Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Department of Mental Health (DMH) is seeking to award one (1) Contract for Program of Assertive Community Treatment for Youth (PACT-Y) services for a Central MA Greater Worcester Team under this RFR. PACT-Y is a comprehensive service for individuals under the age of 22 with serious emotional disturbance who have not responded well to traditional office- and/or community-based services and interventions, and may benefit from intensive, coordinated, and comprehensive services that are provided by one integrated, multi-disciplinary, community-based team - the PACT-Y Team. The service targets those Youth with the most challenging and persistent mental and behavioral health needs who are living in their communities but for whom other community-based behavioral health services have not resulted in sustained success for them to remain in their communities. The goal of the PACT-Y service is to provide Youth and their Families with a comprehensive range of behavioral health services and supports that ensure the Youth can remain living in their community and prevent the need for out-of-home, residential, and/or hospital levels of care. For young adults, whether they choose to live with another adult or on their own, the goal of PACT-Y services is to help them establish the full range of supports needed for them to live successfully in the community, including support in transitioning to DMH adult services, if needed.
