses.

Our team provides a nonjudgmental and welcoming space, meeting you where you are and providing compassionate substance use disorder treatment. Services include:

• Einzel- und Gruppentherapie
• Fallmanagement zur Überwindung von Hindernissen und Beseitigung von Hindernissen für Ihre Genesung
• Medikamentengestützte Behandlung bei Opioid- und Alkoholkonsum
• Medikamentenmanagement bei psychiatrischen Erkrankungen

Patients can be referred via a Hancock Health physician, a support navigator at the Hancock Health Connection Center, or any of our local community partners. If you or someone you know could benefit from our substance use disorder treatment and co-occurring mental illnesses program, please reach out to the Hancock Counseling and Psychiatric Services today by calling (317) 468-6200.

Die Healthy Community Response Collaborative (HCRC) schafft Wege der kollaborativen Betreuung für Personen, die an verschiedenen Stellen des Justizsystems tätig sind.

The Hancock Health Connection Center has justice focused support navigators who work with individuals exiting or involved with various points of the justice system.

Peer support specialists are people who have been successful in the recovery process who help others experiencing similar situations. Through shared understanding, respect, and mutual empowerment, peer support Specialists help people become and stay engaged in the recovery process and reduce the likelihood of relapse. Peer support services can effectively extend the reach of treatment beyond the clinical setting into the everyday environment of those seeking a successful, sustained recovery process.

CIT training stands for Crisis Intervention Team training. It’s a specialized law enforcement training program that aims to improve police interactions with individuals experiencing mental health crises. This training equips officers with the skills to de-escalate situations, understand mental illness, and connect individuals with appropriate mental health resources. 

WATCH AN INFORMATIVE VIDEO HERE!

Benefits of CIT Training:

• Improved officer and consumer safety:
  • CIT training aims to improve officer and individual safety during mental health crises.
• Reduced arrests:
  • CIT programs help to reduce arrests of individuals with mental illness by diverting them to mental health services.
• Increased access to treatment:
  • CIT training helps to connect individuals with mental health services, promoting treatment and recovery.
• Cost savings:
  • Diversion programs like CIT can lead to cost savings for communities by reducing the reliance on incarceration.
• Improved officer attitudes:
  • CIT training has been shown to improve officer attitudes and knowledge about mental illness.

Residents of Hancock County calling 911 for a mental health and/or substance misuse crisis can request a CIT Officer.

Hancock County’s Mobile Response Team (MRT) is a group of highly trained professionals who work collaboratively with law enforcement and community stakeholders in helping residents with mental health and substance use challenges. Referrals come to MRT from GPD, HCSD, Hancock County Probation, Hancock County Helping Courts, several Hancock County community partners, Community Fairbanks Access Department, and county self-referrals. Rapid response is provided within 24-48 hours to address needs and link individuals with further treatment when appropriate.

When responding to situations where mental health or substance misuse concerns are present, but an individual is not in immediate danger of harming themselves or someone else.

Triage: Trained professionals receive the initial call and triage with MRT team

Mobile Response: If care is needed beyond a phone call, MRT team member will go to the individual and work to resolve the crisis

Mobile Stabilization: MRT offers short-term assistance and case management services inside and outside of the home to decrease recurrence

After Care: Follow-up and referral of care is available to the individual to ensure a smooth transition to any support and services that may be necessary

• Face-to-face brief supportive interventions
• Assessment of the individual’s mental health and substance misuse needs
• When necessary, facilitate referral/admission to inpatient hospitalization
• Coordination of appropriate and available community-based services for on-going treatment and follow-up
• Behavioral health support for individuals ages 5+

• An individual is actively engaged in a suicide attempt
• An individual requires immediate medical attention
• An individual is violent, aggressive, destroying property, physically harming or threatening others

We routinely host classes and support groups to support prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery for our community members. Recurring classes offered at the Hancock Health Connection Center include: