Keystone Human Services - Comprehensive community based mental retardation, mental health, autism and early intervention services

Keystone Services of Maryland

Services

Targeted Case Management

Targeted Care Management provides assistance to individuals to acquire the services and supports they need. TCM serves individuals with a diagnosis of chronic, recurring severe mental illness living in Carroll and Frederick Counties.

Outreach activities are a key component of Targeted Case Management. Keystone professionals meet with people in their home or in the community to identify the needs of each individual and connect them with the necessary services to:

maintain their housing
support them in maintaining their home
support them in managing their medication
ensure that their medical needs are met
link them to services to prepare them for employment

Our trained professionals refer the individuals we serve to appropriate community resources. The length of time a person participates in Targeted Case Management depends on their individual needs.

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program (PRP)

The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program (PRP) offers individualized psychiatric rehabilitation services that promote recovery and support individuals to live meaningful, independent lives in their community. Serving adults ages 18 or older living in Maryland with a mental illness, the program supports individuals within a natural environment, such as their home or community.

Participants in the program identify their personal goals for services and coordinate with direct support professionals to develop an individualized plan that builds on their unique strengths. A direct support professional visits individuals in their homes, and group sessions are held once a week. Twice a month, these group sessions focus on living with mental illness; the other two weeks focus on personal hygiene and health care. In addition, individuals are encouraged to participate and assist in planning a variety of community activities throughout the year.

Individuals in PRP are supported to seek employment through the Support Employment Program. The Support Employment Program assists individuals to achieve personal success as they gain employment.

Other services include education and support in household and money management, daily living skills, nutrition, advocacy in coordinating mental health care and finding meaningful employment.

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program for Children

The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program for Children provides children ages 4-18 with opportunities to join the community and actively participate in it. Each child works with a support professional to address behaviors through positive approaches. Family members are encouraged to participate in developing an effective service plan for their child. Support professionals conduct two to three community visits each month, and there is one on-site group that focuses on developing age-appropriate behavior in the community. The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program for Children is a fee-for-service program funded by Medicaid.

Behavioral Aid Program

The Behavioral Aid Program is designed to meet the needs of youth from birth to 21 years of age. An aid provides services within the family home, allowing children to remain with their family and preventing the need for children to enter structured residential care facilities.

Working with the child and family, the aid supports the child to remain at home by increasing their ability to learn adaptive behaviors. The aid models age-appropriate behaviors for the parent and child.

Behavioral Aid includes Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT). EPSDT services assist children to adapt their behavior. Children receive one-on-one aid support for one to twenty-five hours per week. With the support of EPSDT, children are able to remain in their home and community or to return to their home after hospitalization or other out-of-home placement.

EPSDT is a Managed Care Assistance Program. Federal law requires the state to provide screening, diagnosis and all medically necessary treatment services, including mental health services, to all Medicaid recipients under 21 years of age. Children are referred to the Behavioral Aid Program by a psychologist, psychiatrist or therapist. There is no waiting list; applicants are accepted as openings become available.

Shelter Plus Care

Shelter Plus Care provides housing for individuals who are experiencing severe and persistent mental illness. This program is not time limited; individuals may remain in the program as long as they continue to follow the requirements of the program, their diagnosis remains the same and they do not use illegal drugs or alcohol. To be eligible for the program, individuals must be homeless and have a diagnosis of a chronic mental illness.

The Shelter Plus Care program is funded by a grant from the state of Maryland, Carroll County Core Services Agency.

Projects in Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)

Projects in Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) is a community outreach program that identifies individuals who are homeless or at risk of being homeless and have a diagnosis of severe and persistent mental illness. A case manager meets with each person in the community and assists them to find housing through local shelter programs and food through the food pantry. Our professionals connect each person with long-term and short-term social services that meet their needs.

We serve as advocates for the people we serve to assist them to gain support through Social Security. Individuals are referred to the Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS) for assessments, including IQ tests. PATH also supports individuals to explore different careers in order to find a good match for their interests and abilities and to gain the skills they will need to find and maintain meaningful employment.

Maryland Community Council Justice Treatment Program (MCCJTP)

The Maryland Community Council Justice Treatment Program (MCCJTP) provides case management services to individuals residing in the Carroll County Detention Center who have a diagnosis of persistent mental illness. MCCJTP also provides anger management classes once a week for a six week period. By participating in these anger management classes, inmates receive a credit to their record, and each person who completes the series of classes receives a certificate.

When individuals are released from the Carroll County Detention Center, MCCJTP assists each man or woman to locate a place to live and connects them with mental health support services. If they meet the eligibility requirements, each person is registered for Social Security benefits and other entitlement programs.

MCCJTP is funded by the state of Maryland through a grant from Carroll County Core Services Agency.