Open Sky Community Services Inc

Dds residential services are provided for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities as well as acquired brain injury. Service goals include activities for daily living and social skills development. Community inclusion is a primary focus. Approximately 150 individuals were served in the residential programs.

Shared living programs allow adults with disabilities to become part of a host family, with all of the benefits and responsibilities that sharing a life and a household entail. The host family helps the individual connect with the wider community and provides the necessary personal assistance and training. Approximately 65 individuals were served in the shared living program. Adult foster care (afc) is a program that provides both financial support and practical assistance to families who are caring for a family member at home. Afc is also available to help support qualifying individuals placed in homes with caregivers who are not relatives. Approximately 200 individuals were served in the afc program.

Child, adolescent, and young adult services (cayas) are for adolescents and young adults that include structured residential programs, flexible supports (ffs) and the intensive home based therapeutic care program (ihbtc). Youth receiving group care services attend school in the community, while young adults attend school, day programs, job readiness programs or maintain jobs. While doing so, they are working to enhance their personal, social, and independent living skills. All of this is aimed at reunification with their families or transition to independent living. Ffs services assist youth and their family members to develop skills, strategies and supports to sustain the youth in the family's natural environment, and to help the youth successfully function in the community. Approximately 70 individuals were served in cayas.

Dds day services are provided to individuals with developmental disabilities. The program focus is on developing skills toward a meaningful employment for those individuals able to work and develop meaningful day activities within their communities. Approximately 250 individuals were served in day programs.

Dds other includes supported living and autism support. Supported living programs offer the training and support individuals with developmental disabilities need to live in their own apartments. Whether living on their own, or in a shared apartment with a friend, participants are supported and visited by a team of service coordinators. Approximately 40 individuals were served in supported living programs. Autism support services assist young adults who are aging out of school but need continued supports, as well as older individuals who have been unsuccessful in navigating their environment, in achieving their life goals and dreams. Approximately 80 individuals were served in the autism support program.

Dmh other includes respite, clubhouse and aggressive treatment and relapse prevention (atarp) services. Respite services are short term in nature and are provided in group or community settings. These services are designed to assist individuals to remain safely in the community while dealing with many of life's challenges. Approximately 50 individuals were served in respite services. The clubhouse is a community dedicated to the rehabilitation of adults recovering from mental illness. Through a variety of meaningful and engaging tasks, members have the ability to develop or refresh employment skills, explore educational opportunities and participate in social activities. The clubhouse has an average enrollment of 80 members. The atarp program is to help individuals who have co-occurring mental health challenges and substance use disorders. The program includes assistance in locating housing, housing subsidies, treatment services, assistance with benefits, access to medical care, wraparound supports to help individuals be successful in the community, assistance with employment and education and other supports as needed. Approximately 20 individuals were served in the atarp program.

Other includes transportation, safe homes, oasis, and training & consultation services. Transportation services are provided to meet the transit needs of the individuals served. Daily door-to-door transportation is provided to approximately 140 individuals so they can get to day programs, jobs and volunteer sites. Safe homes provides safe and supportive services for approximately 350 gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. The program operates a drop-in center in worcester. Individual counseling and referral services are provided. Training and consultation services are provided through the bridge training institute and offer continuing education workshops and personalized consultation services that focus on evidence-based and best practice treatment models for human services professionals and licensed clinicians. The oasis co-occurring enhanced residential rehabilitation services (coe-rrs) is a 16-bed treatment program. Oasis partners with harrington hospital to provide 6-12 months of clinical and recovery support services to individuals with both a mental health and substance use disorder diagnosis. Approximately 30 individuals were served in the oasis program.

Outpatient services include the central community health partnership (cchp), the bridge counseling center and two samhsa grants. Cchp provides care coordination for mass health members with both behavioral health and long-term services and support needs. Cchp has agreements with 10 different aco/mco organizations serving the central region of massachusetts and projects to serve 2,150 members. The bridge counseling center provides person-centered mental health services and offer evidence-based medication and cognitative-behavioral treatments. Approximately 375 individuals were served in the bridge counseling center. The samhsa grants include funding for a certified community behavioral health clinic (ccbhc) and a community mental health center (cmhc) which provide urgent and timely access to services, all starting in one place.