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A Higher Level Of Care

Serving the mentally ill, developmentally disabled and substance abuse populations

ARJcares A Higher Level Of Care

Acceptance

Responsibility

Judgment

We’re With You Every Step of The Way

Our ultimate goal is to have our consumers accept the need for change, teach them to take more responsibility and accountability for their actions, and teach techniques to improve their judgment pertaining to life decisions.

Mission

ARJ’s mission is to strive to maintain a HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE, while providing support to the community

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through programs that teach and encourage independent living skills, mentorship to educate and aide the community -regardless of race, economic status or gender- in order to leave a positive, lasting impression on the community that would allow those individuals served to lead prosperous and meaningful lives for years to come.

Practice

ARJ stands for Acceptance, Responsibility and Judgment; thus, our approach is centered around accepting our consumers for who they are

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taking the responsibility to provide our consumers a quality level of care and exhibiting sound clinical judgment when providing services.

We utilize a variety of therapeutic interventions intended to motivate, empower, change negative thought patterns and build skills to assist our consumers with becoming more independent. We are dedicated to helping our consumers resolve issues, create positive ways to deal with life transitions, and help and encourage them to live their lives in a more positive and structured manner.

Services

ARJ employs professional and highly trained staff to offer an array of services in an individual, group, and/or family setting, to provide a continuum of care to address our consumer’s needs.

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Who we serve: Individuals with mental health, developmental disabilities and/or substance abuse issues starting from ages 5 through adulthood.

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Services

We provide clinical interventions for members of the community, as well as solutions for companies and businesses, related to both mental health and/or substance abuse.

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Referrals

Drug and Alcohol Testing Services

Jasper's House

 Team

Kendell Jasper, Ph.D. | Clinical Director
Kendell Jasper holds his Ph.D. and M.A. in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Kendell’s professional experience includes Community Mental Health – Outpatient treatment of individuals, families, and group therapy for various rural and urban populations; substance abuse treatment for adolescents and adults; anger management and Behavior Management Training for adults and families. He targeted a community to provide an array of enhanced mental health related services, where he provided psychological evaluations, therapy, and/or case management services. Kendell developed strategies to better serve populations that under utilize mental health services and available resources to help those individuals.

Kendell’s research has focused on African-American children, adolescents, and adults related to ethnic identity, achievement in academic settings, and appropriate treatment for individuals who experience an array of mental health difficulties.

William Jasper | Quality Mgmt & Training Director
William Jasper started his career in mental health in Feb of 2003. Although his degree is in Marketing, he loves working and empowering people and working with individuals with mental illness provided him that opportunity. William has worked in several capacities in the mental health field that span from working with children and adults in Residential programs to providing Community Support Services programs for both populations. In addition, William also has several years of experience working with adults with developmental disabilities. With the rapid changes to the mental health system in the state of North Carolina, William started to take more of an interest in how the quality of services would be impacted. As a result, he become more involved in the policy and procedural aspects of the service to ensure that the structure and quality of care of the consumers with whom he worked with and the agencies he has been affiliated was appropriate. He currently serves as the Quality Improvement/Training Director for ARJ, LLC where it is his responsibility to use data to support the development of quality service which translates to our consumers receiving a ‘Higher Level of Care’.

“Helping others is my passion, I love what we do as an agency!”
~ William Jasper

Andrea Jasper | Community Engagement Director

Bio

Kainon Jasper | Community Relations / Strategic Planning Director
Kainon Jasper is a business professional for 25 years. A native of Brooklyn NY, Kainon has always been one to identify and grasp new opportunity where none seemingly exists. His unique balance of both institutional intelligence and sleek business savvy allows him to navigate all terrains and make alliances in both traditional and non-traditional areas of the health industry. Kainon Jasper utilizes a combination of cutting edge marketing tactics with a knowledge of institutional structure to give ARJ the information to initiate curriculums in any community. He has used it to create opportunities for brands such as Diageo Spirits, Nike, Microsoft and Verizon.

