The Main Place

Peer services: this program provides individual or group interactions conducted by persons receiving services, persons who have received services, or their families or significant others, for The purpose of providing emotional support and understanding, sharing experiences in coping with problems, and developing a network of people that provides ongoing support outside The formal mental health service system.

Community supportive treatment: to provide specific, measurable and individualized services to each person served. These services should be focused on The individual's ability to succeed in The community, to identify and access needed services and to show improvement in school, work and family and integration and contributions within The community.

Housing: to provide housing and housing support to adults experiencing serious and persistent mental illness whose ability to get and maintain housing has been disrupted by their disability, and who have a history of homelessness or chronic homelessness.

Assessment: it is a process of gathering information to assess consumer needs and functioning in order to determine appropriate service and/or treatment based on identification of The presenting problem, evaluation of mental status and formulation of a diagnostic impression.