Young Adult s in Transition Program

1. Young Adults in Transition Program Greenville Mental Health Center Greenville, South Carolina

2. GEOGRAPHICAL AREA We serve Greenville County clients in the Greenville Mental Health Center catchment area.

3. NUMBER OF CLIENTS SERVED ANNUALLY • Greenville Mental Health Center annually serves approximately 6900 clients (based on most recent statistics available – 2009) with a yearly total of 87,843 clinical contacts. • Approximately 2,767 clients in 2009 were new admissions. • It is projected that the Young Adult Program will serve at least 60 clients per year.

4. MISSION STATEMENT • The mission of the Greenville Mental Health Center is to improve the lives of the mentally ill and their families by the provision of mental health care in our community.

5. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION • This program provides non-traditional services to young adults who do not fit into current programs at the Greenville Mental Health Center and often "slip through the cracks."   • The purpose of the Young Adults in Transition program is to help clients age 18 to 26 to transition successfully into adulthood and into the community.  

6. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION • Therapeutic interventions are center-based and community-based. Services are provided at the Greenville Mental Health Center, clients' homes, and in community settings.   • Groups are designed to enhance clients' self esteem, to improve quality of life, and to help clients to develop social and leisure skills.

7. POPULATION SERVED • Males and females between the ages of 18 and 26 years who have been diagnosed with at least one Axis I mental health diagnosis. • This demographic has outgrown the Child and Adolescent (CAF) programs and needs more intense services than the Adult Acute Care program. Also, the program provides a more complex level of client services than the adult Community Rehabilitation Service Program (CRS) program. • This client-demographic often “falls through the cracks.”

8. DESCRIPTION of COLLABORATION • Several programs within the Greenville Mental Health Center (GMHC) refer clients to the Young Adult in Transition Program. • In-center programs that refer to the Young Adult in Transition Program include the Child and Adolescent Program, the Acute (Adult) Care Program, and the CRS Program.

9. GMHC collaborates with these organizations • Greenville Hospital Systems • Marshall Pickens Hospital • Patrick Harris Hospital • William S. Hall Hospital • Carolina Behavioral Health • Department of Social Services • Department of Juvenile Justice • Phoenix Center • Safe Harbor • Salvation Army • Rescue Mission • Shepherd’s Gate and • Gateway House.

10. SPECIFIC GOALS Goals for those we serve include but are not limited to the following: • Decrease hospital stays. • Attain educational goals. • Establish work readiness and employment skills. • Develop social support systems. • Improve client’s insight into his/her mental illness and how it will be managed for maximum quality of life. • Enhance independent living skills. • Prevent relapse.

11. THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS To achieve these goals, possible therapeutic interventions could include but are not limited to: • Individual/group/family therapy. • Life skills training. • Physical wellness activities. • Crisis intervention. • Job coaching. • Assistance with educational goals. • Social skills development. • Alternative therapies (music/arts/outdoors).

12. Center and Community Based Services To Reiterate: • Therapeutic interventions are center-based and community-based. • Services are provided at the Greenville Mental Health Center, in client’s home, and in community settings. • Groups are designed to enhance clients’ self-esteem, to improve quality of life, and to help clients develop social and leisure skills.

13. PROGRAMOBJECTIVES Clients will achieve one or more of the following goals: • Pass the driver’s exam and receive a driver’s license. • Earn a GED. • Be involved in a social group setting at least once a week. • Be employed part time or full time. • Be eligible for housing with or without rental assistance. • Spend more time each week out of parent/s’ home setting. • Remain in the community and out of the hospital. • Be consistent with medication prescription requirements.

14. “Quotes from Satisfied clients.” • “This is the first group that my son has ever been excited about going to and returning to.” – Parent. • “This is the first place I’ve been able to tell the truth about myself and people not make fun of me.” • “Today my son wanted to go somewhere without his mother for the first time….and he wanted to come to YAT.” - Parent • “YAT has taken me places I never thought I would be able to go.” • “Someday do you think mental health will have beds so that we can stay here and be at YAT all the time.”

15. YOUNG ADULTS IN TRANSITION REFERRAL FORM • Referring Agency/Dept. ________________ Contact Person____________________ • Phone Number________________________ Referral Date _____________________ • Personal Information • Name: _______________________________ SSN#: __________________________ • DOB: _______________________________ Phone Number: ___________________ • Legal Guardian __________________________ Contact#: ________________________ • Psychiatric Diagnosis: • Observed symptoms, if any: ___________________________________________________________ • Reason for Referral: Circle all that apply • (See YAT criteria form) •  Independent Living skills •  Continue Education •  Employment •  Personal growth • Existing or Historical GMHC Client Yes _____ No _____ • If so, who is the caseworker? __________________________________________________________ • Current Medication: __________________________________________________________________ • A&D History: Yes _____ No _____ Legal History: Yes _____ No _____ • If yes, explain (include any treatment received) ____________________________________________ • Homeless: Yes _____ No_____ • Living Arrangements: ________________________________________________________________ • Staff Signature and Date

16. YAT STAFF • Special Projects Coordinator – Debra Dinolfo, LPC, C&A • Program Chief – Alesia Lowe, LPC • MHC II – Thomas McMinn, LPC • MHC III- vacant • CC – vacant • Assisting with program - Amanda West, Nursing

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