Continuum of Care

Continuum provides person-centered comprehensive supports and services to adults and families challenged with psychiatric and/or intellectual disabilities, autism, homelessness, substance dependence, or other disabilities while maintaining the rights and dignities of each individual as productive members of society.mhs services: community housing and supported living services offer a variety of 24-hour, 12-hour, and case management supports to assist individuals with mental health, substance use, and co-occurring conditions in managing their symptoms more effectively and overcoming challenges resulting from their illness.crisis recovery services (crs) offer a community-based diversion from inpatient psychiatric services. Crs provides immediate and intensive clinical Care for adults in need of a structured residential treatment environment that fosters a foundation of rebuilding life for recovery with a focus on health and wellness.nursing home discharge and diversion services ensures nursing home placements for department of mental health & addiction services (dmhas) clients are necessary, appropriate, and safe. The program focuses on two specific goals: 1) to reduce inappropriate admissions of dmhas clients to nursing homes and 2) to monitor admissions for appropriate placement and/or eventual discharge back to the community with support services.forensic services: forensic services serves individuals with psychiatric and co-occurring (mental illness and substance abuse) disorders in need of housing and community support. Forensic residents are moving through, and/or transitioning out of, the criminal justice system and client engagement often begins while these individuals are still incarcerated. Homeless outreach: compass (compassionate allies serving our streets) is a community-based initiative and partnership between the city of new haven and Continuum. The goal of compass is to create a system of sustainable supports for individuals in new haven who are experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis.emergency services: the new haven emergency housing philosophy focuses on housing first with the goal to enable those experiencing homelessness to return to permanent housing. We believe in a harm-reduction philosophy for individuals who have relapsed from substance abuse or continue to use substances to enable continued health Care education, support services, and housing meeting each individual where they are at. Outpatient services: the Continuum integrated behavioral health (cibh) provides compassionate and uniquely skilled therapy services for individual and families through individual, group, and family therapy. Peer services: mental health professionals recognize that staff who are in recovery can help those starting out on the road to recovery. Continuum's recovery employment support services (cress) operates four (4) programs:long-term services (lts): the lts community housing goal is to transition individuals with mental illness and those with a co-occurring pervasive developmental disorders (pdd), many who have been institutionalized, to community-based permanent supportive housing opportunities. Veteran services: Continuum veterans programs are a collaborative effort with local clinical providers and the veteran affairs hospital that offering crisis stabilization and residential treatment beds alongside outpatient clinical Care and day services as a short-term alternative to psychiatric inpatient care.wellness program: Continuum of Care's recovery transformation health & wellness program teaches holistic, all-natural practices, and offers unique interactive workshops -- including exercise activities and healthful eating initiatives -- to prevent or treat critical health conditions as well as set people on the path to better physical and mental health overall.young adult services (yas): Continuum yas programs are a collaboration of services and supports with dmhas developed to help young adults' transition successfully from the department of children & families to the adult mental health system and to achieve the necessary skills for adulthood. Total individuals served under this category : 2977

Department of developmental services (dds): community living arrangements (cla): clas, also known as group homes, offer individuals opportunities to live in a typical community housing environment supported by 24-hour staffing. Community residential supports (crs): crs programs consist of a living arrangement for three or fewer dds individuals. It is not licensed as a cla but can provide 24-hour staff support, where applicable and necessary to meet the individual's level of need (lon). Individualized home supports (ihs): this service provides intermittent support in residential and in-home settings. The program does not operate 24-hour programming. Ihs provides assistance in basic skills, banking, budgeting, shopping and is designed to allow a person to live in their family home or live in their own home. Dds individuals served: 121