Community Treatment Alternatives Community Support Program (CSP)

Providing individualized services that decrease the frequency and duration of psychiatric hospitalizations and legal problems, increases self-esteem, independence, and life satisfaction.

About Community Treatment Alternatives (CTA) CSP

CTA, a contracted provider of Dane County, applies the ACT model and works with consumers involved in the criminal justice system, in addition to meeting the standard community support program admission guidelines, clients who have been diverted from the Dane County Jail or have been conditionally released after being found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.

About the ACT Model

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidenced-based model of service provision provided by a multidisciplinary team of providers serving individuals with severe mental illness. ACT was developed by the Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)-a program of Mendota Mental Health Institute, in 1972, in Madison, Wisconsin. The ACT model has been disseminated world-wide.

In 1970 the State of Wisconsin created certification standards for Wisconsin’s Assertive Community Treatment programs and called them Community Support Programs (CSPs).

Services Provided

  • Medication evaluation, prescribing, and monitoring
  • Case management 
  • Counseling
  • Financial skill development
  • Health assessment & coordination of medical services
  • Navigating housing resources
  • Education & employment services
  • Substance use assessment & referral
  • Trauma informed care
  • Assistance with activities of daily living

Contact information

For more information please call 608-280-2740.

Learn More About Our Community-Based Services!

About Community Treatment Alternatives (CTA) CSP

CTA, a contracted provider of Dane County, applies the ACT model and works with consumers involved in the criminal justice system, in addition to meeting the standard community support program admission guidelines, clients who have been diverted from the Dane County Jail or have been conditionally released after being found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.

About the ACT Model

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidenced-based model of service provision provided by a multidisciplinary team of providers serving individuals with severe mental illness. ACT was developed by the Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)-a program of Mendota Mental Health Institute, in 1972, in Madison, Wisconsin. The ACT model has been disseminated world-wide.

In 1970 the State of Wisconsin created certification standards for Wisconsin’s Assertive Community Treatment programs and called them Community Support Programs (CSPs).

Services Provided

  • Medication evaluation, prescribing, and monitoring
  • Case management 
  • Counseling
  • Financial skill development
  • Health assessment & coordination of medical services
  • Navigating housing resources
  • Education & employment services
  • Substance use assessment & referral
  • Trauma informed care
  • Assistance with activities of daily living

Contact information

For more information please call 608-280-2740.

Learn More About Our Community-Based Services!

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