UPPER BAY COUNSELING & SUPPORT SERVICES INC AND AFFILIATE

THE SUNRISE RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM (RRP) IS A COMMUNITY BASED RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PROGRAM LOCATED IN CECIL COUNTY. RESIDENTS LIVE IN A GROUP HOME SETTING WITH TWENTY-FOUR HOUR SUPERVISION, OR AN APARTMENT SETTING WITH TWENTY-FOUR HOUR STAFF AVAILABILITY AND SUPPORT. THE PROGRAM HAS SIX GENERAL BEDS, AND THIRTY-TWO INTENSIVE BEDS. IN ADDITION TO MANAGING MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS, RESIDENTS ARE SUPPORTED AND ENCOURAGED TO DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS NEEDED TO SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION OUT OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM AND LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY. THE GOAL OF RRP IS TO SUPPORT CLIENTS TO GROW IN THEIR OWN RECOVERY, SO THAT THEY MAY REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITY, PREVENTING RE-HOSPITALIZATION, AND GAINING SKILLS NEEDED TO TRANSITION FULLY INTO INDEPENDENT LIVING.

ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT (ACT) IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE MODEL CREATED TO RENDER TREATMENT, CLINICAL, REHABILITATION, AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO PERSONS WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH A SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS. ACT TEAMS ARE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AND ENCOMPASS DISCIPLINES FROM AREAS OF PSYCHIATRY, NURSING, PSYCHOTHERAPY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. BASED ON THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS OF EXPERTISE, THE TEAM MEMBERS COLLABORATE TO RENDER INTEGRATED SERVICES OF THE PERSONS SELECTION, JOINING HIM OR HER IN MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS GOALS, AND REALIZING WHEN TO ADJUST TREATMENT THROUGHOUT THE SERVICES. ACT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE AND FLEXIBLE TREATMENT, AS WELL AS SUPPORT AND REHABILITATION SERVICES TO PERSONS IN THEIR COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF IN THE HOSPITAL OR TRADITIONAL CLINIC. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THESE SERVICES IS THAT THEY RENDER INTERVENTIONS AND SKILLS PRACTICES IN AREAS WHERE PERSONS ARE MOST COMFORTABLE: RESIDENCE, WORK, SOCIAL HANGOUTS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHERE SUPPORT/TREATMENT ARE MOST NEEDED.