Center Star ACT

What is the Center Star ACT program?Our Center Star Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program offers 24-hour community-based treatment for individuals with a criminal justice background who have been diagnosed with a severe and persistent mental illness.

All clients of Center Star ACT are eligible to receive medication management and monitoring, therapy, drug and alcohol counseling, case management, vocational rehabilitation, peer counseling and support, and housing services.

Mental Health Systems

is a non-profit agency founded

in 1978 to improve the lives

of individuals, families and

communities facing substance abuse

and behavioral health challenges.

Center Star ACT 4283 El Cajon Blvd # 115

San Diego, CA 92105P (619) 521-1743 | F (619) 521-1896

mhsinc.org

Funded by the County of San Diego, Health and Human Services Agency, Behavioral Health Services.

MHS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.

What Are Our Services?Center Star ACT provides the following services:

• Psychiatricassessment

• 24-hourcrisisintervention and support

•Medicationmanagement and monitoring

• Individualandgroup rehabilitation counseling

•Casemanagementservices

•Dualrecoverytreatment

• Physicalhealthassistance

• Supportivehousing

•Assistancewithdailylivingactivities

• Vocationalrehabilitation

•Educationalandemployment development

• Peercounselingandsupport

How Can Center Star ACT Help? Our Center Star ACT program provides community-based treatment, rehabilitation, and support around-the-clock, 365 days a year. Our culturally sensitive, gender responsive services promote mental wellness and independent living, and are designed to meet the individual needs of each client we serve.

Who Do We Serve?Center Star ACT serves individuals who need more intensive services than traditional outpatient mental health services can provide and who meet the three following requirements:

• Theyarebetweentheagesof25to59

• Theyhavebeendiagnosedwitha serious mental illness

• Theyhavebeenincarceratedsome time during the last year

How Do We Get Referrals?Referrals are made through various resources, including hospitals, jails and outside agencies.

“I will be forever in debt to Center Star ACT. I am still clean, and graduating with an AAS

degree in human service. I have seven years clean and am happy most of the time.”

- Program Alumni