1) The urgent mental health services provided to the acute and sub-acute mentally ill individuals by the CSU shall include crisis stabilization and when required, 5150/5585 evaluations. 2) Contractor shall adopt the recovery principle of “do whatever it takes” in order to stabilize clients and keep them within the community where they will have family and social support. This will be a core value of the program. 3) Contractor shall adhere to WIC admission criteria which includes danger to self, danger to others and grave, disability, as a result of mental illness and shall maintain staff designated by DBH medical director, to be authorized to write 5150/5585 evaluations. 4) Contractors licensed clinical staff shall attend WIC 5150 certification training, and Contractor shall maintain certification for qualified staff, specific to the site at which the employee is stationed.
