Critical Time Intervention

Description

Critical Time Intervention is a 9-month time limited program that works to engage homeless individuals as they transition from an institutional setting, such as a homeless shelter, to a more community based living situation. Acknowledging that the first few months after leaving an institutional setting is critical for long-term adjustment, CTI works with the consumer to create solid, long term community linkages. Before a consumer first moves to community housing, the CTI team meets with the individual while they are still in the shelter or prison to formulate a treatment plan with specific attention to six areas that facilitate community stability: housing crisis management, psychiatric treatment and medication compliance, money management, substance abuse management, life skills, and family interventions.