Franklin County PA - CaseManagementServices

MH Case Management Services

Administrative Annex Building

218 N Second St

Chambersburg, PA 17201

717-264-2184

Franklin/Fulton County provides administrative, targeted, and intensive case management services to individuals with mental illness in Franklin/Fulton County.

With this focus, Case Management is designed to achieve the following outcomes:

To assess appropriate individual need for services
To develop a service plan
To ensure implementation and coordination of that plan
To provide additional support services as needed.

The goals of Case Management are to connect individuals with the appropriate services, improve their level of functioning, provide continuity of care and identify necessary resources.

Case Management Services Programs
	Administrative Case Management This is a direct service of the County MH Office, which links individuals of all ages with mental illness to the appropriate services. Services are available for the purpose of facilitating, coordinating and monitoring a person’s access to mental health services and community resources. The activities include: intake, development of a service plan, certification of mental disability, liability determination, referral for services, authorization for services, coordination and monitoring of the service plan and monitoring of service delivery. Administrative Case Managers work with individuals who are stable in their mental illness. Therefore, the caseloads are rather large and staff has minimal contact with their individuals.
	Resource Coordination Resource Coordination is a direct service of the County MH Office that provides assistance to adults with serious and persistent mental illness and children who have, or are at risk of, emotional disturbance and in need of multiple services at a level between Intensive Case Management and Administrative Case Management. The caseloads are small enough to allow the staff to be in contact on a frequent basis, while fostering independence in those individuals that can manage it. Services are available to assist in accessing needed resources such as medical, social, educational, vocational and other services through natural support, generic community resources, as well as specialized mental health treatment, rehabilitation and support services.
	Intensive Case Management Intensive Case Management is a direct service of the County MH Office that provides assistance to adults with serious and persistent mental illness and children who have, or are at risk of, serious emotional disturbance and in need of multiple services. The individual caseloads are smaller than in Administrative Case Management and Resource Coordination allowing staff to have more frequent contact with each individual/family and, therefore, greater opportunity to provide assistance and support. Services are available for the purpose of gaining access to needed resources such as: medical, social, educational, and other services through natural supports; generic community resources and specialized mental health treatment, rehabilitation and support services.