St. Luke's House
St. Luke’s House, Inc. (St. Luke's House) is a non-profit, nonsectarian organization licensed by the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services and the Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration to provide Mental Health Services to Montgomery County, MD residents.
Its headquarters, Southport Center, is located in Bethesda, MD. Offices are also located in Silver Spring, MD, and Kensington, MD. St. Luke's House owns and operates 32 homes throughout Montgomery County.
Over 1,500 clients with serious mental illness were served in 2008. St. Luke's House serves low-income individuals and does not accept private insurance. The Montgomery County Mental Health Core Service Agency is responsible for the referral of a majority of the clients.
Programs
The Supported Living Program offers psychiatric rehabilitation and treatment in a person's home and in their community.
The Residential Rehabilitation Program consists of 32 single-residence houses, multi-family houses, and townhouse condominiums that house 110 clients.
The Life Skills Program teaches and coaches skills necessary to function successfully and have increased standard of living: socialize, communicate, cook, clean, creative expression, and others.
The Back-To-Work Program is a vocational program that implements evidence based practices to ensure its clients successful employment.
The Mental Health Clinic provides mental health treatment services to the general community as a licensed outpatient mental health clinic by the Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration. Services include: individual and group psychotherapy, case management, resource linkages to natural supports and community resources, medication management, psychiatric consultation, 24-hour technical assistance for emergency room diversion; relapse prevention, treatment diversion options, and crisis support.
The Wayne S. Fenton - McAuliffe House is a voluntary community based residential alternative to inpatient hospitalization for people in acute psychiatric crisis. Previously known as "McAuliffe House", this service center was the subject of a 1998 study finding that "for patients who do not require intensive general medical intervention and are willing to accept voluntary treatment, the alternative program model studied provides outcomes comparable to those of hospital care."
The Career Transition Program provides high school students with serious emotional disabilities and their families a combination of mental health and career/vocational services. This program is a partnership with Transition Unit of Montgomery County Public Schools. The Career Transition Program is a Youth Transition Demonstration Project site. The Social Security Administration funds the project with research provided by Mathematica and technical assistance thru TransCen.