Turn About provides services for children, adolescents, and college undergraduate young adults who are at-risk for or have mental health, substance and/or behavioral problems and/or who have been victims of family or non-family violence. Turn About is a family and community-oriented program, which assists these young people to stay drug-free and to better manage their emotional and behavioral responses to life's challenges. Turn About works hard to assist families as a whole to reach their goals both as individuals and as a family by facilitating effective communication, appropriate boundaries and positive family structure. Turn About provides training and education regarding youth, families, substances, violence and behavior problems for students, parents, educators, social service providers, and law enforcement. Turn About, Inc. provides services without regard to race, color, sex, creed, religion, national origin or handicapping conditions.

Nearly 100% of clients treated reported significant decrease in the use of substances. Graduates from the Turn About program have gone on to be psychologists, social workers, nurses, one is a medical doctor, career military personnel, several are artists, business people, engineers. Some of these graduates have been the first in their family to graduate from high school. Others are following in the successful footprints of their parents. Our ongoing goals are to strive to intervene earlier with greater impact and follow-up to prevent more serious consequences that come with long-term problems. Turn About is a CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities) accredited agency licensed by the State of Florida's Department of Children and Families. The Turn About CARF Accreditation encompasses all services: Outpatient - Integrated Mental Health/ Alcohol; Intensive Outpatient - Integrated Mental Health/ Alcohol; and Prevention/ Diversion- Children and Adults. Accreditation assures our clients that Turn About has an established pattern of practice excellence. Accreditation assures the community and our clients that our services are research based and current best practices.

Recognized by Drug Strategies of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Turn About was chosen as one of 144 "exemplary programs" for adolescents throughout the nation and one of only 8 "exemplary and effective" programs in the State of Florida. * CARF accreditation: 2008, 2011, 2014 (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities) * Licensed by the State of Florida's Department of Children and Families. * Nomination: Tallahassee Chamber's Non-Profit Organization of the Year Award, 2005, 2010. * Turn About counseling staff have Master's degrees or higher. * Former Attorney General McCollum announced $20 million in funding in Florida through VOCA at a press conference at Turn About. "I suspect people in town don't know about it (Turn About), but we're real proud of it," McCollum said. Children who are receiving services are children who would usually slip through the cracks. * Tallahassee Democrat, NE Chronicle, March 11, 2010. A former Board member, representing Turn About at a Chamber's Women's Forum, described the impact with heartfelt comments about community experiences with Turn About. "Turn About saved my child's life," or "I will be forever thankful to Turn About for teaching my family how to be a family again."