Apalachee Center’s Short-Term Residential Treatment (SRT) Program provides specialized residential treatment for clients whose treatment team has determined they require a longer-term stay than the Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) offers.
This determination is based on:
- The client continuing to meet Baker Act criteria during their current stay at the CSU
- Number of previous admissions
- History of past discharge plans that have not been successful
- And a lack of engagement in community-based services
The SRT provides these clients a safe, therapeutic environment for an extended length of time (average length of stay is approximately 3 months) to be assessed more thoroughly, receive more intensive treatment, and develop a more comprehensive discharge plan to enhance the likelihood of success in a community-based setting.
The SRT offers a comprehensive array of group interventions daily. Due to the extended length of stay, unit admission discharge coordinators (ADC) are able to explore more discharge options such as finding family members, securing benefits or working with other community agencies to provide clients with a longer period of stability.