Tri- County Mental Health Services is the pioneer mental health care provider in the Tri-County area. They provide comprehensive mental health care to area residents in need
of mental health services. Their services include: 

Early Intervention: Tri-County Mental Health Services offer specialized services to families with very young children who are at risk for or are experiencing a developmental
delay or disability. 

Children's Services: Tri-County Mental Health Services offer specialized mental 
health services for children. This program includes diagnostic evaluation, therapy, 
counseling and activity groups. Additionally, specialized services are provided in the 
areas of crisis intervention, case management,  and sexual abuse. 

School Age Case Management: Assessment, planning, coordinating, and advocacy 
services to school age children are also provided. 

Inpatient Services: Tri-County Mental Health Services offer inpatient services in collaboration with the area hospitals to individuals who are in severe mental health crisis. 

Day Treatment/Rehabilitation: Patients who require an intensive treatment but don't 
need hospitalization are admitted to a daytime program which includes occupational 
therapy, nursing services, group and supportive therapy. 

Tri-County Substance Abuse Services:  Tri-County Mental Health provides 
outpatient services to adolescents and adults.  Some of the services include individual counseling, group counseling, DEEP approved services, aftercare and affected family 
member counseling. This program serves residents of Bridgton, South Paris, Rumford, Farmington and Lewiston.

Community Housing:  Tri-County Mental Health offers clinical consultation, subsidy, residential treatment, transitional apartments, administer BRAP and Shelter Plus Care in Oxford and Franklin counties.  The service is offered to adults and Tri-County Mental 
Health also works with the local department of corrections on this program.
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Emergency Services: Emergency services are provided 24 hours a day to assist 
individuals in crisis. 

Respite Care Services: Tri-County Mental Health offers community based, short-term residential care to area individuals in a mental health crisis. This is a 24 hour supervised residential crisis stabilization program for individuals with a severe and prolonged mental
illness who are experiencing psychiatric crisis. 

Residential Services: Clients returning to their communities after a long hospitalization 
are placed in area group homes for effective transition. 

Out Patient Services: Outpatient services are provided in the forms of individual 
counseling, group counseling, marital and family counseling, diagnostic evaluations and 
other services. 

Employee Assistance Programs: Tri-County Mental Health Services assists businesses through identification, referral and recovery of impaired employees. 

Substance Abuse Services: Tri County's Substance Abuse Counseling Services is 
licensed by the State of Maine Office of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and 
Substance Abuse (MHMRSA) and certified by Driver Education Evaluation 
Program (DEEP). This outpatient  substance abuse counseling program, is offered in all geographical locations the Tri-County Mental Health serves. 

Mental Retardation Program: The Tri-County Mental Health Services provides 
work experience and life skills training to individuals with mental retardation and/or developmental disabilities in an adult activity center maintained by the Tri-County
Mental Health Services.

Geriatric Program: Tri-County Mental Health Services provides evaluation, consultation and counseling services to elderly individuals with mental health needs. 
The Geriatric program closely works with the Seniors Plus, local nursing homes, and 
other community agencies. 

This service consists of a group of parents of children with special needs. They work
with families in order to assist them in meeting the needs of their special needs child. A 
special needs child is a child with a mental health problem or a mental retardation. 
Family Information Specialist is a division of The Department of Mental Health, Mental 
Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS). 
FIS provides information and referral services and resources for parents of a child to 
special needs. They work closely with professionals in the field of child health and accept referrals from families, schools, physicians, child care centers and other community services. However, referrals are not accepted without prior consent from a parent or guardian. 

FIS also provides information about services and programs such as Respite Care and Recreational Services for children with special needs. Respite Care is program which 
provides planned, temporary relief of constant care giving. It allows the family of a special needs child to have time off to do errands, shopping, trips, work and relaxation. 
Recreational Services directly involve children with special needs in activities with 
children of their own age. 
 
 

An intermediate educational unit coordinating services for Maine children (0-5) with disabilities and their families. 

Child Development Services opportunities provide a family focused approach to serve
children ages 0-5 with special needs. The goal of this program is to coordinate 
individualized services to ensure that all needs of child & family are attained. It also 
encourages active participation of the family in the child's development. 

It functions under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and is funded through 
the Department of Education with Federal & State funds. It serves children with special 
needs who reside in SAD #17, 39, 43, 44, 72 & Peru in Oxford county as well as 
SAD #61 in Cumberland county. 

Rumford Community Hospital provides a community Health Education class in the arena 
of infant mental health:

Sibling Class: The sibling class is offered to expectant parents with children between 
ages of 2-12. This class is designed to prepare siblings for the arrival of a new baby. 
This program is an ongoing program throughout the year. 

Community Concepts is a non-profit community action agency, which offers programs
to children and infants as well as parents. Their programs include:

Kids First Parenting Education Program and  Family Support Program both which provide intensive case management and assessment services.

The Greater Rumford Alliance for the Mentally ill is an organization dedicated to improving
the quality of life for those who are affected by mental illness by providing support, 
education and promoting understanding of mental illnesses. They also operate a crisis 
hotline 24 hours a day. 

