Intensive In Community (IIC)

are an a multi-purpose, in-home/community services for parents, caregivers, guardians, children and youth that addresses emotional and behavioral challenges of youth with moderate to high needs. The primary objective is to strengthen, stabilize and preserve the family unit in a community setting. IIC services target the needs identified in a comprehensive treatment plan. Treatment is family driven and youth specific.

This includes specific therapeutic interventions, with targeted dates that achieve goals focusing on the restorative functioning of the youth with the intention of:

• Improving youth and family dynamics and functioning;

• Preventing / reducing the need for higher intensity behavioral health or substance use treatment ;

• Preventing /reducing the need and / or risk for inpatient hospitalization or out of home treatment;

• Preserving a youth’s current residence;

• Transitioning youth from out –of –home treatment back into the community