“Activating initiatives is a tactic, but to create lasting partnerships with the communities brands we’re looking to reach is the strategy.”
~ Kainon Jasper

Services by Location

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Outpatient Therapy (OPT)
ARJ has an outpatient therapy department that offers individual, family and group therapy for persons who experience mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse. Our outpatient therapists come from various disciplines and offer various forms of treatment approaches. For specific populations such as families with children who are experiencing difficulties, parenting education is offered throughout the treatment process. Additional groups for depression, anxiety, parenting education, social skills, anger management, trauma recovery and symptom management are offered on a continual basis.
Comprehensive Clinical Assessment (CCA)
ARJ’s Comprehensive Clinical Assessment is an evaluation conducted by a licensed clinician to identify what difficulties an individual is experiencing, determine if those difficulties can be attributed to a mental illness, identify the appropriate level of treatment if necessary and provide information on additional resources and/or supports that may be beneficial for the individual. It is distinguished from our Diagnostic Assessment as it performs by a Licensed Clinician without the additional input of an M.D., Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, or a Physician’s Assistant or a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.
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Charlotte

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Outpatient Therapy (OPT)
ARJ has an outpatient therapy department that offers individual, family and group therapy for persons who experience mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse. Our outpatient therapists come from various disciplines and offer various forms of treatment approaches. For specific populations such as families with children who are experiencing difficulties, parenting education is offered throughout the treatment process. Additional groups for depression, anxiety, parenting education, social skills, anger management, trauma recovery and symptom management are offered on a continual basis.
Comprehensive Clinical Assessment (CCA)
ARJ’s Comprehensive Clinical Assessment is an evaluation conducted by a licensed clinician to identify what difficulties an individual is experiencing, determine if those difficulties can be attributed to a mental illness, identify the appropriate level of treatment if necessary and provide information on additional resources and/or supports that may be beneficial for the individual. It is distinguished from our Diagnostic Assessment as it performs by a Licensed Clinician without the additional input of an M.D., Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, or a Physician’s Assistant or a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.
Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient Program (SAIOP)
ARJ’s Comprehensive Clinical Assessment is an evaluation conducted by a licARJ’s Child/Adolescent and Adult Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program offers an opportunity for consumers to achieve their goal of short-term abstinence from drugs and alcohol. The SAIOP is structured to provide a safe and hospitable environment where consumers can address their substance abuse treatment needs based on their individualized Person Centered Plan.
The SAIOP treatment components include substance abuse treatment by a licensed therapist (CCS,CCAS/LCAS), a Person Centered Plan that will be created with the help of a Qualified Professional, Individual Counseling, Group Counseling, Psycho-Educational Groups, Family Counseling, Couples Counseling and Crisis Prevention and Intervention. In addition, treatment includes urinalysis screenings, aftercare, discharge planning, and a multidisciplinary team approach.