Oxford County Crisis Response:

The Oxford County Crisis Response is a program run by the Greater Rumford Alliance
for the Mentally Ill. It provides an emergency mental health hotline, mobile outreach, emergency mental health evaluations and intervention for those in need.  The program 
serves all of Oxford county and is available for all ages.

Oxford County Crisis Residential:

This program runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week providing respite care to adults
between the ages of 18 through 65.  Only referrals from hospitals and other mental
health agencies are accepted into the program.

Beacon House:

Beacon House provides social club activities to adults 18 years of age or older who 
have been diagnosed with a mental illness. 

Family Support Group:

This program provides support to family members of people who have been diagnosed 
with a mental illness. The group meets every Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. and is open to family members of all ages. 

The Richardson Hollow Associates, Inc. is a mental health service provider based in 
Auburn, Maine with offices in Augusta and Rumford. This organization provides education training, case management services and they work with mentally retarded patients, children, youth, adults as well as provide support to families of mentally ill patients. 

Children Services:

Richardson Hollow Associates provides services for children who are coping with
mental illness, behavioral disorders or family trauma through family and community 
support services, community integration and reduction of symptomatology.  There is no
lower age limit for the children, however these services typically end when the child 
becomes 18 years of age.  Children need a referral from a case manager, physician, 
therapist, day care provider, family member or similar source in order to be admitted to
this program.  Medicaid is accepted, and these services are offered to residents of Androscoggin, Oxford, Franklin, northern Cumberland, Kennebec and Somerset counties. 

Targeted Case Management Services for Children with Mental Retardation/Developmental Delays:

This program is available to all children from birth to age 18 who have been diagnosed 
as having a mental retardation or developmental delay. The program provides case management services, monitoring, linking, advocating for children coping with mental retardation or developmental delays. It is available to residents of Androscoggin, Oxford, Franklin, Northern Cumberland, Kennebec and Somerset counties. 

Adult In-Home Support Services:

This program is designed for adults who are unable to live independently without support.  They may need support in their transition from a group home, hospital or institution. 
With this program, Richardson Hollow Associates will provide individualized in home 
support for these patients in need. Patients must be approved by DMHMRSAS or DHS
in order to be admitted into this program. 

Adult Intensive Transitional/Reintegration Program (IT/R):

This program provides in-home supports, for people coping with very serious and 
persistent mental illness, and who have been approved by DMHMRSAS or DHS. 
Services are provided 24 hours a day, every day of the week.

This organization provides services in the areas of mental health, children services, 
medical services, adult services and prevention services for clients who have been 
diagnosed with a mental illness. They also provide a psychiatric nursing program for 
their clients.

Psychiatric Nursing:

This service provides in-home psychiatric nursing services for individuals with mental 
health problems.  Nurses work with individual clients with counseling, education, crisis 
support, medication administration and coordination of community resources. This service
is provided to clients in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties and is open to clients 
of all ages. 

New England Counseling Services provides substance abuse counseling, education, 
DEEP, Evaluations, groups for women, men, couples and adolescent girls and boys.
This program is open to people of all ages as well as people who are affected by substance abuse. Patients are required to have a self referral, DHS referral or probation referral in order to enter into the program.

Oxford County Arc serves the northern Oxford county areas.  They provide services for 
the mentally retarded, children, and adults who have been diagnosed with a mental illness. 
They also provide transportation, housing and educational training. 

Adult Activity Center:

The Adult Activity Center is open daily from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. It provides vocational and educational rehab for patients who have been diagnosed with mental retardation and are 
18 years of age or older. The activities are individualized and are designed to provide 
structural learning for the patients.

Horizons Unlimited:

This program is a residential program specifically for patients diagnosed with mental
retardation who are over the age of 18.  This program runs 24 hours a day year round 
and is tailored to meet the individualized needs of its residents.  The residential house 
holds 13 beds. 

New Hope Residential:

This program is a residential program designed for those patients diagnosed as being 
mentally retarded.  It houses 6 beds, and runs 24 hours a day. 

Fourth Street Residential Home:

This residential house provides housing and programs for mentally retarded adults in 
northern Oxford county.

Nursing Home Outreach:

This program runs from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. It provides a nursing 
home outreach for adults diagnosed with mental retardation. 

The Western Mountains Renaissance School is a collaborative effort of Evergreen 
Behavioral Services and six area school districts. Located in Wilton, the school is designed
to serve up to ten students between the ages of ten to fourteen. These students have severe behavioral and psychiatric problems that have interfered with their learning in traditional schools. The school offers a regular academic calendar and curriculum, but also includes intensive psychiatric services. Students receive up to nine hours a week of individual, group, and family therapy in addition to their classroom work, which helps them return to their 
regular schools as soon as possible. The area schools participating in the Western 
Mountains Renaissance School are Livermore Falls, Jay, Farmington, Mexico/Rumford, Readfield, and Dixfield.