Intensive Community Support Services (ICSS):

The Bridge Group’s Intensive Community Support Services (ICSS) are in-depth behavioral health services, designed for members whose mental illnesses (and possibly co-occurring addictions) impact other areas of life, such as:

• Personal hygiene
• Meeting nutritional needs
• Caring for business affairs
• Obtaining medical, legal, and housing services
• Recognizing common danger or hazards to oneself
• Failing to perform daily living tasks without support from others
• Inability to carry out homemaker roles and maintaining a safe living situation
• Frequently experiencing crisis, resulting in hospitalization

Intensive Community Support Services treat the “whole” person with therapy, case management, peer support, health education, skill-building services and crisis intervention, while providing assistance in properly utilizing community resources and medical services. The program may also function as a step-down from inpatient care or partial hospitalization, or as transitional care following an inpatient or partial hospitalization stay to facilitate a successful return to the community.