Individuals must meet all of the following criteria:
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The individual has experienced a recent behavioral health crisis (within 72 hours of admission) or the individual is
transitioning from
or at risk of a higher level of care and requires short-term support with identifying and engaging in
the services necessary to maintain safety and stability in the community;
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Documentation
indicates evidence that the individual meets criteria for a primary diagnosis consistent with the most
recent version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual;
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There is evidence from the individual or collateral contact indicating at least one of the following is present:
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High potential for crisis-cycling without this support;
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Individual does not have the ability and/or the resources to support maintenance of safety and/or stability in
the community until longer term services are available/ accessible;
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Individual has been engaged in alternative crisis service or treatment and no longer meets criteria for those
services but continues to require community stabilization support;
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The individual currently has moderate to high intensity behavioral and/or emotional needs and without intervention,
will further interfere with their ability to function in at least one life domain: family, living situation, school, social
work or community.