Community Services & Support Programs
The majority of MHSA funding (80%) is mandated to be directed toward the Community Services and Supports (CSS) component. CSS provides access to mental health services and targets Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) children, youth, and populations with Serious Mental Illness. SED, as defined by regulation, refers to children and youth with difficulty functioning in multiple life domains, such as school, home, and/or community. Serious Mental Illness (SMI) is a term defined by Federal regulations that generally applies to mental disorders that significantly interfere with some area of functioning.
There are currently fourteen (14) CSS programs designed to serve all age groups.
- Comprehensive Children and Family Support Services (CCFSS)
- Integrated New Family Opportunities (INFO)
- Transitional Age Youth (TAY) One Stop Centers
- Clubhouse Expansion Program
- Forensic Integrated Mental Health Services (FACT, STAR and CIT)
- Members Assertive Positive Solutions/Assertive Community Treatment (MAPS/ACT)
- Crisis Walk-in Centers (CWIC)
- Psychiatric Triage Diversion Program
- Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT)
- Homeless Intensive Case Management and Outreach Services, Housing and Employment Services, and Housing Navigators
- Big Bear Full Service Partnership
- Access, Coordination and Enhancement (ACE) of Quality Behavioral Health Services
- Age Wise – Circle of Care
- Age Wise – Mobile Response