Both the Child/Adolescent and Adult SAIOP are five times (5x) per week for three (3) hours per day and are staffed by an experienced Clinical Addiction Specialist (LCAS) and Qualified Professionals who have knowledge of the addiction cycle. The duration of treatment is 12 weeks (36 sessions) and aftercare is six weeks for an hour and a half (1 ½ hrs) once per week.ensed clinician to identify what difficulties an individual is experiencing, determine if those difficulties can be attributed to a mental illness, identify the appropriate level of treatment if necessary and provide information on additional resources and/or supports that may be beneficial for the individual. It is distinguished from our Diagnostic Assessment as it performs by a Licensed Clinician without the additional input of an M.D., Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, or a Physician’s Assistant or a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.
Diagnostic Assessment (DA)
ARJ’s Diagnostic Assessment is an evaluation conducted by a team of licensed clinicians to identify what difficulties an individual is experiencing, determine if those difficulties can be attributed to a mental illness, identify the appropriate level of treatment if necessary and provide information on additional resources and/or supports that may be beneficial for the individual.
Tutoring/Mentoring Program
ARJ’s Tutoring/Mentoring Program provides educational and life skills assistance to children and adolescents with the intent of improving their problem solving, decision-making, and goal developments.
Individual/Family/Group Therapy
ARJ’s therapy for families, groups, and individuals.
Psychological Evaluations
ARJ conducts psychological evaluations as part of its service continuum. Psychological evaluations are conducted with individuals who are 6 years of age to adulthood. A psychological evaluation can be used to measure certain constructs and identify clinically relevant information that could be helpful in determining proper level of care for an individual who needs mental health services. ARJ conducts psychological evaluations that span from psych educational (i.e. IQ testing, achievement testing) to more focused testing which covers personality issues, depression, anxiety, behavioral problems and other clinically related matters.
Medication Management
ARJ has a medical director along with a team of nurse practitioners who conduct psychiatric evaluations to identify the need for medication to manage the symptoms caused by an individual’s mental illness. ARJ believes in providing best practices for services rendered. Having our consumers evaluated by our medical team is an important piece to the best practice service delivery.
Psychosocial Rehabilitation - Adults (PSR)
ARJ’s Psychosocial Rehabilitation service is designed to help adults with psychiatric disabilities increase their functioning so that they can be successful and satisfied in the environments of their choice with the least amount of ongoing professional intervention. PSR focuses on skill and resource development related to life in the community and to increasing the participant’s ability to live as independently as possible, to manage their illness and their lives with as little professional intervention as possible, and to participate in community opportunities related to functional, social, educational and vocational goals. The service is based on the principles of recovery, including equipping consumers with skills, emphasizing self-determination, using natural and community supports, providing individualized intervention, emphasizing employment, emphasizing the “here and now”, providing early intervention, providing a caring environment, practicing dignity and respect, promoting consumer choice and involvement in the process, emphasizing functioning and support in real world environments, and allowing time for interventions to have an effect over the long term.
Jasper's House Day Treatment
What is it? Jasper’s House Day Treatment is a licensed structured day program operated by ARJ, for children and/or adolescents and their families, which build on strengths, as well as addressing the family’s needs.
Who is it designed for? Jasper’s House is designed to serve children/adolescents who, as a result of their mental health and/or substance abuse treatment needs, are unable to benefit from participation in academic or vocational services at a developmentally appropriate level in a traditional school or work setting. [Read more]
DWI Assessment Service

