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Admission Criteria Admission Criteria: Individuals considered for placement must have a diagnosis of a serious and persistent mental illness by a Mental Health Professional. No individual is discriminated against in admission, provision of services, or termination because of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, physical handicap, sexual preference, marital status, or public assistance status. Applicants seeking admission to the residential treatment/rehabilitation program will meet some or all the following criteria: 1) Individual has a mental illness as defined in comprehensive mental health act MINN. Statues 245.461. Subd.20. (a): 2) Those on a provisional discharge or stay of commitment who have the potential of self -harm may be appropriate for this level of service if the program determines this service provides adequate structure and there are sufficient support systems in place in the community and safety of others is considered; 3) Individual can reasonably be expected to commence or resume illness management and recovery skills/strategies at this level of service and needs 24-hour supervised and monitored and focused treatment approach to accomplish this improvement in functioning and avoid relapse requiring a higher level of care; 5) Individual symptoms are difficult to manage, or clearly inappropriate for, active treatments at a lesser level of care; 6) Individual needs a restrictive setting and is at risk of significant functional deterioration if intensive residential treatment services are not received. 7) Individual has one or more of the following: • A history reoccurring or prolonged inpatient hospitalizations in the past year Significant independent living instability • Homelessness • Very frequent use of mental health and related services yielding poor outcomes in outpatient community support treatment 8) Individual, in the written opinion of a licensed mental health professional and in consultation with the mental health case manager, has the need for mental health services that cannot be met with other available community-based services or the individual is likely to experience a mental health crisis or require a more restrictive setting if intensive rehabilitative mental health services are not provided 9) Applicants must not need specialized diet and/or nursing care. 10) Review of staffing patterns and competencies of staff result in a determination that the program can meet the needs of a person seeking admission Other Diaanostic Cateaories and Classifications we Will Acceot that are Secondary to Mental Illness 1) We will take clients who have a secondary diagnosis of chemical dependency as long as they are appropriate to the program. 2) We have taken people who have a secondary diagnosis of different personality disorders depending on the client mix and our ability to work with them 3) We may take some people who have a mild TBI secondary to mental illness depending the client's ability to gain from the program. 4) According to policy at the Minnesota Department of Human Services we cannot take level 3 sex offenders. We may take a level 1 or 2 if we believe the person will benefit from the program and have a history of functioning well in the community. We try to consider the current mix of clients and the community they live in. It is important to note that mental Illness needs to be the primary reason for their presence in the facility