Programs

Mental Illness Recovery Center, Inc. (MIRCI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide community based services to individuals recovering from severe mental illness and/or emotional disorders in the Midlands of South Carolina. This is accomplished through a variety of counseling, housing and financial management initiatives:

  • Supportive Housing Program is a counseling program for individuals with mental illness. Staff members provide behavioral health services including group and individual therapy and rehabilitative psychosocial services for residents in our Supported Housing and Group Homes. The Friendship Center, MIRCI’s original program, was a psychosocial day program which closed mid-2010 due to the end of the operating contract which had sustained the program for 50 years.
  • Representative Payee Program is a financial management program for individuals in need of assistance in managing social security disability benefits. By assisting clients with the budgeting process, in collaboration with case managers, this program ensures that benefit payments are used to meet the clients’ basic needs: rent, food, medication, and utilities. This program helps clients make informed decisions and helps prevent homelessness.
  • Housing Program is a permanent housing program for individuals with mental illness. Finding safe, affordable housing is a must for individuals in recovery. MIRCI provides for that need with four apartment complexes in the Midlands. Managed and operated by a professional staff, these complexes provide a key step to stability for many Midlands residents.
  • Shelter Plus Care Program (formerly known as HomeBase) is a housing program for homeless individuals and families who need intensive therapeutic services. This program provides individuals and families with the stability and supportive services needed to make the transition from homelessness to safe, permanent housing.
  • Homeless Recovery Center (HRC) is a drop-in center open from 7:30 am to 5:00 pm. The center is managed by an Assertive Community Treatment team. This team combines intensive services with social rehabilitation therapy and peer support to enable individuals to recover and regain meaningful lives while making the transition from homelessness to supported, independent living.
  • HRC Housing Support is a treatment team that provides a full array of behavioral health services to the residents of the Shelter Plus Care Program who need the most intensive treatment. Staff provide support after regular business hours and on weekends from an office located within one of the most-utilized apartment complexes.
  • MIRCI Group Homes is a housing program for individuals who would otherwise require hospitalization. The program consists of two six-bedroom homes which are staffed 24 hours per day. Staff assist residents with daily living skills such as meal preparation, medication management, and shopping trips while ensuring client safety and stability.

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