The center assists adults with severe and persistent mental illness and children or adolescents with a diagnosis of mental illness who exhibit serious emotional, behavioral, or mental disorders in their efforts to access community-based services available from a range of providers, including the center itself.

Based on the individual’s assessed needs and desires, the services accessed may include:

·        Crisis Services including, but not limited to, Crisis Hotline and Screening and Triage activities to assess danger to self or others

·        Medication Related Services including pharmacological management, medication administration, and monitoring of prescribed psychoactive medications

·        Residential services structured to provide viable alternatives to institutional living, while promoting self-determination and personal independence

·        Skills training services including, but not limited to, employment acquisition and maintenance skills, financial management skills, communication skills, interpersonal behaviors, and other skills that will facilitate integration into the community

In addition to the center’s responsibility to assist the individual in identifying, locating and obtaining the desired supports and services, the center is also charged with coordinating and monitoring the delivery of these supports and services.

For information regarding the steps required to determine eligibility for the supports and services outlined above, please contact our Intake and Eligibility Unit at (979) 822-6467.