PACT-Y

ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT FOR YOUTH

The Home for Little Wanderers’ Program for Assertive Community Treatment for Youth (PACT-Y) is a comprehensive service designed specifically for youth with the most challenging, persistent mental and behavioral health needs whose experiences with other community-based health services have not resulted in the sustained success they need to stay in their communities.

Our program offers intensive, coordinated, comprehensive care from the PACT-Y team, an integrated, multidisciplinary team that meets youth and young adults where they are, whether at home, college or at a transitional age program.

PACT-Y serves individuals with serious emotional disturbance for whom traditional office- and/or community-based services and interventions have not been helpful, and who may benefit from the collective care of an integrated team of specialized professionals. Services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Youth/young adults served by the team do not have other community behavioral health providers while receiving this service.

ELIGIBILTY REQUIREMENTS

Participants of PACT-Y must be referred by the Department of Mental Health, under the age of 22 and possess an IQ greater than 70. Individuals must be living in the community with severe emotional disturbances and history of mental illness and have a previous history of unsustained success following participation in other community-based programs.