Project Transition Reading

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Program length

30 days

Focus

This center treats mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment that addresses both issues for whole-person healing.

Founded

1982

Occupancy

16-30 beds

Call (215) 997-9959

Website

Project Transition cares for adults 18 to 65 with mental health conditions, including those with co-occurring disorders like substance use, intellectual development disorders, or physical health conditions. They offer residential treatment in apartments. What sets Project Transition apart is their emphasis on therapeutic community in the mental health space. Project Transition specifically uses the term "members" instead of "clients" or "patients" for people receiving treatment, as they want participants to feel like part of a community and achieve meaningful, community-integrated lives. Members participate in an apartment complex community, promoting reintegration into the broader community. This model aims to stigma and encourages normalized social expectations. Project Transition uses dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) with an individualized, strength-based emphasis in their residential mental health programs. With a dedicated team of about 30 people, including certified peer and recover specialists, providing daily support, they employ evidence-based therapeutic interventions tailored to each member's goals. The staff attend to members from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and members can contact them after hours if they need emergency support. During the day, Project Transition staff run skills workshops, medication management, therapies, group meetings, and more. Their individual sessions, psychiatry appointments, and group therapy run twice a week. The rest of the week includes community meetings, skills workshops, goal planning, and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings or Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings. An onsite driver can transport members from the apartment to off-site AA meetings, NA meetings, or medical appointments. Additionally, Project Transition offers systems of support (SOS) for children and adults with behavioral health concerns that impact their community. They work with crisis teams and family support systems to decrease the need for hospitalizations and avoid crises. Project Transition defines 13 criteria for members that they use to measure success: Family and friends can visit during the day as long as housemates agree. Visitors can't stay overnight. Project Transitions uses partially unfurnished apartments. Members can bring these:

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Type of Care

Substance use treatment Mental health treatment Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

Outpatient Partial hospitalization/day treatment

Facility Type

Partial hospitalization/day treatment

Pharmacotherapies

Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

Treatment Approaches

Activity therapy Dialectical behavior therapy Group therapy Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment Individual psychotherapy Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Emergency Mental Health Services

Crisis intervention team

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

Private for-profit organization

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

County or local government funds Medicaid Private health insurance Cash or self-payment State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds

Special Programs/Groups Offered

Young adults Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders Clients who have experienced trauma Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Assessment/Pre-treatment

Screening for tobacco use

Testing

Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Recovery Support Services

Housing services Mentoring/peer support

Education and Counseling Services

Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted

Young Adults Seniors

Facility Vaping Policy

Vaping permitted in designated area

Ancillary Services

Court-ordered outpatient treatment Diet and exercise counseling Psychosocial rehabilitation services Vocational rehabilitation services Case management service Suicide prevention services