LIGHTING THE WAY TO NEW BEGINNINGS...

Since our humble beginnings, NOVA Behavioral Healthcare has been dedicated to building a future and hope for children, adolescents, and adults with concurrent diagnoses by providing individualized services in a highly structured and therapeutic treatment environment. NOVA Inc. was founded in 1985 to address a service need for difficult to place children with emotional, social and intellectual challenges. NOVA’s Kinston, North Carolina location offers Residential Level IV/ Secure, Residential Level III and Day Treatment Services. In 1990 NOVA IC Inc. opened North Carolina’s first community based program for adults with dual diagnoses of mental retardation and mental illness (MR/MI). Located in Goldsboro, North Carolina, our program offers eight Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR) and Day Program Services. Also located in Goldsboro, North Carolina is our New Beginnings Day Treatment for Children and Adolescents with emotional, social and intellectual challenges.

OUR MISSION—Promoting Resiliency

To teach and encourage all individuals participating in NOVA programs to invest in themselves in becoming resilient and capable people.


Keys in Building Resiliency Include:

•	Provide a safe and comfortable therapeutic environment
•	Assessment of protective and risk factors
•	Development of an individualized treatment plan with measurable goals and strategies
•	Assure each consumer and stakeholder maintains a role in planning and determining activities and treatment experiences that are suitable to his or her age and interest.
•	Development of personal protective qualities such as positive self-esteem, empathy, internal locus of control, positive functional relationships with family, peers and caregivers.
•	Teach personal competencies such as self help, independent living, self direction, communication, academic, and pre-vocational/vocational skills.