Listed below are our services listed by location. To identify a location specifically, please utilize the navigation above this information.

Administration
Specialized Residential Services
Specialized residential services are provided in licensed Adult Foster Care homes throughout the community. Residential services offices are generally open 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday and are located at the:         

PO Box 31
171 Dawson St.
Sandusky, MI
(810) 648-0330

Specialized residential services are provided for individuals who require intensive services and supports to maintain their placement in a community home, with a goal of averting more restrictive services or settings such as hospitalization or institutionalization.  Services include:

Personal Care in Licensed Specialized Residential Settings:  Services to assist an individual in performing daily activities including food preparation, laundry, housekeeping, eating, toileting, bathing, grooming, dressing, transferring, ambulation and taking medications. 

Comprehensive Community Support Services:  Assistance, reminding, guiding and/or training in meal preparation, laundry, household care and maintenance, activities of daily living, shopping for food and necessities.  Assistance , support and/or training in activities such as money management, non-medical care, socialization and relationship building, transportation to community activities, participation in community activities and recreation opportunities, attendance at medical appointments, acquiring and procuring goods, reminding/ observing/monitoring medication administration, preserving the health and safety of the individual in order that he/she may reside in the most integrated, independent community setting.

Creative Enterprises
Supported /Integrated Employment Services
The goal of these services is to provide job development, and initial and ongoing supports, to assist an individual to obtain and maintain paid employment that would otherwise be unachievable without such support.  These services are provided in integrated employment settings, in the community, and in the individual’s home.  Some services are provided under cooperative agreements with Michigan Rehabilitation Services, Sanilac ISD, and Blue Water Center for Independent Living.  Contract providers and community training sites are utilized for some training or paid employment opportunities.

Supported Employment Services are generally available 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday.  Program offices are located at the:

Creative Enterprises
400 Green Acres Drive
Sandusky, MI
(810) 648-0398

Services include: Work evaluation, job development, job placement, job coaching, long term follow along services, consumer run business supports (Micro-enterprises), mobile crew employment, and transportation to the supported employment site.

Skill Building Assistance  
Skill Building Services are generally available 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM, Mon. through Thur., & 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM on Fri.

Creative Enterprises
400 Green Acres Dr, Sandusky, MI
(810) 648-0398
Services at this site are geared toward individuals who require minimal assistance or training to refine employment skills.  The goal is to move
into community employment within a period not to exceed 2 years.

Services at these program sites include the following:

Skill Building:  Assistance consists of activities that assist the individual to increase economic self-sufficiency and/or engage in meaningful activities such as school, work, and/or volunteering.  Services include assistance with acquisition, retention, or improvement in self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills.  Work preparatory services are aimed at preparing the individual for paid or unpaid employment including training in concepts such as attendance, task completion, problem solving, and safety. 

Transportation:  Transportation to and from the program site.

Community Living Training and Supports
Comprehensive Community Support Services are generally available 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and some evenings and weekends.  Community Based program offices are located at:

Creative Enterprises
400 Green Acres Dr.
Sandusky, MI
(810) 648-0398

Qualified contract providers may also be utilized for this service based on individual preferences.  Community support services are focused on increasing or maintaining personal self sufficiency, facilitating an individual’s achievement of a goal of community inclusion and participation, independence or productivity.  Services include:

Comprehensive Community Support Services: Assistance, reminding, guiding and/or training in meal preparation, laundry, household care and maintenance, activities of daily living, shopping for food and necessities.  Assistance, support and/or training in activities such as money management, non-medical care, socialization and relationship building, transportation to community activities, participation in community activities and recreation opportunities, attendance at medical appointments, acquiring and procuring goods, reminding/ observing/monitoring medication administration, preserving the health and safety of the individual in order that he/she may reside in the most integrated, independent community setting.

College of Independence
Skill Building Assistance
Skill Building Services are generally available 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM, Mon. through Thur., & 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM on Fri.

College for Independence/SANCO Industries
95 Dawson St., Sandusky, MI
(810) 648-3239

Services at this site are geared toward individuals who require a mild to moderate level of assistance and oversight to accomplish goals and acquire new skills.  The goal is to increase skills, knowledge, and capacity for community integration, independence, productivity and employment.  Individuals enrolled in the program at this site choose from a selection of one hour topic focused classes and paid vocational training.  Class topics and training focus are varied so that individuals can choose a new selection each trimester (4 month) period.   Each class includes community and/or volunteer practicum experiences focused on skills or content covered in the class.    Vocational training tasks generally consist of assembly activities (wire harness assembly) and paper shredding.

