Sandra Fay, Director
6753 State Road
Parma Ohio 44134
440.843.5631

Adoption - Frequently Asked Questions

Purpose: To assist families who wish to provide a loving, permanent home to children and to support birth parents who may be considering adoption for their child.

Population Served: Children who have been waiting for permanent placement because of a history of abuse, racial minority and/or medical fragility; birth parents who voluntarily seek to place their child in a better environment. Serves persons throughout the eight counties of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland regardless of race or religious beliefs.

Criteria: Potential adoptive parents must meet the home study guidelines of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Fees: Sliding fee schedule for adoptive family; no fee for birth parents.

Major Funders: Adoptive family; Catholic Charities Annual Appeal

Klavin Boyd, Director
Foster Care and Adoption Services
Parmadale
6753 State Road
Parma Ohio 44134
440.843.5587

Purpose: To identify, train, locate and support the provision of a temporary family-like setting for children that provides nurturing and/or treatment within the home. The goal is to help facilitate permanency for children, either through reunification, adoption or preparation for independent living.

Population Served: Children birth -18 years who exhibit mild to moderate behavior difficulties that require adult attention and supervision.

Criteria: Referral basis.

Fees: Contracted services.

Major Funders: Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services

David Mordarski, Director
Catholic Charities Older Adult Services
St. Augustine Towers
7800 Detroit Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio 44102
216 939 3737

Purpose: To assist older adults with nutrition, mental health, case management services

Population Served: Older adults and their families

Criteria: Age 60 and older

Fees: Fees vary according to service provided; sliding scale, Medicaid, Medicare and contractual reimbursements.

Major funders: Catholic Charities Annual Appeal, United Way, Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging, PASSPORT.

St. Augustine Towers
7800 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44102
216 939 3737

Purpose: To provide assessment, counseling, therapy, case management, information and referrals; at office location and/or in the home

Population Served: Older adults

Criteria: Age 60 and older

Fees: Sliding fee scale, Medicaid, Medicare, PASSPORT, private insurance

Major funders:Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging/PASSPORT, Catholic Charities Annual Appeal, United Way

7345 Broadway Avenue
Cleveland OH 44105
216.441.0111

Purpose: To provide home delivered meals to Slavic Village neighborhood residents

Population Served: Older adults

Criteria: Age 60 and older

Fees: Suggested donation

Major funders: Catholic Charities Annual Appeal, United Way, Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging, PASSPORT

1331 West 70th Street
Cleveland OH 44102
216.631.7717

Purpose: To provide socialization, congregate meals, support services, and transportation to the service site for residents of the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood

Population Served: Older adults

Criteria: Age 60 and older

Fees: Suggested donation

Major funders: Catholic Charities Annual Appeal, United Way, Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging, PASSPORT

Ramonita Rodriguez Johnson, LSW, LICDC, OCPS I Director
Catholic Charities Services/Hispanic Services Office
2012 W. 25th Street, Suite 518
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216 696 2197

Purpose: To provide non-intensive outpatient drug/alcohol treatment services to adult men and women, youth and families in a culturally specific manner targeting the Hispanic/Latino community; to also provide youth prevention services for Hispanic/Latino youth in area schools and the community; also provide chemical dependency assessments for the general community; anger management classes and domestic violence prevention classes. Services include chemical dependency assessment, individual and group counseling and case management services.

Population Served: Hispanic/Latino youth and adults, as well as other interested or referred persons residing in Cuyahoga County.

Criteria: Must be a resident of Cuyahoga County; present with concerns about alcohol or other drug abuse or violence prevention.

Fees: Sliding fee scale; Medicaid.

Major Funders: Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS), United Way.

Mayra Perez, CDCA
Supervisor of Hispanic Youth Services
Catholic Charities Services/Hispanic Services Office
2012 W. 25th Street, Suite 518
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216 696 2197

Purpose: To provide non-intensive outpatient drug/alcohol treatment services, which include chemical dependency assessment, individual and group counseling and case management services.

Population Served: Latino youth ages 11 – 21 years, residing in Cuyahoga County.

Criteria: Must be a resident of Cuyahoga County; present with concerns about alcohol or other drug abuse.

Fees: Sliding fee scale; Medicaid

Major Funders: Major Funders: Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS), United Way.

Mayra Perez, CDCA
Supervisor of Hispanic Youth Services
Catholic Charities Services/Hispanic Services Office
2012 W. 25th Street, Suite 518
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216 696 2197

Purpose: To provide drug and alcohol prevention services, education and alternatives.

