MHS ACTion is a distinct Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program for those individuals managing serious mental illness (MHSA) and for probationers (AB109). The MHS ACTion program staff work with difficult to engage clients by providing services that are like ACT (“ACT-like”), care incorporates Motivational Interviewing (MI), and care that is delivered with an understanding that both populations have experienced trauma. Thus, the differences are less about the populations and more about the individual. This is why an ACT-like focus, MI and trauma informed care are central to our “client centered” care. The ACTion program staff assist clients in developing personal goals and meeting those needs by self-empowerment, staff role modeling and side by side support. The staffing model and positions of the staff include professional experience, as well as their personal history with a serious mental illness, drug and/or alcohol abuse, and involvement in the criminal justice and corrections system.

Our ACTion (ACT) program offers 24-hour community-based treatment for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, and/or criminal justice background who have been diagnosed with a severe and persistent mental illness.

All clients of ACTion are eligible to receive medication management and monitoring, therapy, drug and alcohol counseling, case management, vocational rehabilitation, peer counseling and support, and housing services.

Program Services

ACTion provides the following services:

Psychiatric assessment
24-hour crisis intervention and support
Medication management and monitoring
Individual and group rehabilitation counseling
Case management services
Dual recovery treatment
Physical health assistance
Supportive housing
Assistance with daily living activities
Vocational rehabilitation
Educational and employment development
Peer counseling and support

Eligibility Requirements

ACTion serves individuals who need services that are more intensive than those provided by traditional outpatient mental health services and who meet the following requirements. He or she is:

Over the age of 18
Has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness
Is a high utilizer of Mental health Services, and/or incarceration

Referrals

This program is funded by Kern County Mental Health (MHSA/AB109 funding) and referrals are made through the Kern County Mental Health System of Care.

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