Brandon Terlecky

Alta Care Group, the area’s leading expert in strengthening vulnerable children, is the parent organization of Alta Behavioral Healthcare, a contract agency of the Mahoning County Mental Health and Recovery Board; and Alta Head Start, the county’s provider of Head Start and Early Head Start services. Our Staff: Alta Care Group staff, consisting of nearly 200 people, offers a full range of behavioral health services to children, adolescents, young adults and families, as well as comprehensive pre-school, including health, nutrition and disability services . The Alta Head Start Program employs 145 full-time, part-time and contracted staff, while Alta Behavioral Health employs 55 staff. Who We Serve: Exclusively a child, adolescent and family behavioral health and comprehensive preschool provider, Alta serves a yearly average of nearly 3,000 children, adolescents, young adults and their families up to the age of 21. Roughly 85% of individuals and families served fall within the federal guidelines for poverty and are comprised of a racially and ethnically diverse population. The Alta Head Start Program serves 845 children birth through age five and their families. Our Services: Services currently provided by the Alta Care Group include: •Diagnostic Assessment Services •Pharmacologic Services •Crisis Intervention Services •Counseling and Psychotherapy Services •Community Psychiatric Support Services/Case Management •Prevention Services •School-Based Consultation Services •Early Childhood Mental Health Services (“Upstream”) •Trauma Treatment •Head Start/Early Head Start Our Facilities: Services and Programs are provided at our three state-of-the-art facilities, at Alta Head Start locations, and within a wide variety of community settings and homes. All facilities are compliant with the American Disability Act standards for accessibility, and are fully staffed with clinical, administrative, support and clerical personnel.