Programs

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)

ACT is a client-centered, recovery-oriented evidence-based practice model that has received substantial empirical support for facilitating community living, psychosocial rehabilitation, and recovery for persons who have the most serious and persistent mental illnesses, have symptoms and impairments, and have not benefited from traditional outpatient programs. It is designed to provide comprehensive all-inclusive community-based psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation and support to those in need. In addition, ACT helps persons recover in living, learning, socializing and working in environments of their choice. Persons enrolled in ACT programs also concurrently receive Outpatient Treatment.

The program has interdisciplinary mobile teams that provide services in the homes and communities where people live. Services are all inclusive – not brokered. Services include assistance in living, learning, working and socializing in the communities where consumers live. The multidisciplinary teams provide psychosocial evaluations, individual training/counseling in life and social skills, employment, housing, medication and a variety of case management support.

One ACT team works specifically with individuals who have frequent jail admissions (typically misdemeanor arrests) and chronic homelessness. This team is known as the Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Team (FACT).

The teams are accessible 24/7 as needed for emergencies.

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Residential Supports

We believe that safe, decent, sanitary and affordable housing is a basic human need essential to recovery and healthy growth. Residential Supports helps persons enrolled in GRO programs secure and maintain housing preferences by assisting them as needed in setting personal measurable goals and objectives that promote successful community integration, independence and improved quality of life. In no way does the program "place" persons in housing (group home, boarding house, personal care home, apartment, etc.) or in any way represent, act as an agent or claim to be an expert in quality housing standards or laws.

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Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment (IDDT)

The IDDT program is designed to help people with substance abuse and serious mental illness recover from both disorders. It combines the principles and techniques of Assertive Community Treatment and Substance Abuse addressing both disorders at the same time within the same program. Persons enrolled in IDDT may live in apartments with staff on-site support. Each team member is extensively trained in ACT and substance abuse to provide the necessary supports for recovery of both disorders.

Community Housing

GRO recognizes that decent, safe and affordable housing is a basic need essential to good health, growth and recovery. Community Housing offers quality apartments and the assistance necessary for self-sufficiency and sustained quality living. Through our subsidized permanent supportive housing program, we lease apartments to persons enrolled in the ACT or IDDT Programs. All facilities are ADA compliant and convenient to public transportation, recreation and shopping.

The primary aim of Community Housing is to eliminate homelessness among persons with serious mental illness. Community Housing works in concert with the ACT and IDDT teams by promoting self-determination and self-sufficiency through training in life skills, such as resource attainment (Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, VA, food stamps, etc.), money management, vocational and employment assistance. Residents learn simple meal preparation, nutrition, shopping and housekeeping skills to help them maintain healthy living. They learn how to keep calendars of medical and social service appointments. They learn independence in taking medication. They learn problem solving and self-directed governance skills by forming and participating in a tenant association. These supports will help tenants establish and maintain self-sufficiency and community tenure.

Criteria for Community Housing Support eligibility click here...