Community Stabilization services are available to adults who are experiencing a mental health crisis that requires short-term, intensive interventions. The goal of crisis stabilization services is to prevent hospitalization and to reduce the mental health crisis so that the individual does not become at risk to the safety of self or others. This includes safety planning, coping skills training to promote recovery, linkage to mental health professionals for long-term care, coordination with other providers, and linkage with community resources to promote stability.

The individual must meet at least two of the following criteria at the time of admission to the service:

• Experiencing difficulty in establishing and maintaining normal interpersonal relationships to such a degree that the individual is at risk for psychiatric hospitalization, homelessness, or isolation from social supports

• Experiencing difficulty in activities of daily living, such as maintaining personal hygiene, preparing food, and maintaining adequate nutrition, or managing finances to such a degree that health or safety is jeopardized

• Exhibiting such inappropriate behavior that immediate interventions by mental health, social services or the judicial system are or have been necessary

• Exhibiting difficulty in cognitive ability such that the individual is unable to recognize personal danger or significantly inappropriate behavior.