Empowering Families and Offering Life-Changing Impact
Adult & Child Health is an integrated healthcare provider in Central Indiana. As a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center and a Federally Qualified Health Center Look Alike, we strive to provide the best in healthcare services in primary care, mental health, social services and addictions treatment.
We believe in walking alongside our clients and patients to help them take control of their lives and write the next chapter of their story.
How We Do Affordable Health Care
We believe that everyone deserves high quality healthcare regardless of their insurance status and/or ability to pay. We provide healthcare services on a sliding fee schedule. Additionally, we can help you get signed up for public health insurance if you’re eligible. Give us a call today at (877) 882-5122 and ask to speak with one of our employees about how we can help you get the care you need.
Integrated Care
Since the 1990s, Adult & Child Health has focused on delivering evidence-based practices to clients and patients of all ages who experience serious mental illness. Since the inception of our services, Adult & Child Health has expanded to also provide care in addictions and primary care. Our services are delivered by multi-disciplinary treatment teams who are specifically trained to offer the very best person-centered recovery supports in the healthcare industry.
Integrated Care
Since the 1990s, Adult & Child Health has focused on delivering evidence-based practices to clients and patients of all ages who experience serious mental illness. Since the inception of our services, Adult & Child Health has expanded to also provide care in addictions and primary care. Our services are delivered by multi-disciplinary treatment teams who are specifically trained to offer the very best person-centered recovery supports in the healthcare industry.
We are Embedded in Our Communities
A&C’s impact resounds throughout Central Indiana with teams in Marion, Johnson, and surrounding counties. Services can be provided in one of several Adult & Child clinics or office buildings, in one of 100+ partnered schools, in a variety of community settings, or in a family’s own home.
Adult & Child Health proudly serves Marion, Johnson, and surrounding counties.
Meet Our Caregivers
Our healthcare model includes an interdisciplinary approach to care. Whether you’re looking for a primary care provider or a psychiatric provider, we’re here to help. Want to know more about the professional you’re meeting? Learn more about them by clicking on “Meet Our Team.”
Meet Our Caregivers
Our healthcare model includes an interdisciplinary approach to care. Whether you’re looking for a primary care provider or a psychiatric provider, we’re here to help. Want to know more about the professional you’re meeting? Learn more about them by clicking on “Meet Our Team.”
Check Out What’s New at Our Agency
Adult & Child Health Receives CCBHC Designation
Adult & Child Health, a leading community mental health center in Central Indiana, is thrilled to announce it has been designated as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). This designation is announced alongside the exciting news that Indiana was selected as one of 10 new states to join the CCBHC Medicaid Demonstration Program. By becoming a CCBHC, Adult & Child Health can unlock critical resources to address the growing need for mental health services in Indianapolis. This includes crisis care, improved staff recruitment and retention thanks to sustainable funding, and the ability to expand their service offerings. CCBHC will allow Adult & Child Health to offer competitive compensation and top-of-market wages, making them a more attractive workplace for qualified providers. With the rich history and commitment of Adult & Child Health to making a difference, they can achieve even greater impact through this transformation. “Indiana’s selection for the CCBHC program is a major step forward in strengthening mental health resources for residents,” said C.J. Davis, CEO, Adult & Child Health. “This designation allows us to make a significant impact by expanding access to essential mental health services in Central Indiana. We’re committed to ensuring our community members have the resources they need to live healthy and fulfilling lives.” The Biden-Harris Administration announced the additional states being added to the CCBHC program earlier today. Adult & Child Health had been selected by the state to be a CCBHC if Indiana was selected, but the decision of which states would be selected to join the program had been pending until today. CCBHC is a transformational program that provides sustainable funding for designated organizations and has been shown to increase access to mental health and substance use care, reduce homelessness and substance use, decrease use of emergency rooms and hospitalizations and improve overall health outcomes. It requires that designated CCBHC organizations provide 24/7 crisis services, outpatient care within 10 business days, medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, care coordination and support services, as well as other evidence-based treatments.
Homeless Resource Team Celebrates Outstanding Scores & Client Outcomes
Adult & Child Health’s Homeless Resource Team (HRT) is celebrating the recent achievement of outstanding Continuum of Care (CoC) scores. The Indianapolis scoring metrics are aligned with those developed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and are meant to evaluate project performance and rank projects based on CoC priorities. Homeless resource and housing projects are evaluated on areas such as data quality, length of time individuals are in the program, cost effectiveness, returns to homelessness, mainstream benefits (i.e. whether clients have been connected to food/food stamps, phone, and other resources), insurance access, and client source of income. A&C’s projects ranked first and third in Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) and second in Rapid Rehousing (RRH), with zero exits to homelessness. Two areas in which A&C’s projects scored especially well were data quality and severity of barriers, which are testaments to HRT staff’s efforts to accurately and thoroughly track their data and to connect their clients with the resources they need to remain housed. “People not returning to homelessness is important; that’s why we retitled ‘Case Manager’ to ‘Housing Stability and Engagement Coordinator,’ said Brian Paul, Team Leader. This shift in language helps emphasize the team culture of striving to connect clients to services and ensuring that they’re able to meet their basic needs. “Ten years ago, we were not where we are now,” Brian said, explaining that the team utilized the CoC metrics to target and focus on challenges they could solve and areas where they could improve. The team’s hard work, attention to detail, and focus on client outcomes continues to pay off as they rank at the top of homeless resource projects in the Indianapolis area. Below: HRT Street Outreach Professionals Chad Hunter and Kristi Petrey purchase outreach supplies with an Aldi gift card donation. Click here to support HRT’s mission by helping to provide resources for Central Indiana’s unhoused neighbors. You can also support A&C’s 2024 National Health Center Week Drive here.
Perry Township School Enjoys a Successful Summer SEL-ebration
Students and families at Glenns Valley Elementary enjoyed a Summer SEL-ebration on May 15 thanks to the planning and preparation of Glenns Valley Elementary SEL Specialist, Miranda Mellendorf, and Glenns Valley Elementary Social Worker, Amanda Craig, along with support from the GVE PTA, GVE teachers, and additional members of the A&C SEL team. Attendees made tie-dye t-shirts, slime, decorated some petunia plants to take home, added to the GVE Gratitude Banner, helped with a collaborative sticker mosaic, played outdoor games, and discovered how all of these fun activities can help promote SEL. The event was free for students and their families and was made possible by a Family Engagement Impact Grant from the Perry Township Education Foundation.
