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Locked Care Services provide involuntary treatment for individuals who are a danger to self, a danger
to others or gravely disabled due to a mental disorder. They are either
on a 72-hour hold or LPS conservatorship.
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Locked Skilled Nursing, MHRCs, &
IMDs include facilities which are designed to provide services
to individuals in need of a locked setting and are placed through a
conservatorship due to chronic grave disability. County Mental Health
arranges for these services at 7th Avenue Center in Santa Cruz,
Crestwood San Jose and Creekside in Sonoma County and other Crestwood
Facilities throughout the Monterey Bay area. Typically individuals
are placed in these settings from an acute inpatient hospital
such as Dominican Behavioral Health Unit. There are also specialized
beds in other locked facilities for older adults and adults with medical
complications who need skilled nursing.
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Dominican Behavioral Health Unit is the acute psychiatric hospital for Santa Cruz County residents who
meet medical necessity criteria for acute voluntary treatment or meet
Welfare and Institutions Code 5150 criteria for involuntary psychiatric
care. For individuals admitted to the hospital who are served by one of
the County’s Coordinated Care Teams, or who will need
multidisciplinary team based care following discharge, the case
coordinator is actively involved in the admission and discharge process.
For more information call (831) 462-7719.
Residential
Social Rehabilitation Facilities focus
on assisting people to learn how to live independently. Typically people
will stay for up to (and no longer then) 18 months to acquire these
skills. Once they have accomplished
this goal they will be ready to live independently with supportive
services when needed.
*Referrals to
the following programs are made through the County Mental Health Housing
Counsel. Contact Pam Rogers-Wyman (831) 454-5244 or Yana Jacobs (831)
454-4539.
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Darwin House is a transitional Social Rehabilitation Program
designed to prepare people for success in a more independent living
setting within 18 months. Residents play a major role in the day-to-day
functioning of the household. The facility has a capacity of 15 beds and
is located at 707 Darwin Street in Santa Cruz. The Housing Council
coordinates access to this facility.
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Opal Cliff offers
a social rehabilitation residential treatment with a 15-bed capacity.
The program is designed to assist in transitioning clients into the
community with a focus on independent living. Access to Opal Cliff is
coordinated by the Housing Council to prioritize need when there is a
waiting list.
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Paloma House is a 12-bed
program for clients who have both a psychiatric disorder and substance
abuse dependency. It provides a 90-day intensive residential treatment
program and for those individuals requiring further support, an
additional 90 days of transitional housing is available. This program is
highly structured and incorporates an
integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment model. Referrals are accepted from
County Mental Health Coordinators, Community Support Services
Coordinators and Court ordered/probation referrals.
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El Dorado Residential
Program provides an alternative to
inpatient hospitalization and also serves as a discharge option from
inpatient when the client is in need of intensive structure, supervision
and treatment but no longer requires hospital based care. This is a 24-
hour staffed facility with 16 beds. Individuals in the residential program
participate in the El Dorado Center Partial Hospitalization program during
the day on the same campus.
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Transition House is voluntary residential
sub-acute facility with a focus on preventing acute hospitalization
and stabilizing people in the community. This ten (10) bed facility is staffed
24-hours a day and referral is coordinated through the Housing Council.
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Front St., Inc. offers supported housing beds in Santa Cruz County. Support is provided to
the residents by Opal Cliff Rehabilitation staff. Most, but not all,
residents are graduates of the Opal Cliff program.
For more information,
please call (831) 464-8694.
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Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center is a program of scattered site housing for persons
living in the community with support services. These services are community support services coordinators,
county coordinators and peer support. This
housing is accessed through CFSC Property Management. For further
information contact Adeline Davis at (831) 469-1700.
Emergency
Shelter
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River Street Shelter’s 19 of the 32 beds are provided under contract with Santa Cruz County Mental
Health in an effort to better serve the needs of the homeless mentally
ill. Two of these beds are designated for individuals in urgent need of
treatment, but not meeting the criteria for involuntary inpatient
psychiatric care. The shelter opens daily at 5:00 p.m. For information
call (831) 459-6644.
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