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Young Adult Services
Assertive Community Treatment Team (YASACTT)
5 Hart Street - New Britain, CT - (860) 229-4850
The YASACTT
program is an extension of CMHA’s Adult Assertive Community
Treatment Team, which has served adults with serious behavioral
health and substance abuse issues in New Britain for over
10 years. The YASACTT program provides Intensive Case Management,
Medication Management and Supervision, and Clinical Services
to young adults aged 18 to 25. This program is able to serve
up to 30 young adults with very serious mental health issues
and/or serious substance abuse. Most of the young people face
multiple challenges and have suffered serious trauma in their
lives. Some of the clients served by this program will be
young adults stepping down from the Residential services offered
by the Transitional Youth Program (TYP). Others might be referred
by DCF, and still others from family or community.
The young adults
may be living in a Scattered Site Apartment of the TYP program;
or with families, or independently. In all cases however,
at the time of referral to the program, the person will
be having significant difficulties managing the responsibilities
of daily living in their current setting, and would be in
need of daily monitoring and services to avoid more restrictive
placement, and/or maintain and improve their functional
level. Services are mobile and occur predominantly in the
community. Crisis services are available.
The program is
staffed with a Program Coordinator, 2.5 Case Managers, 2
Clinical Case Managers, an APRN and a Part Time Nurse. There
is consultation available to staff and clients from the
Vocational rehabilitation Counselor at TYP. The Team Time
Social Club also has separate hours and staffing available
to meet the unique social needs of the young adult population.
The program’s goal is the recovery of the young adult.
This guides the program’s efforts at developing life
skills, rehabilitation, normalized programming and activities,
and coordination with educational and vocational resources
in the mainstream community. Whenever possible, the family
of the young adult is involved in services and planning.
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CT - (860) 826-1358 |
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