What are Residential Services?

Residential Services provide living options at the minimum level of care necessary to meet the needs of the person being served. Levels of residential care include the following:

Semi-independent or Supportive Living: This is for people who are able to live independently in the community with some support. Help may come from family members or from their natural support systems. Additional help may be arranged and funded by Community Mental Health and other community resource organizations.

Licensed Adult Foster Care: This is for people who require basic 24-hour supervision. This level of care includes room and board.

Specialized Residential and Community Living Facilities (CLF): This is for people who have a higher level of medical needs and/or behavioral challenges and who require an intensive level of specialized services. This level of care includes 24-hour supervision, room, board and staff trained to implement specialized treatment plans under the supervision of clinical professionals.

Inpatient Care: This is for people who are unable to live in the community and who need restrictive medical, psychiatric or behavioral interventions.

Who can benefit from Residential Services?

These services are designed for people who have a developmental disability, mental illness, or serious emotional disturbance and have needs that warrant residential care in a mental health treatment program.

How can Residential Services help an individual?

Residential Services staff help people live in a residential setting that is as independent as possible, while meeting their health and safety needs. At the same time, the staff seeks to empower them to more fully participate in their communities. A person-centered planning approach is used to help identify an individual's strengths, dreams, goals, and desires. A Supports Coordinator or Client Services Manager may help secure the most appropriate living option. Assistance may include encouraging an individual to achieve a higher level of independence, increase his or her personal care skills, and development of a natural support system.

How can you access Residential Services?

You may call (989) 895-2300 or 1-800 327-4693 for additional information about this program.

To request a service or make a referral, call the Access Alliance of Michigan (a division of Bay Arenac Behavioral Health) at 1-800-448-5498.