Mental Health Resources

The following is a list of Mental Health resources.  If you need further assistance, please contact your child’s School Counselor by email or complete this form and a School Social Worker will respond to you directly Request to speak with a School Social Worker.

• School Counselor Contact Information by Building
• Speak with an EASD Social Worker Request Form (Visit the FORMS SECTION of the website and click on the Speak with an EASD Social Worker Request Form under the General Forms listing.

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

https://988lifeline.org/current-events/the-lifeline-and-988/?scrlybrkr=4e19890e
988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (now known as the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), and is now active across the United States. When people call, text, or chat 988, they will be connected to trained counselors that are part of the existing Lifeline network. These trained counselors will listen, understand how their problems are affecting them, provide support, and connect them to resources if necessary.

Teen Hope

https://scclanc.org/
(717) 560-9969
1803 Oregon Pike
Lancaster, PA 17601

Provided via Good Samaritan Counseling, all 9th & 11th grade students receive a mental health screening during school, as a manner to connect students and families with appropriate treatment resources if necessary.  Good Samaritan also provides services external to school.  Please contact them for further information and have your insurance information available.

TeamCare

http://teamcarebh.com/
(717) 391-0172
1808 Colonial Village Lane
Lancaster, PA 17601

TeamCare is the provider of school-based therapy for any EASD student.  This is provided weekly-to-bi-weekly, dependent upon need.  Counseling and other related services are also available external to the school setting.  Please contact them for further information and have your insurance information available.

PA Counseling

https://pacounseling.com/
(855) 272-1653

PA Counseling partners with the Elizabethtown Area School District to provide an Assessor for the Student Assistance Program (SAP).  The agency offers a variety mental health services external to the school setting.  Please contact them for further information and have your insurance information available.

TW Ponessa

https://www.twponessa.com/
(717) 560-7917
Intakes (800) 437-5405
410 N. Prince Street
Lancaster, PA 17601

This is a local agency that provides a variety of mental health and substance abuse services. Please contact them for further information and have your insurance information available.

Pathways for Grief & Loss

*Providing online Grief Education & Support
https://www.pathwaysthroughgrief.org

Compass Mark

Compass Mark’s mission is to prevent (all types of) addiction through education, skill-building and community mobilization. School-Based Prevention/Online lessons available:  We are unable to provide onsite prevention education due to the school closures, however staff are recording lessons to post online.  They are available on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/CompassMark) and FB page (https://www.facebook.com/CompassMark).

Compass Mark Addiction Resource Center:  All information/referral calls are being routed to remote staff, who are connecting individuals with available treatment and recovery supports.  Local residential and outpatient D&A services are operational and many support groups are transitioning to online.  Call 717-299-2831 or email asechrist@compassmark.org with any requests for assistance.

Other Therapeutic Providers – for all treatment needs

For a list of mental health providers, it is recommended that you look on the back of your insurance card for a telephone number to help assist you with locating an appropriate clinician.  This is often listed as “Behavioral Health” on your insurance card.  This also includes assistance in locating substance abuse needs, psychiatric services, etc. 

Hope Within

https://www.hopewithin.org/
(717) 367-9797
4748 E. Harrisburg Pike
Elizabethtown, PA 17022

Counseling services available on a self-pay, income-based sliding scale with no eligibility requirements.  Please note that this clinic also provides a variety of medical and dental care, call for more information.

Urgent Needs?

If you or someone else is experiencing a mental health emergency, please contact the following:

• Dial 911
   
• Lancaster County Crisis Intervention
  (717) 394-2631
   
• Crisis Text Line – 741741
  https://www.crisistextline.org/
   
• Safe to Say – Pennsylvania reporting system
  (844) 723-2729
  www.safe2saypa.org
  Safe to Say App is also available
   
• Hershey Medical Center Emergency Room
  (800) 243-1455
   
• Lancaster General Hospital Emergency Room
  (717) 544-5122
  
  National Suicide Prevention Hotline
  (800) 273-8255