The Psychological Readiness Program (PRP) provides timely and efficient assessment and management of Soldiers experiencing psychological health conditions that jeopardize their medical readiness and deployabilty.
The mission of the PRP is to provide preventive, remedial, and support services aimed at improving and sustaining the psychological health and readiness of NCARNG military members.
The PRP team is comprised of skilled and experienced licensed behavioral health clinician/case managers and non-clinical case managers. Clinicians are embedded with brigade HQs across the state with the lead clinician based at JFHQ. PRP clinicians are highly mobile assets with frequent movement to remote unit locations to ensure access to care, increase help-seeking behavior, reduce stigma and train unit leaders on suicide prevention. PRP case management assists individual Soldiers in becoming "Fully Medically Ready" (FMR) through the provision of screening, education, referral and prevention services.
The PRP clinicians work directly with NCARNG M-day Behavioral Health Officers (BHO) and Behavioral Health Technicians to support the mission of Soldier medical readiness throughout the state.
The NCARNG PRP strictly adheres to state and federal statutes concerning ethics and confidentiality with the exception of DoDI 6490.04 and DoDI 6490.08 "Command Need to Know" requirements.
Contact
Colleen Coombs, LCSW
Director of Psychological Health
Phone: (984) 664-6820
Email: colleen.c.coombs.mil@army.mil
Psychological Readiness Program (PRP) Services
- Command Directed Behavioral Health Evaluations
- Soldier Readiness Evaluations
- Periodic Health Assessments
- Command/Soldier Consultations
- Risk Mitigation
- Case Management
- Acute Intervention
- Fitness for Duty Determinations
- MOB/DEMOB processing
Key Objectives
To Conserve the psychological readiness of the NCNG by proactively identifying Soldiers with elevated behavioral health symptoms and resourcing internal and external supports aimed at maintaining a ready force.
To Act within the scope and ethical standards of our professional licensure and Army regulations.
To Retain our Soldiers by supporting rehabilitation efforts and recognition of recoverable conditions that may lead to ETS or involuntary separation if untreated.
To Enhance the fighting strength of the NCNG by collaborating with military and civilian professionals to provide comprehensive Soldier care while increasing resilience and decreasing stigma.