Intensive Home Based Therapeutic Care
The Bay State Community Services Intensive Home-Based Therapeutic Care (IHBTC) program is an intensive and individualized service offered to youth and families supported by the Department of Mental Health (DMH).
The core team includes a Master’s level Clinician and an Outreach Worker. Depending on your family’s needs, additional supports may include Occupational Therapy, Young Adult Peer Mentorship, Family Partner Services, and Psychiatry Consultation.
The young people identified for IHBTC services are those who are experiencing serious behavioral or mental health challenges and have had multiple out-of-home placements. Families participate in intensive community-based services with the goal of the youth remaining in or returning to live with the family and within their community.
Contact Information
This service must be requested through DMH.
What to Expect
- Intensive family-based treatment in conjunction with episodes of youth out-of-home care.
- Youth mentoring.
- Care coordination.
- Crisis support.
- Parent/caregiver education and support.
- Connections with formal and informal community resources and supports.
- Services vary in intensity based upon the needs of each youth and family and are based upon the identified needs that support success in community settings, including home, school, recreation, community service, and work.
- This service is family-driven, youth guided, and strength-based.
Who We Serve
Abington, Avon, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brockton, Canton, Carver, Cohasset, Dedham, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Eason, Foxboro, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Medfield, Millis, Milton, Needham, Newton, Norfolk, Norwood, Norwell, Pembroke, Plainville, Plymouth, Plympton, Quincy, Randolph, Rockland, Scituate, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, Wellesley, Weston, West Bridgewater, Westwood Weymouth, Whitman and Wrentham.
Funding
This program is funded by DMH.
Flexible Support Services
Bay State Community Services Flexible Support Services Team assists families and youth in developing the skills and supports that promote family cohesion and successful community living. This service strengthens the family by successfully engaging the youth and family in focused interventions and therapeutic behavioral supports.
Contact Information
This service must be requested through DMH.
What to Expect
- A highly skilled and dedicated team that includes a clinician, therapeutic support specialist and family partner.
- The team will take the time to understand your family and work collaboratively with DMH and other service providers.
- With your families, develop an individualized family plan that addresses the needs of the family.
- 24/7 on call crisis support.
- Assistance with family’s communication, problem solving, conflict resolution, and limit setting skills.
- Increased positive family interactions.
- Development of natural supports and community resources.
Who We Serve
Braintree, Carver, Cohasset, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Milton, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Quincy, Randolph, Scituate, Weymouth.
Funding Source
This program is funded by DMH.
Mentor Adolescent Action Team
The Mentor Adolescent Action Team (MAAT) Group is a group specifically designed for adolescents who are experiencing behavioral health symptoms.
What You Can Expect
- Small group experience – with an average of 6 youth and two trained facilitators.
- Groups separated by age.
- Six-week curriculum designed to address positive social interactions, wellness, life skills, relationships, and problem solving.
- At the end of six weeks, youth are given the opportunity to practice skills learned in recreational trips in the community. Recreational trips are chosen and planned by the youth and may include sports activities, museums, dinner out, bowling, or other activities.
- Utilization of best practice approaches to address how behavioral health needs impact social success.
- Dialectical Behavioral Treatment (DBT) skills are taught and practiced in each phase.
Contact Information
To request services or make a referral for the MAAT program, please contact our Program Director at 857-939-4574.
Funding Source
This program is funded by DMH.