Nutrition/Healthcare
Unity 1 Home Health Care and Skilled Nursing service provider, a locally owned and operated agency in Portsmouth, Ohio. Established in 2004, Unity currently serves clients in Scioto, Pike, Adams, Lawrence, and Jackson counties in Southern Ohio.
Unity 1 Home Health Care is CHAPS certified for Medicare. Certified provider for Medicare, Medicaid, Passport, and CareStar Waiver programs, as well as Department of Developmental Disabilities and the Department of Energy. Private pay patients are accepted as well.
We can arrange for transportation to and from appointments that are approved by the Ohio Medicaid PASSPORT Waiver, assist you with making transport plans, and connect you with our transportation coordinator for further help.
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Ohio Medicaid PASSPORT Waiver Transportation Approved Appointments
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Transportation for Clients to and from Appointments
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Private Pay
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Private Insurance
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For Transportation Services, call 740-351-0500
Second Presbyterian Church-God's Pantry
God’s Pantry in the church to serve the community by providing food for those in need. It is funded completely by grants, donations by individuals, community donations, and support from Second Pres. It's staffed by volunteers and is the largest pantry in Scioto County.od's Pantry is located in the basement of Second Presbyterian Church and is stocked with non-perishable food items, including long-life milk products. Occasionally we are blessed with donations of fresh fruit and vegetables for our families. We also have frozen meats and cheese available.
God's Pantry is a choice pantry where recipients shop for their needs based on the number of people in their household for whom they are shopping. Health care workers may also serve as a proxy for clients.
Our Mission is to prevent disease, promote optimal health and safety, bridge the gap of unmet health care needs, and respond to public health emergencies for the citizens of Portsmouth, Ohio.
Services:
-Primary Care
-Family Planning
-Vivitrol
-Client Navigation
-Substance Abuse Counseling
-Vaccinations
-Car Seat Program
Dental Hygiene Clinic
Shawnee State University's Dental Hygiene Program provides dental hygiene care to all interested individuals and groups. In an educational setting, students perform all dental hygiene services allowed by Ohio law.
These services include: scaling and polishing of teeth, administration of appropriate pain control, dental x-rays (full-mouth surveys, individual periapicals, bitewing-surveys, panographs), application of fluoride, application of pit and fissure sealants, patient education, nutritional counseling, and study models.
The mission of Hopesource is to provide compassionate, evidence-based, individualized, behavioral health services to people with mental health and/or substance use problems, so people and their families can live complete, meaningful and happy lives.
Hopesource has been a contracted ADAMHS Board provider and operated in Portsmouth since 2015.
We provide immunizations for all ages. Our public health nurses also assist clients age 0 -21 who have special medical needs with the CMH (Children With Medical Handicaps) program.
The CMH program can help families of children with special medical needs cover some of the costs associated with their medical care, and also provides some care coordination services.
SpectrumCare
We provide clinic and home-based autism-specific services through a multi-disciplinary team of professionals in the field of early intensive ABA, OT, PT, and Speech therapy. Parent, caregiver education and educator training is an important part of our approach to treatment. Our early intense ABA therapy is a comprehensive approach to treatment of autism with up to 40 hours of treatment per week for children under 5. The focus of ABA therapy is skill acquisition, behavior reduction, and parent education.
Our Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) often works with local school districts and parents to reduce unwanted behaviors at home and school while working with the individual child to teach new skills or replacement behaviors by completing functional behavior assessments, designing function-based interventions, and guiding teams in the development of behavior intervention plans at home, school, or community settings. We currently serve children up to 12 years old.
CAO Health & Wellness
At CAO Behavioral Health, we strive to provide the highest quality integrated mental health outpatient care and case management to serve individuals, families, and couples within Scioto County. We specialize in trauma therapy, infant and early childhood mental health, consultation, and more. We offer and provide counseling at our office located in Portsmouth, as well as providing treatment at school during school hours, or in the privacy of your own home. Some of the health conditions we treat:
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Depression
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Anxiety
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Mood Disorders
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ADHD
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Trauma
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Grief & Loss
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Childhood Behavioral Problems
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Co-occurring disorders
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Substance abuse
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Interpersonal problems
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Social well-being
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Emotional well-being
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Family navigation services
Requirements to be enrolled in the program: A history of opioid use or abuse with the individual or someone within the family
We are committed to supporting individuals and families in the path to recovery and optimum functioning. Our promise to individuals and families is to engage with them to help them navigate the health care and related services system, connecting with career services, assistance with available funding with meeting the requirements to participate in the State Opioid Response Assessment, connect to appropriate and credible assessment and treatment resources, receive assistance in as timely a way as possible and negotiate challenging situations that may arise, all the while knowing that help and support are available for them every step of the way. We assist with navigating resources within CAO as well as outside CAO by connecting with those in our community.
