Eligibility

Eligibility

To be eligible for care through Connections Community Services, the following criteria must be met:

  • Primary diagnosis of serious mental illness
  • Age 18 vears or older
  • Income below 150 percent of the federal poverty level
  • Able to live in a community with program services.
  • Actively receiving Medicaid or are Medicaid-eligible if discharged from a state hospital.

Eligibility Groups

Long Term Psychiatric Hospitalization

Three or more cumulative or consecutive years spent in an inpatient psychiatric hospital during the five years before the referral.

Jail Diversion

Four arrests and two psychiatric crises during the three years before the referral.

Emergency Room Diversion

15 or more emergency room visits for any reason and two psychiatric crises during the three years before the referral