Crisis Residential Best Practices Toolkit: Taxonomy and Community Relations

Taxonomy

As we try to distinguish the unique features of crisis homes nationally, please answer the following questions about your crisis home.

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* 1. Please provide the following information about your crisis program:

Program Name:

Operated by:

City and State (and country if outside US):

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* 2. What is the terminology used to describe the service you provide? (Choose all that apply)

Crisis Residential

Crisis Stabilization

Crisis Respite

Peer Respite

Residential Treatment

Acute Treatment

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Is your crisis home locked or unlocked?

Locked- both inside and outside

Open from the inside (egress), locked from the outside

Unlocked

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* 4. What age groups do you serve?

Youth (18 and under)

Adult (18-64)

Geriatric (65 and up)

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* 5. What is the function of your crisis home? (Choose all that apply)

Diversion from Emergency Department

Diversion from Psychiatric Hospital

Stepdown from Psychiatric Hospital

Diversion from Jail

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What length of stay does your crisis home aim for?

Less than 24 hours

1-3 days

3-7 days

7-14 days

14+ days

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* 7. Where does treatment take place (i.e. groups, therapy, etc.)?

Exclusively inside the program

Both inside and outside the program

Exclusively outside the program (no groups or therapy within the program)

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* 8. How are medications prescribed within your program?

Psychiatrists

Nurse Practitioners

Physicians Assistants

Medications are not prescribed

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* 9. What role do peer support specialists have in your program?

Our program is entirely peer operated.

Peers are staffed at the program.

Peers from other programs provide occasional individual support or facilitate groups.

We do not have peer support specialists working in the program.

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* 1. Please provide the following information about your crisis program:

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* 2. What is the terminology used to describe the service you provide? (Choose all that apply)

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* 3. Is your crisis home locked or unlocked?

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* 4. What age groups do you serve?

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* 5. What is the function of your crisis home? (Choose all that apply)

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* 6. What length of stay does your crisis home aim for?

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* 7. Where does treatment take place (i.e. groups, therapy, etc.)?

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* 8. How are medications prescribed within your program?

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* 9. What role do peer support specialists have in your program?

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* 10. Are there any other features that might distinguish your crisis home from other crisis homes in your state, or in the country?