Community Intervention Center
 
   

 

Drug and Alcohol Services
  • Daily Educational Video
  • Weekly 12 Step Self-help meeting.
  • Crisis intervention, information and referral.
  • Detox and inpatient treatment referral.
 
 
Homeless Services
  • CIC serves as a day shelter for displaced and / or homeless individuals providing telephone contact, mail privileges, daily storage and late afternoon nourishments as well as vital continual community contact in a non threatening sober environment.
  • Maintains Supportive Housing Program.
  • Distributes sleeping bags and food.
  • Networks with Red Cross to distribute First Aid and HIV kits.
 
 
Mental Health Services
 
Social Rehabilitation*
  • Recreational Activities include: Bingo, films, talent shoes, bowling, meal planning and cooking class, social events, picnics, holiday dinners, and an annual trip to the Lackawanna Stadium.
  • Daily arts and crafts, movies, computer games, board games, and nourishment.
  • Intake and referral to Base Service Unit for mental health evaluation.
 
Outreach and Continuing Care
  • Disaffiliated individuals in need of situational advisement and medical, mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and appropriate social service referrals are provided professional interventions utilizing a non threatening and gingerly approach.
  • Inpatient referral to dually diagnosed (MISA**) treatment facilities and follow up case-managment services are provided to individuals in mental health/chemical dependency crisis.
 
*Registered with the Base Service Unit
** MISA= Mental Illness and Substance abuse.
CIC receives funding from the following: Lackawanna County Commission on Drug and Alcohol, Lackawanna-Susquehanna Counties MH-MR, The City of Scranton-OECD and US Department of Housing and Urban Development.