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SPOA for Adults
The SPOA initiative for adults focuses on improving coordination
and enhancing the capacity of the mental health system to provide
case management, housing and other critical supports to individuals
with serious mental illness who have difficulty successfully living
in the community. The goal is to create and nurture a system that
promotes recovery-oriented services that are available, flexible,
personally-tailored, and responsive to individual need. The SPOA
initiative for adults is committed to:
- Assuring access to individuals with the greatest need
- Facilitating movement among appropriate levels of services
- Improving integration between case management, housing and treatment
services
- Ensuring choice for recipients
The SPOA committee screens all referrals for case management and housing
services and ensures access to all available case management and housing
vacancies. In Tioga County we currently offer 3 levels of case management
including general case management, supportive case management and
intensive case management. Housing options are through Rehabilitation
Support Services Inc. and include 3 levels of housing services.
SPOA for Children
The purpose of the SPOA for children and families is to identify
those children with the highest risk of placement in an out-of-home
setting and to develop appropriate strategies to manage those children
in their home. The SPOA for children is responsible for the following:
- Implement an initial screening process and obtain baseline information.
The information can be used to measure clinical outcomes, measure
the quality of services and can also be used to identify gaps
in the services system.
- Provide an organized process to manage access to services
- Use a comprehensive assessment tool to be used in the development
of an individualized service plan
 Contact
Information
Ruth Roberts, Tioga County SPOA Coordinator
(607) 689-8165
robertsr@co.tioga.ny.us
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