Ehardt Center
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
ACT services are generally available 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, and 24 hours per day, 7 days per week utilizing the toll free Access/Crisis number which is (888)225-4447.Offices are  at:

Ehardt Center
217 E. Sanilac, Suite One
Sandusky, MI
(810) 648-4450

ACT services are targeted at adults with serious mental illness who require intensive services and supports to avert more restrictive services or settings (such as hospitalization, crisis residential placement, or incarceration).  ACT services are based on the principle of recovery and person centered practice and are individually tailored to meet the needs of the individual.  Services are provided in the person’s residence or other community locations by all members of the ACT team.  Services include:

ACT Services: A set of intensive clinical, medical, and psychosocial services provided by a mobile multi-disciplinary treatment team; basic services and supports essential to maintaining an individual’s ability to function in community settings including assistance with accessing basic needs through community resources.

OBRA Services
OBRA services are generally available 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday. Offices are at:           

Ehardt Center
217 E. Sanilac, Suite One
Sandusky, MI
(810) 648-4450

OBRA Services: Mental health and psychiatric assessments for persons with symptoms/diagnosis of SMI or DD being considered for, or currently placed in, nursing homes.  Nursing Home monitoring to assess response to mental health treatment, and consultation with nursing facility staff to determine whether mental health recommendations are carried out.

Outpatient/Clinic Services & Children’s Services
Clinic services are generally available 8:30 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday, and Tuesday evenings, at the following location:

Adults: 
Ehardt Center - Outpatient Clinic
217 E. Sanilac, Suite One
Sandusky, MI
(810) 648-4327

Children;
Kids’ Connection – Children’s Services
217 E. Sanilac, Suite Two
Sandusky, MI
(810) 648-9395

These services are usually provided in a clinic setting on a short-term basis.  Outpatient services are aimed at helping people mange their illness and achieve their daily-life goals.  The goal is to provide caring, personalized treatment and services that promote healthy families and individuals.  Services include the following:

Crisis services:  Crisis services are focused on resolving a crisis situation requiring immediate attention and are available during office hours, Monday through Friday at the Warren Center, and 24 hours per day, 7 days per week utilizing the toll free Access/Crisis number which is (888) 225-4447.

Assessment and Service Planning: Initial and periodic assessment which may include a range of professional and psychological evaluations to determine  appropriate diagnoses and eligibility for services,  to recommend a course of treatment, and to develop a plan of service using the person-centered planning approach.

Psychiatric, Medication, and related Health Services: Evaluation of mental status/diagnosis and of the need for the treatment of mental health disorders with medications, and monitoring of effectiveness of treatment and the need for continuing or changing the medication regime.

Case Management:  Assessment, planning, linkage, advocacy, coordination and monitoring to assist individuals in gaining access to needed health and dental services, financial assistance, housing, employment, education, social services, and other services and natural supports developed through the person centered planning process.

Outpatient Counseling for Adults, Children and Families:
Individual and group therapy services to help reduce problem behaviors, maximize self control, or restore normalized psychological functioning, reality orientation, motivation, and emotional adjustment, and enabling improved functioning and more appropriate interpersonal relationships.  Family therapy services for the purpose of improving family function.  Outpatient counseling is available in American Sign Language for persons with hearing impairments, and in languages other than English through interpreters.

Home-Based Services for Children and Families:  Short term, intensive services to children, and their families, with multiple service needs who require access to an array of mental health services.  The primary goal is to promote normal development, promote healthy family functioning, support and preserve families, reunite families, and reduce or shorten the length of stay in psychiatric hospitals and other substitute care settings.  Home-based services are provided in the home and community settings.

Senior Services: Assistance for seniors regarding medical concerns, depression, stress management, mental wellness, legal/financial issues, living/placement options, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.  Staff provides education and consultation for individuals, families, Senior Centers, meal sites, churches, the legal community and law enforcement.

Respite Services: Services to assist in maintaining a goal of living in a family home by temporarily relieving unpaid primary caregivers of children with severe emotional disturbance or persons with developmental disabilities.  Respite may be offered in the family home, other settings, or the community depending on the individual’s needs.

Crisis Residential Services: A short term alternative to inpatient psychiatric services for individuals experiencing an acute psychiatric crisis.  The goal is to avert hospital admission or to shorten the length of an inpatient stay.

Hospitalization Services: Screening of, and admission to, community based inpatient psychiatric units for individuals experiencing an acute psychiatric crisis.

