Description:

Provides outpatient mental health services to youth and their families. Treatment Services include: Trauma-informed therapy for individuals, families, and groups, Crisis intervention, Substance abuse counseling, Case management, Psychiatric/medication services.

Service Programs include: Screening Assessment and Support Services (SASS): A 90-day crisis intervention program, psychiatric evaluations and ongoing medication management; and case management. Treatment lasts about 3 to 6 months; Mental Health Juvenile Justice Program (MHJJ): Serves youth ages 8 to 18 years old; AND have had contact with the juvenile justice system within the last 90 days; OR are at risk of juvenile justice involvement; An MHJJ liaison that works with children and their families for six months and connects them to treatment resources; Intensive Placement Stabilization (IPS): serves youth who are in DCFS Youth in Care; AND are at risk of losing their current foster home placements; OR have just transitioned between placements; The Family Support Program (FSP): Serves children under 18 who need more intensive community-based therapeutic services or residential treatment services.

Eligibility:

- Clients must have a substance use disorder diagnosis or are currently experimenting with substances.
- Must be a youth ages 20 years and under with Medicaid and/or participating in DCFS Youth in Care & youth 17 years and under with no insurance.

Languages:

Spanish
Interpreter services available upon request

Program Fees:

Fees for CABS services are based on level of income and number of dependents. A sliding fee schedule based on national poverty levels is available for Lake County residents.
The program also accepts Medicaid and Medicaid MCO insurance.

Intake Process:

Clients are referred through the state CARES (Crisis and Referral Entry Service) hotline.
After an assessment, a SASS worker will arrange psychiatric hospitalization and/or any follow-up outpatient treatment needs.

Contacts

Phone Numbers

Address Listings

Handicap Accessible?

Yes

Wishlist:

None

Volunteer Opportunities:

None

Legal Status:

City/County(Parish)

Date of Official Change:

December 7, 2023

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