If this is an intake appointment (to enroll you, or your friend, or family member in services for the first time or to re-enroll after a long break), bring the following with you to the appointment:

• Photo ID
• Most current Medicaid card (if applicable)
• Proof of residence for last 30 days (utility bill or rental agreement)
• Name, address, and phone number of any physician who has treated the person enrolling
• A list of all medications the person is taking or has taken
• A list that includes dates of any psychiatric hospitalizations for the person enrolling

During the visit, you will meet with a clinician who will complete a uniform assessment to recommend appropriate services through a level of care. Let me know if you have any challenges. The uniform assessment includes a tool called the “Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA).”  and “The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS)”. Both assessment help determine the eligibility for services, gather required information, evaluate the clinical needs, determines appropriate level of care and treatment recommendations. Guide development of a recovery plan by you, your child and the treatment care team. Determine needs for mental health or substance use treatment and enroll or refer your child in services depending on those needs. These questions are important to ask. The answers help identify which services are most likely to meet their needs. The information provided is kept confidential within the limits of the law. Clients are reassessed periodically to keep track of any changes that might have happened throughout their treatment/recovery plan. This also helps track their strengths and progress they have made toward their recovery.

Everyone is unique, and so are their mental health needs. Some have intense and/or complex needs where a more intense level of care with a variety of complex services are more appropriate. However, when a person begins to build up resilience and has less complex needs, they will require a less intense level of care.

After an appropriate LOC is identified for you or your loved one, the person-centered planning (PCRP) begins where the person in services is in the driver’s seat of their own recovery. PCRP uses a collaborative process in developing the recovery plan between the person, the treatment provider and person’s natural supports. The goal of PCRP is to help the person achieve their goals along the journey to recovery.