Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT)
Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) adapts the assertive community treatment (ACT) model to serve people with criminal justice system involvement, focusing on preventing arrest and incarceration. Treatment is coordinated by a multidisciplinary team with high staff-to-client ratios that assumes around-the-clock responsibility for clients’ case management and treatment needs.
Local Examples
Salt Lake County, UT Valley Behavioral Health
- Salt Lake County's (SLC) Jail Diversion Outreach Team (JDOT), operated by Valley Behavioral Health, provides intensive community-based outpatient treatment.
- The program provides 24-hour, comprehensive services in the community.
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King County, WA King County FACT
- The FACT program is implemented by Sound Mental Health in collaboration with King County Correctional Facility.
- The program serves a population with serious mental illness, a history or high risk of homelessness, and extensive criminal histories.
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Knox County, OH
- The FACT team consists of case managers, therapists, a nurse, and a psychiatric care provider.
- Eligible individuals must be adults and diagnosed with serious mental illness.
- Services provided include community-based counseling, housing, and support with meeting basic needs.
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Licking County, OH
- The FACT team consists of case managers, therapists, a nurse, and a psychiatric care provider.
- Eligible individuals must be adults and diagnosed with serious mental illness.
- Services provided include community-based counseling, housing, and support with meeting basic needs.
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Type
Program
Measures
1 - Reduce bookings into jail
3 - Increase connection to treatment
4 - Reduce recidivism
Last updated: November 3, 2023