North Coastal Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) provides intensive community-based services for Transition Age Youth ages 18-25m Adults ages 25-59, and Older Adults ages 60 and older who are homeless or at risk for homelessness, have a serious mental illness (SMI) and/or are high users of acute inpatient care and medical services in the North Coastal Region. Our participants are homeless or at-risk of homelessness and may also have a co-occurring substance abuse disorder. We offer recovery-focused wraparound services that include medication management and monitoring, psychiatric assessment and treatment, therapy, dual-recovery treatment, case management, crisis intervention, vocational rehabilitation, and supportive housing assistance.

Program Services

Our North Coastal ACT delivers all services with clients as full partners in their treatment and care; these services include:
• Psychiatric assessment and treatment
• 24-hour crisis intervention and support
• Medication management
• Individual and group rehabilitation counseling to promote independent living skills
• Case management services in the least restrictive and most appropriate settings
• Dual recovery treatment
• Physical health assistance
• Supportive housing
• Educational, volunteer and employment development

Eligibility Requirements

North Coastal ACT serves individuals who meet the following requirements:
• They have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness and may have a co-occurring substance abuse disorder.
• The reside in the North Coastal region of San Diego.
• They have been homeless or at risk of homelessness (Priority is given to those who are chronically homeless).
• They are unserved and/or high users of acute inpatient care and medical services.
• They are Transition Age Youth ages 18-25, Adults ages 25-59, and Older Adults ages 60 and older
• Level of acuity and need for intensive ACT services per LOCUS assessment (Level 4 – Medically Monitored Non-Residential Services)

Referrals

Referrals are sent through Primary Care Providers, outpatient clinics, hospitals, community organizations, and jails. North Coastal Act subscribes to the County of San Diego’s “No wrong Door” policy.

More Information

For more information about North Coastal Act, please call (760) 290-8170.

North Coastal ACT is a County of San Diego contracted program that is funded through the MHSA.

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