Population Served: Latino youth in schools and Hispanic Community at large.

Criteria: Interest in alcohol and drug education.

Fees: None

Major Funders: Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS), Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS), United Way.

David Santiago, CDCA
Supervisor of Hispanic Men’s Services
Catholic Charities Services/Hispanic Services Office
2012 W. 25th Street, Suite 518
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216 696 2197

Purpose: To provide a culturally competent, bilingual, and gender-specific non-intensive outpatient drug/alcohol treatment program for Hispanic/Latino men. Includes assessment, individual and group counseling and case management services.

Population Served: Latino males 18 years and older.

Criteria: Must be a resident of Cuyahoga County with alcohol or drug abuse.

Fees: Sliding fee scale

Major Funders: Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS), United Way.

Nilda Daleccio, LICDC
Hispanic Women’s Services
Catholic Charities Services/Hispanic Services Office
2012 W. 25th Street, Suite 518
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216 696 2197

Purpose: To provide a culturally competent, bilingual, and gender-specific non-intensive outpatient drug/alcohol treatment program. Includes assessment, individual and group counseling and case management services.

Population Served: Latino females 18 years and older.

Criteria: Drug and/or alcohol use, abuse and dependency.

Fees: Sliding fee scale; Medicaid.

Major Funders: Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS) and Medicaid.

Catholic Charities Bilingual Assessment Services
Old Brooklyn Neighborhood Family Services Center
4621 Fulton Parkway
Cleveland, Ohio 44144
216 696 2197

Purpose: To provide drug and alcohol diagnostic assessments.

Population Served: Adults 18 years and older.

Criteria: Currently involved with Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services or referred by the community.

Fees: None

Major Funders: Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS); Medicaid

Midtown Office
3135 Euclid Avenue, Suite 202
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
216-391-2030

For referral/information: 216 391 2030, ext. 25 or ext. 16

Purpose: To provide outpatient and/or residential treatment to persons who are alcohol or substance abusing, dependent and/or addicted, at various locations throughout Cuyahoga County. Services focus on men, women, youth, or the Hispanic/Latino population at various sites:

Matt Talbot Inn - residential treatment for men
Matt Talbot for Women - Residential treatment for women and their childern.
Midtown Office - Intensive Outpatient (IOP) Treatment for Adults or Youth; Non-intensive outpatient treatment services for adults or youth; assessment services
LaProvidencia Chemical Dependency Services - Outpatient treatment, assessment and case management for adults or youth; prevention services
Parmadale/St. Augustine - Co-occuring residential treatment for male youth and alcohol/drug abuse or addiction and mental health diagnosis.

Population Served: Residents of Cuyahoga County

Criteria: Persons who are dependent or addicted to alcohol and/or other drugs

Fees: Fees vary according to service.

Major Funders: Alcohol & Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS); Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS); Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court; Cuyahoga County Adult Probation; Medicaid; United Way; self-pay

Karl Cetina, LICDC Director
Cuyahoga County Juvenile TASC Midtown Office
3135 Euclid Avenue, Suite 202
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
216-391-2030

Purpose: Purpose: Cuyahoga County Juvenile TASC: Provides assessment and ongoing case management and care coordination with the juvenile justice systems for youth and families requiring a variety of alcohol and other drug treatment services in the community.

Youth Intensive Outpatient(IOP): Provides individual, group and case management services three days per week for at least three hours per day for youth and families already assessed and referred due to a concern about their alcohol and other drug use and appropriate for this level of care.

Population Served: Residents of Cuyahoga County through age 21, and their families.

Criteria: Youth who are abusing, dependent or addicted to alcohol and/or other drugs; or youth who are involved in the Juvenile Justice system.

Fees:Sliding fee scale; Medicaid

Major Funders: Alcohol & Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS); Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS); Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court; Ohio Department of Youth Services; Medicaid; self-pay

Ms. Toni Fecko, LCDC III
Program Administrator
Adult Non-Intensive Outpatient
Midtown Office
3135 Euclid Avenue, Suite 101
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
216-391-2030

Purpose: To provide outpatient treatment to adult women and men who are abusing alcohol or other substances and who have received an assessment which recommends this level of care. Group, individual and case management services are provided twice per week for 2 hours per session. A Phase II step down service continues for once per week following completion of Phase I.

