Adult Mental Health Support
The Adult Mental Health Support program operated by Family Transitions, Inc provides individualized counseling and life skills training to adults 18 or older who, due to mental illness, would otherwise have trouble maintaining community stability and independence. Some major areas of focus include daily living skills training, accessing community resources, health and safety, financial management and social supports. Mental Health Support services are individualized, client centered and facilitated in the clients home and their community.
Who is eligible?
- Adult clients 18 or older with Medicaid.
- Clients diagnosed with serious mental illness, or struggling with behavioral problems.
- Clients with dual diagnosis.
- Clients with significant impairment in major life activities.
- Clients with difficult with interpersonal relationships.
- Clients who are unable to recognize personal danger or inappropriate social behavior.
- Clients who require basic living skills training.
- Clients who may be at risk of homelessness.
What are the features of Mental Health Support Services?
- Comprehensive assessment.
- Individualized service planning to address identified isssues.
- Community based service provided in clients’ home and community.
- Appropriate and prompt services are provided and coordinated to each client to meet their housing, mental and physical health, financial, educational, employment, transportation, daily living, social and recreational needs.
- Comprehensive case management and discharge planning.
- Weekly contact with referring social workers.
- Experiential training in personal daily living skills.
- Educational, vocational and employment assistance, support and monitoring.
- Linking clients to additional supportive community resources.
- Medication Education and Support.
- 1:5 Client to Staff Ratio.
- 24 hour on-call assistance.
- Individual transportation.
- DBHDS Licensed.
- Medicaid Approved Provider.