Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1) Prevention: These services and activities will be aimed at reducing risk factors for developing a potentially serious mental illness while also building protective factors. Prevention services include: a) Screenings and assessments for possible mental health needs.; b) Linkage and case management services. Referrals will be made to other program services and/or higher levels of care.; c) Education services in which Proposer(s) will provide group sessions utilizing DBH approved curriculum that focuses on increasing and improving mental health awareness, self-awareness, resiliency, adjustment awareness, coping skills, program solving, anger management, and deployment issues.; d) Supportive group sessions, including peer to peer support groups, in which Proposer(s) will provide formal and informal sessions to address the needs of military service members and their families, including suicide prevention education.; e) Individual and family peer mentoring and education in which Proposer(s) will provide education to individual participants or as a family unit to address the needs of the individual or the family.; f) Relapse prevention for individuals in recovery from a serious mental illness.; 2) Early Intervention: These services, treatments, and interventions will be aimed at addressing and promoting recovery and related functional outcomes for a mental illness early in its emergence. Services will also be provided to individuals identified as experiencing the first onset of a serious mental illness or emotional disturbance with psychotic features. Early intervention services will be offered for up to eighteen months unless the individual receiving the service is identified as experiencing the first onset of a serious mental illness or emotional disturbance with psychotic features, in which case early interventions services shall not exceed four years. Early intervention services include: a) Clinical assessments in which Proposer(s) will provide biopsychosocial assessments for individuals presenting signs of early onset of a mental illness. Clinical assessments will be completed during the initial intake period and updated at any point if additional significant information becomes available. Proposer(s) will utilize an appropriate client assessment form approved by DBH.; b) Mental health outpatient, behavioral health treatment services to individuals, couples, and families; c) Proposer(s)(s) will utilize the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) which is used for children ages 0-17 receiving behavioral health treatment, and Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) which is used for individuals aged 18 and over, to provide useful information on clinical outcomes that inform the broader program outcomes.; • Initial CANS and ANSA will be completed within the first thirty (30) days of intake.; • Updated assessments will be completed every three or six months, depending on the intensity of the program.; • CANS and ANSA data will be entered into Objective Arts, or any other secured data collection and reporting system designated by DBH, no later than five days after the CANS and ANSA are administered.
