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Department of Health Services

Behavioral Health Division

Mental Health Services for Adults

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Our mental health programs serve seriously ill adults age 18 and older throughout Sonoma County. Services are provided by County staff, community health centers, and a network of contracted staff:

Community-based Services

Our Access Team is the first contact to request mental health services, and can be reached at (707) 565-6900.

We provide services to adults with serious and persistent mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders, who currently do not receive comprehensive services.

We provide these services to people with severe and persistent mental illness:

  • Assessment
  • Case planning and management
  • Crisis intervention
  • Medication support
  • Therapy
  • Rehabilitation, including supportive housing and employment
  • Referral
  • Linkage

Our multidisciplinary teams provide the services:

Our Full Service Partnerships (FSPs) are multidisciplinary teams that provide intensive field-based specialty mental health services targeted at specific populations with a service commitment of doing “whatever it takes":

Assertive Community Treatment is contracted through Telecare Sonoma ACT and provides intensive specialty mental health services similar to a full service partnership, targeting mental health clients with serious mental illness who are at risk for placement at an extended care facility.

  • SonomaWORKS provides mental health and substance use disorder services to adults referred from Sonoma County Human Services Department as part of the Welfare-to-Work program.

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Forensic Services

Clients are referred to Forensic Services by the court system.

Forensic Services offers specialty services to help people who present a risk to the public as determined by the Court:

  • Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Team (FACT) - full-service partnership that works with a probation officer to provide community-based specialty mental health services to people referred through Mental Health Court.
  • AB 109 Mental Health/Probation Program - services for adult offenders.
  • 1370 Outpatient Restoration Program - restoration services to individuals deemed incompetent to stand trial.

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Transitional Recovery Services

Our Transitional Recovery team provides ongoing supervision and support to adults who require extended facility-based treatment, offering an opportunity to stabilize and prepare for community discharge.

We provide the highest level of care to the county’s at-risk behavioral health clients recovering in both locked and out-of-county treatment facilities, working diligently to support their recovery in the least restrictive environment.

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Supportive Services

Our Access Team is the first contact to request mental health services, and can be reached at (707) 565-6900.

  • Housing - residential treatment and housing options to clients receiving specialty mental health services. These options are offered in collaboration with community providers.
  • Employment: -  employment options for mental health clients who are receiving specialty mental health services. These options are offered in collaboration with community providers.

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