Intensive Residential Treatment Services (IRTS) Programs for Transition Age Youth (ages 18-25). These programs serve youth who are diagnosed with a significant mental illness.
ACT-TAY (Assertive Community Treatment for Transition Age Youth) Teams
These are located in eleven (11) providers across Missouri. They serve transition-age youth (16-25) who have not responded well to traditional mental health services and often have co-existing problems such as homelessness, substance use problems, or involvement with the criminal justice system. These teams currently serve 300 youth.
LifeLaunch Missouri (lifelaunchmo.org)
LifeLaunch Missouri is a website created BY and FOR young people navigating the journey to adulthood as well as for those who are providing support along the way. It is a statewide resource hub with videos, resources, infographics, and messages of hope all centered around the common experiences transitioning from adolescence into adulthood. This hub is dedicated to addressing and facilitating the essential aspects of this transformative journey to adulthood.
- Young Adult Best Practices
- Best Practices for Providers Supporting Young Adults
- Missouri Transitional Age Youth for Local Engagement and Recovery's Final Report, 2019-2024
Coordinated Specialty Care
Coordinated Specialty Care for First Episode Psychosis (CSC-FEP) is a specialized approach to provide care for individuals experiencing a first episode of psychosis (FEP). While psychosis can affect those of any age, the first episode most often occurs between the ages of 16 and 25.
EPC Missouri – Early Psychosis Care Missouri
Missouri’s Early Psychosis Care (EPC) Center is a partnership between the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), the Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH), and the Missouri Behavioral Health Council (MBHC). Our goal is to highlight the importance of early identification, intervention, and recovery for first episode psychosis (FEP). All of these are key for reducing FEP’s effect on individuals, their loved ones, and the community. The EPC Center is working with behavioral health centers across the state to improve the quality of care for individuals experiencing FEP. We use education and outreach to raise awareness. In these efforts we share new research, best practice, trends, and strategies.
Youth Advisory Council – EPC Missouri
The Early Psychosis Care Center Youth Advisory Council (EPC- YAC) is a dedicated group of older youth and young adults aged 15-35 working to reduce stigma about psychosis by sharing resources, raising awareness, and providing fact-based education in order to improve young people’s access to care. Meetings are held the second Monday of each month from 6-7pm CST.
System of Care
A comprehensive spectrum of effective services. It supports children, youth, and young adults with or at risk for mental health or other challenges and their families. System of Care is organized into a coordinated care network, builds meaningful partnerships with families and youth, and is culturally and linguistically responsive to help them thrive at home, in school, in the community, and throughout life. A system of care incorporates mental health promotion, prevention, early identification, early intervention, and treatment to address the needs of all children, youth, and young adults.
- Early Psychosis Care's goal is to highlight the importance of early identification and intervention for first-episode psychosis (FEP). Both are key for reducing FEP's effect on individuals, their loved ones, and the community.
- Systems of Care—Community for Early Signs and Symptoms (SOC-CESS) was a grant-funded initiative designed for youth and their families. The goal was to utilize early intervention, including youth and family psychoeducation, family support providers, youth peer support, and clinical interventions, and to make policy changes to better work with youth at risk of psychosis.