Causes: Children & Youth, Counseling, Education, Educational Services, Mental Health, Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, Youth Development Programs
Mission: IMAGINE Children's Health Center's mission is to provide psychological treatment and health education to Southwest Florida children to give hurting children an opportunity to recover mentally from trauma and disabilities, to avoid lifelong suffering, and to function again at their highest level in school, at home and within our communities.
Results: Imagine has a space with offices and a teaching room, a computer and partial furnishings. New class begins January. Supervision of a master's degree intern for Hodges University and volunteers from FGCU are learning the IMAGINE protocol for children's mental health.
Target demographics: School age children
Direct beneficiaries per year: 283 Children and YMCA counselors
Geographic areas served: Mental Health Scholarship for Children
Programs: Education, Skill-building, Coping, Training YMCA counselors, Masters Degree Interns, University volunteer hours, Low income school National Honor Society leadership class.