Kids Connection
Family Support Services
Family Support services are available for children and adults who have been diagnosed with a Developmental Disability, and who reside with their families in community settings.  Family Support services offices are generally open 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday and are located at:

Kids’ Connection
217 East Sanilac
Sandusky, MI
(810) 648-9395

The goal of Family Support services is to maintain the individual in the family home, and to avert more restrictive services or settings such as hospitalization.  Services include the following:

Supports Coordination: Assessment of the need for Supports Coordination; assurance of person centered planning; linking to, coordinating with, follow up of, advocacy with, and/or monitoring of mental health and community services and supports; brokering of providers of service/supports; assistance with access to entitlements and/or legal representation; coordination with Medicaid health services and other health care providers.

Respite Services: Services to assist in maintaining a goal of living in a family home by temporarily relieving unpaid primary caregivers of a person with developmental disabilities.  Respite may be offered in the family home, other settings, or the community depending on the individual’s needs.

Family Support Subsidy:  Assistance in linking eligible families with the family support subsidy for minors, and in maintaining enrollment.

Wraparound Services
Wraparound services are generally available 8:30 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday at the following location:

Kids’ Connection
217 E. Sanilac, Suite Two
Sandusky, MI
(810) 648-9395

The goal of Wraparound services is family preservation and independence, so families are able to operate successfully with minimal agency intervention.  A highly individualized planning process is performed by specialized case managers who coordinate the planning for, and delivery of, wraparound services and the incidental non-staff items that are medically necessary for the child.  Wraparound utilizes a Child and Family Team determined by the family, often representing multiple agencies, and informal supports.  The plan of service may include Medicaid, and Mental Health services, as well as non mental health services that are secured from and funded by other agencies.  Children must meet two or more of the following:  have involvement in multiple systems; be at risk of/currently in out of home placements; received mental health services with minimal improvement; have risk factors that exceed capacity of traditional community based options; be one of multiple children in a family served by numerous providers with out meeting desired outcomes.  Services include the following:

Case Management:  Assessment, planning, linkage, advocacy, coordination and monitoring to assist individuals in gaining access to needed health and dental services, financial assistance, housing, employment, education, social services, and other services and natural supports developed through the person centered planning process.

Warren Wilson Center
Supports Coordination
The goal of Supports Coordination is to assist an individual diagnosed with a developmental disability to achieve empowerment, community inclusion, health and safety assurances, and natural supports.  Supports Coordination services are generally available from 8:00 AM to 4 PM, Monday through Friday.  Offices are at:           

Warren Center
190 Delaware St.
Sandusky, MI
(810) 648-0300

Supports Coordinators assist individual as needed and desired to assure their ongoing satisfaction with the process and outcomes of their supports, services, and available resources.  Services include:

Supports Coordination: Assessment of the need for Supports Coordination; assurance of person centered planning; linking to, coordinating with, follow up of, advocacy with, and/or monitoring of mental health and community services and supports; brokering of providers of service/supports; assistance with access to entitlements and/or legal representation; coordination with Medicaid health services and other health care providers.

Skill Building Assistance  
Skill Building Services are generally available 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM, Mon. through Thur., & 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM on Fri.

Wilson House
190 Delaware St., Sandusky, MI
(810) 648-2161

Services at this site are geared toward individuals who, related to the severe or profound level of disability, require a high level of assistance and oversight to accomplish goals and maintain skills.  This is accomplished through an environment that emphasizes sensory awareness and responsiveness, motor skill development, interpersonal skills, communication, personal care, basic daily living skills, health and safety.  The goal is to improve or maintain health, mobility, basic skills, social interaction, and self-control.

Clubhouse - Psychosocial Rehabilitation
Clubhouse services are generally available 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, and some evenings and weekends.  The Clubhouse is at: Integrity Clubhouse, 516 North St., Yale, MI, 48097 (810) 387-3232

Clubhouse services are targeted at adults with serious mental illness who wish to participate in a structured psychosocial rehabilitation program.   The goal of services is to allow members to achieve or regain the confidence and skills necessary to lead vocationally productive and socially satisfying lives.

Clubhouse Services:    Members, with staff assistance, operate all aspects of the program including food service, clerical, janitorial, and supports/services such as employment, housing and education.  Members participate in decision making and governance, and plan community projects and social activities to engage members in the community.  Services include:

Transportation:  Transportation to and from the program site

Consumer Run Drop-In Center
The consumer run Drop-In center provides individuals diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness the opportunities to learn and share coping skills and strategies, move into more active assistance and away from passive patient roles and identities, and to build and/or enhance self-esteem and self-confidence.

The Personal Growth Drop-In Center is generally open 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, and some evenings and weekends and is located at:            

Personal Growth Center
428 Woodland Drive
Sandusky, MI  48471
(810) 648-9660