Wednesday, May 8, 2024
5/8/2024
The Hinds County Mental Health Commission (d.b.a. Hinds Behavioral Health Services), court and community providers will implement and evaluate the Assisted Outpatient Treatment program delivering evidence-based practices to reduce the incidence and duration of psychiatric hospitalization, homelessness, incarcerations, and interaction with the criminal justice system, while improving the health and social outcomes of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) and their families. Project Name: Assisted Outpatient Treatment. Population(s) served: Adults (18 years and older) and their families, who reside in Hinds County, are diagnosed with SMI and in need of court-ordered outpatient treatment. Evidence-based services: AOT, Motivational Interviewing, Stages of Change, Person-Centered Treatment, Seeking Safety, Wraparound/Full Service Partnership, peer/family supports, recovery coaching, Crisis Intervention Training, cultural competency cross-systems training and Mental Health First Aid training. Project Goal: Implement culturally competent, trauma-informed, multi-disciplinary community-based outpatient mental health treatment team services to individuals with SMI and their families with a flexible, continuous quality improvement approach utilizing court intervention, person-centered case management, systems navigation and evidence-based practices and programs delivered in the most fully-integrated and least restrictive environment. Number to be served. 75 per year, 300 across four-years.
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