Community Health and Counseling Servs

Community Health and Counseling Services is a private non-profit organization providing community-based home health, hospice, and mental health services across central, eastern, southern, and northern Maine. CHCS serves adults with severe and prolonged mental illness seeking assistance to maintain independence in their community, children and families needing intensive help with emotional and behavioral problems, and homebound persons recuperating from serious or terminal illness. The organization operates as both a Medicaid/MaineCare certified home health agency and a comprehensive community behavioral health center, with 24-7 service availability. CHCS serves a service area of approximately 23,500 square miles and benefits more than 9,000 people annually through its professional staff. The organization operates Certified Behavioral Health Clinics in Bangor with planned expansions to Dover, Ellsworth, and Lincoln.