Population Served: Adult residents of Cuyahoga County ages 18 and older who have been diagnosed with substance abuse and who are appropriate for an outpatient treatment level of care; offender populations; persons involved with Child Welfare system; persons with cognitive disabilities or other mental health diagnoses.

Criteria: Adult male or female residents of Cuyahoga County who are abusing alcohol and/or other drugs.

Fees: Sliding fee scale; Medicaid; contractual services.

Major Funders: Alcohol & Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS); Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS); Cuyahoga County Adult Probation; Medicaid; self-pay

Marty Quinn, LCDC III
Program Administrator
Matt Talbot IOP
Midtown Office
3135 Euclid Avenue, Suite 101
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
216-391-2030

Purpose: Known as the “Matt Talbot IOP”, this program provides intensive outpatient treatment to adult men and women who are dependent on alcohol or other substances and who have received an assessment which recommends this level of care. Group, individual and case management services are provided three times per week for 3 hours per session. A Phase II step down service follows completion of Phase I.

Population Served: Adult male or female residents of Cuyahoga County ages 18 and older who have been diagnosed with substance dependence and who are appropriate for an intensive outpatient treatment level of care; offender populations; persons involved with Child Welfare system; persons with cognitive disabilities or other mental health diagnoses.

Criteria: Adult male or female residents of Cuyahoga County and who are dependent on alcohol and/or other drugs.

Fees: Sliding fee scale; Medicaid; contractual services.

Major Funders: Alcohol & Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS); Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS); Cuyahoga County Adult Probation; Medicaid; self-pay.

See "Hispanic Services"

St. Augustine – Co-Occurring Disorder Residential Treatment for Boys
6753 State Road
Parma OH 44134
440.845.7700

Contact: Cheryl Gyekenyesi, Director of Intake 440.843.5588

Purpose: To provide alcohol and other drug community residential treatment for adolescent boys.

Population Served: Adolescent boys ages 13 – 19 who are residents of Cuyahoga County or referred by another county contracted with the program; who present with a diagnosis of alcohol and/or other drug dependence or co-occurring with mental health diagnosis.

Criteria: Youth having a recent assessment that meets the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS) criteria for residential level of care for alcohol and other drug treatment.

Fees: Contractual and Medicaid.

Major Funders: Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County; Department of Children and Family Services (various counties); Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court; Ohio Department of Youth Services; Medicaid.

Terry Morris, LSW, LICDC
Director
Matt Talbot Inn
2270 Professor Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216.781.0288

Purpose: To provide comprehensive residential treatment focusing on recovery from alcohol or drug addiction for adult men.

Population Served:Adult males with alcohol and drug problems, homeless, indigent, criminal offenders, alcohol or drug-addicted clientele or dual-diagnosed clients who have received an assessment and are recommended for a residential level of care .

Criteria: Adult male (18 years or older), diagnosis of chemical dependency, medically and psychiatrically stable, behavior manageable in therapeutic milieu with cognitive abilities sufficient to benefit from treatment interaction. Is willing and motivated to participate in a 12-Step recovery program.

Fees: Contractual and sliding fee scale.

Major Funders: Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board (ADAMHSB, Alcohol & Drug Addiction Services Board of Cuyahoga County; Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services; Access to Recovery (ATR); Cuyahoga County Adult Probation; United Way; self-pay

Colleen McKenna, LISW-S, LICDC Director
Matt Talbot for Women
7901 Detroit Avenue, 2nd Floor
Cleveland OH 44102
216.634.7500

Purpose: To provide comprehensive residential treatment focusing on recovery from alcohol and drug addiction for adult women.

Population Served:Adult women with alcohol and/or other drug dependency and who may have co-occurring mental health issues. Program has capacity to accept women with young children.

Criteria:Must be a resident of Cuyahoga County and meet state criteria for this level of care as determined by chemical dependency assessment.

Fees: Contractual; Medicaid.

Major Funders: Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS), Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS), Access to Recovery (ATR) funds, Cuyahoga County Adult Probation, Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services, Women’s Expansion, Medicaid

Emily Currie-Manring, LISW-S Director
Catholic Charities/Pre-Employment Screening Program
Virgil E. Brown Building
1641 Payne Avenue
Cleveland OH 44114
216.987.6361

Purpose:To provide determination through a one hour interview of barriers to employment for individuals applying for public assistance (Ohio Works First cash benefits). Persons needing comprehensive mental health or chemical dependence assessments will be scheduled to be seen also at this site.

Population Served:Adult men and women with families applying for OWF cash assistance at the Cuyahoga County Employment and Family Services Department.

