Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)

ACT is a highly coordinated service-delivery model for providing comprehensive community-based treatment to persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses. The program strives to assist people with mental illness to live in the community and to experience as much independence and autonomy as possible. Emphasis is placed on knowing and understanding the individual in all aspects of their lives in order to provide highly individualized services in an integrated, continuous, long-term fashion. The model incorporates treatment for the primary manifestations of the illness itself; rehabilitation to help each person build their strengths and cope with the effects of mental illness on adult activities; and emotional and practical support to help individuals sustain a good quality of life and negotiate complex social and health care systems. The ACT team is comprised of clinical staff including individuals focused on medical, therapeutic, peer, co-occurring, housing, vocational, and team support.  Crisis response is available after normal hours.