Individuals must meet all of the following criteria:
- 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;
- Documentation indicates evidence that the individual meets criteria for a primary diagnosis consistent with the most recent version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual;
- There is evidence from the individual or collateral contact indicating at least one of the following is present:
- High potential for crisis-cycling without this support;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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.