Had your license revoked due to a DWI?

Let ARJ help you obtain it back.

All individuals convicted of DWI must complete a substance abuse assessment and participate in a treatment program that is recommended in that assessment. ARJ offers an array of treatment program options conducted in person by our staff of highly trained professionals. ARJ commits itself to helping and executing timely and appropriate assessments and treatment of all individuals served.

For our DWI services please see our prices listed below:

  • DWI Assessment: $100
  • Short Term Outpatient Treatment: $350
  • Long Term Outpatient Treatment: $465
  • Day Treatment/IOP: $950

Call us today for more information and/or to schedule your appointment: (980) 819-5692

Email questions about our program to info@arjcares.com

225 W Morehead St. – Charlotte, NC 28202

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Psychological Evaluations
ARJ conducts psychological evaluations as part of its service continuum. Psychological evaluations are conducted with individuals who are 6 years of age to adulthood. A psychological evaluation can be used to measure certain constructs and identify clinically relevant information that could be helpful in determining proper level of care for an individual who needs mental health services. ARJ conducts psychological evaluations that span from psych educational (i.e. IQ testing, achievement testing) to more focused testing which covers personality issues, depression, anxiety, behavioral problems and other clinically related matters.
Community Psychiatric and Support Treatment (CPST)
Community Psychiatric and Support Treatment is a service in which the team provides direct intervention and also arranges, coordinates, and monitors services on behalf of the recipient. This service is provided in any location. CPST services are provided in a range of community settings such as recipient’s home, homeless shelters, libraries, etc. CPST services also include telephone time with the individual recipient and collateral contact with persons who assist the recipient in meeting his/her rehabilitation goals. The team consists of three individuals that are lead by a Qualified Professional. The team concept includes weekly team meetings with and without the consumer participating. The goal is to have the team members working to achieve the same outcomes, discussing possible obstacles to treatment and how to avoid and/or get around them.
Comprehensive Clinical Assessments (CCA)
ARJ’s Comprehensive Clinical Assessment is an evaluation conducted by a licensed clinician to identify what difficulties an individual is experiencing, determine if those difficulties can be attributed to a mental illness, identify the appropriate level of treatment if necessary and provide information on additional resources and/or supports that may be beneficial for the individual. It is distinguished from our Diagnostic Assessment as it performs by a Licensed Clinician without the additional input of an M.D., Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, or a Physician’s Assistant or a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.
Crisis Intervention
Crisis Interventions services are available to all ARJ clientele. The goals of Crisis Intervention are symptom reduction, stabilization and restoration to a previous level of functioning.
Independent Living/Skills Building
Independent living/skills building services are designed to assist children who, are or will be, transitioning to adulthood with support in acquiring, retaining and improving self-help, socialization and adaptive skills necessary to be successful in the domains of employment, housing, education and community life and to reside successfully in home and community settings. Independent living/skills building activities are provided in partnership with young children to help the child/youth arrange for the services they need to become employed, access transportation, housing and continuing education.
Individual/Family/Group Therapy
ARJ’s therapy for families, groups, and individuals.
Medication Management
ARJ has a medical director along with a team of nurse practitioners who conduct psychiatric evaluations to identify the need for medication to manage the symptoms caused by an individual’s mental illness. ARJ believes in providing best practices for services rendered. Having our consumers evaluated by our medical team is an important piece to the best practice service delivery.
Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR)
Restoration, rehabilitation and support to develop daily living skills to improve self-management of the negative effects of psychiatric or emotional symptoms that interfere with a person’s daily living. Supporting the individual with development and implementation of daily living skills and daily routines necessary to remain in home, school, work and community.
Implementing learned skills so the person can remain in a natural community location and achieve developmentally appropriate functioning. Assisting the individual with effectively responding to or avoiding identified precursors or triggers that result in functional impairments.
Treatment Planning
Treatment planning is offered to all ARJ clientele. Treatment planning involves assessing special needs of the children and adults identified to develop their “road map” for services. The strength-based treatment plan will be community based, individualized and person-centered.
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Referrals

ARJ takes walk-in appointments. In addition, we have developed a referral screening form that the referral source is asked to complete and return to ARJ staff so that services can be initiated. ARJ staff makes the commitment to initiate contact/services with consumers within 24 hours of receiving referral information. Determinations on appropriate service are based on the initial assessment conducted by our team of licensed clinicians. Admission to service is based on the assessment as well as the state developed entrance criteria for the specific service.

Please complete and print out this form and fax to our secure lines:

  • Charlotte, NC: (980) 819-5694
  • Greensboro, NC: (336) 763-0316
  • New Orleans, LA: (504) 324-8692

Or feel free to call one of the offices to have your referral completed with the assistance of one of our live intake specialist.

Charlotte, NC

2311 Village Lake Dr
Charlotte, NC 28212
Phone: (980) 819-5692
Fax: (980) 819-5694

Monday-Friday
8:30 am – 5:30 pm

New Orleans, LA

3820 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70119
Office: (504) 324-5648
Fax: (504) 324-8692

Monday-Friday
8:30 am – 5:30 pm

Our Service Areas

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Corporate Office

7218 Cherry Tripp Dr
Charlotte, NC 28212

Monday-Friday
8:30 am – 5:30 pm

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Partners

We value the support of our community and work hand in hand with many organizations that also positively affect our world. At ARJ we are all about reaching out to help in time of need. Below is a list of some of partners and resources we work with! If you are interested in joining forces with us, please send us an email so we can get in touch with you!

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