Community Montgomery

Montgomery

Montgomery County Community Connections

Mental Retardation Services
Montgomery County, through a network of contracted providers, coordinates services and supports for both adults and children with mental retardation and their families. The focus of services is to assist individuals to live and participate in our community. The County Office partners with providers, supports coordinators, families and advocates to monitor and oversee the quality of services provided. Services include: supports coordination, information and referral, consultation and education, and family driven support services. The County Office also funds and provides quality oversight of residential and day programs including vocational rehabilitative services, competitive employment and adult training. In addition, the County Office administers the Early Intervention Program which is an entitlement service designed to meet the developmental needs of eligible infants and children (birth to three).

Mission
The Montgomery County Office of Mental Retardation is a Human Services Organization that serves children, adults, and families, ensures quality services, and promotes choice, partnership and community understanding.

Vision
The Montgomery County Office of Mental Retardation will ensure quality and sufficient supports to individuals we serve to enable them to be successful in the life they choose, and to assist them to fully participate in the community with dignity and respect.

Mental Health Department

Mission
To promote wellness and recovery by creating an environment where all people are empowered to have freedom to make choices about their lives, to pursue their personal goals, and to do so with dignity, and the respect of others.

What We Do
In order to ensure that an array of community services are available and accessible to Montgomery County residents, the County Office of Mental Health plans, funds, administers, and monitors services that are provided by private community agencies licensed by the Commonwealth.
To find out if the Mental Health system can help you or a member of your family, contact the Case Management Office that serves your area and that is listed in the Montgomery County Mental Health System Brochure.

Montgomery County Mental Retardation/Mental Health/Drug & Alcohol/Behavioral Health
1430 DeKalb Street
P.O. Box311
Norristown, PA 19401
Phone: 610-278-3642

Office Hours: Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Employment Services

The following agencies provide employment services which may include assessment, job finding services and on the job support.

  • Advance Lane Training and Employment Corporation
  • Community Integrated Services
  • Developmental Enterprises Corporation
  • Gateway Employment Resources, Inc.
  • Indian Creek Foundation
  • KenCrest Services, Inc.
  • Lighthouse Vocational Services
  • Networks For Training And Development
  • PA Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) - Employment and Education Services
  • CareerLink