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About UBCSS
- We are the largest provider of behavioral and mental health services in Cecil County.
- Our staff includes psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed social workers, licensed professional counselors, and clinical nurses.
- We serve over 4,000 individuals annually with behavioral/mental health concerns and provide nearly 2,000 individuals with community education services.
- We accept medical assistance and Medicare, most commercial insurances, and private pay clients.
- We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization—donations to which are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Upper Bay is governed by a Volunteer Board of Directors comprised of local community members:
Michael Gordon
President of the Board
(Independent Consultant)
Laurel P. Jones
Immediate Past President of the Board
(Vice President, Kevin W. Jones, Inc)
Dan Edgar
Vice President
(Senior Strategy Consultant, DuPont)
Theodore Bartow
Treasurer
(Vice President, Mercantile County Bank)
Karolyn Bowe, Esq.
Secretary
(Attorney at Law)
Jason L. Allison, Esq.
(Attorney at Law)
Richard Bayer, Ph.D.
CEO, UBCSS
Nelson K. Bolender
(Community Relations for Vollmer, Retired CCPS, Former Cecil County
Commissioner)
Will Davis
(Attorney at Law)
Cathy Dill
(Peoples Bank of Elkton)
Patricia D. Folk
(Political/Community Advocate)
Dinah G. Hanson, CPA
(Executive Vice President & CFO, Elkton Supply Company, Inc.)
Rev. Samuel Hartman
(St. Mary Annes Episcopal Church)
Mark C. Hause
(Environmental Competency Leader, DuPont Company)
Carolyn R. Kelly
(Consultant, Synchrogenix Information Strategies)
Nancy Matthews, Esq.
(Attorney at Law, Retired)
J. Scott Sturgill
(Senior Vice President, Bay First Bank)
Upper Bay Counseling & Support Services, Inc. is a not-for-profit, mission-based organization headquartered in Elkton, Maryland. Formerly part of the Cecil County Health Department, the agency separated from the state system in 1997 when the public mental health system changed from a grant-based system to a managed-care (fee for service) system. In July of 1997, UBCSS was awarded the contract to provide pubic mental health services to the residents of Cecil County. The agency provides a comprehensive array of behavioral health services to the community. The programs provided by UBCSS include:
Outpatient Programs & Services
- individual & family assessment
- medication evaluation & management
- case coordination/management
- short-term therapy groups
- school-based therapy
- child therapeutic day programs
- intensive summer programming
- crisis intervention services
- detention-based mental health services
- community awareness & education
- child psychiatric rehabilitation
- supported employment programs
- adult psychiatric rehabilitation
- adult residential rehabilitation
- community & specialized services
- special needs adoption & counseling
- community after-school programs
- parenting education & support
- intensive case management
- customized EAP programs
- pre-employment screenings
- employee workshops
- professional growth workshops
- anger management workshop
Upper Bay Counseling & Support Services, Inc. is fully licensed by the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR).
Back to TopUpper Bay Counseling Support Services provides a broad and expanding range of high quality behavioral health and community services.
Vision Statement
The vision of Upper Bay Counseling and Support Services Inc. is to become the preferred behavioral health and community services provider in the region.
Value Statement
The values of Upper Bay Counseling & Support Services, Inc. guide and shape the actions of staff and consumers. The primary values are respect and integrity. Respect is demonstrated by professional interactions which display dignity, compassion, and sensitivity. Services are consumer-centered, strength-based, and grounded in personal choice.
Integrity is demonstrated by unity of purpose and method throughout the system of care. It is accomplished through coordination of effort, flexibility in responsiveness, and accountability at every level of the organization.
Back to TopOur staff includes psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed social workers, licensed professional counselors, and clinical nurses.
Back to TopConfidential Services Statement
Client records and interactions shall be maintained in confidence, and all records shall be kept confidential. A client's records or other information pertaining to the client shall only be released to persons or agencies other than the client upon the client's written authorization of release. This holds true except where disclosure without authorization of release is permitted or required by law, including but not limited to the duty to report allegations of child abuse/neglect or abuse/neglect of vulnerable adults. This disclosure without authorization is also required when an adult reports abuse occurring as a child.
Back to TopClient Equal Opportunity Statement
Every client shall be treated with consideration, respect, and recognition of his or her dignity and individuality. Clients are eligible for the appropriate treatment services regardless of race, sex, age, handicapped status, national origin, marital status, religion, and/or political opinions or affiliations.
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