Criteria:Must be a resident of Cuyahoga County and meet income and residence criteria for cash assistance. Must be referred by Cuyahoga County’s Employment and Family Services

Fees: Contractual; Medicaid

Major Funders: Employment and Family Services Department of Cuyahoga County; Medicaid

Catherine Bixenstine, PCC-S Director
Outpatient Mental Health Services
St. Augustine Towers
7800 Detroit Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio 44102
216.939.3737

Purpose: To provide mental health counseling and psychiatric therapy

Population Served: Persons of all ages.

Criteria: Mental Health Diagnosis

Fees: Sliding fee scale

Major funders: Cuyahoga County ADAMHS Board; Medicaid, Catholic Charities Annual Appeal, self-pay, third party payers

216.939.3737- Youth
216.696.2197 – Adults
Locations vary

Purpose: To improve anger management skills

Population Served: All age groups; groups for adult or juvenile justice populations

Criteria: Desire to improve anger management

Fees: Sliding fee scale

Major funders: Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, Catholic Charities Annual Appeal, Medicaid, self pay

Parmadale Institute
Jeff Jeney, Director
Parmadale Institute
6753 State Road
Parma, Ohio 44134
440 845 7700

For more detailed information on the “Parmadale Institute”, Parmadale Institute Website

Purpose: To provide intensive residential treatment and 24-hour care in a secure and trauma-sensitive state of the art milieu for up to 80 children/youth who have severe emotional and behavioral disorders and/or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. Services are provided in 5 distinct residential units with a population not to exceed 16 youth in each unit. Services include mental health assessment, behavioral health counseling and therapy, medication management, psychiatric therapy, care coordination, family therapy. May include crisis stabilization for mental health.

Population Served: Children through age 19 and their families; includes children with special needs.

Criteria: Mental Health Diagnosis

Fees: Contractual services and Medicaid.

Major funders:County Department of Children and Family Services (various counties); Juvenile Courts; Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS); Medicaid, Catholic Charities Annual Appeal.

Catherine Bixenstine, PCC-S Director
Outpatient Mental Health and In-Home Services
Parmadale
6753 State Road
Parma, Ohio 44134
440.843.5629

Purpose: To provide home-based mental health assessment, counseling and Community Supportive Psychiatric Treatment (CPST) to children and their families to keep families intact and in order to prevent the child from being placed outside of the home. Services are provided several times a week.

Population Served: Children residing in Cuyahoga County with their families.

Criteria: Mental Health Diagnosis

Fees: Contractual services; Medicaid; sliding fee scale.

Major funders:Medicaid, Department of Children and Family Services, Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, Catholic Charities Annual Appeal, self-pay

Catherine Bixenstine, PCC-S Director
Outpatient Mental Health and In-Home Services
Parmadale
6753 State Road
Parma, Ohio 44134
440.843.5629

Purpose: To provide mental health assessment, consultation and education services to students identified in schools being served, in order to address behavioral health concerns which affect school performance and emotional health. Services are provided in specific schools, including schools in the Parma community.

Population Served: Children residing in Cuyahoga County with their families.

Criteria: Referral by school personnel for emotional/behavioral concerns; family participation and authorization

Fees: Medicaid; sliding fee scale

Major funders:Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS); Medicaid, self pay

Larissa Turner, LSW
Program Coordinator
Catholic Charities System of Care
15040 Euclid Avenue
East Cleveland, Ohio 44112
440.260.6814

Purpose: To provide mental health assessment and care coordination for families with children who are emotionally disordered or traumatized and who are referred by the Cuyahoga County Tapestry System of Care because they are involved with the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services or the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court. Services are school and community based and build on the wraparound fidelity model for care coordination, with child and family voice and choice at the heart of team discussions and planning. Neighborhood based services and supports are leveraged to keep families intact and to reduce placement of children outside the home.

Population Served: Children and their families residing in Cuyahoga County who are referred by Cuyahoga County Tapestry System of Care, and have involvement with either children’s abuse/neglect services or juvenile court. Families served live in the Euclid, Glenville, Collinwood, East Cleveland or Cleveland Heights neighborhoods.

Criteria: Families with children referred by Tapestry System of Care who have emotional disorder and/or traumatization; emotional/behavioral concerns identified in school; family participation and authorization

Fees: Medicaid; sliding fee scale

Major funders:Cuyahoga County Tapestry System of Care; Medicaid.