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Gwen Harvey-I. Planning - Rev Oct.doc Page 5 services. OPC is currently evaluating the feasibility and benefits of including this service as a core service component. All remaining services will be contracted out to our network of private providers. These systems will work very closely with a Collaboration and Advocacy Unit whose primary function will be to foster positive working relationships with other community agencies and organizations. The LME Administrative System will be structured to maximize the efficient use of resources. It will house the Qualified Provider Network Unit,Core Service Management, Service Authorization Unit,Finance and Information Systems,Quality Improvement and Human Resources. II. THE LME SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM The Triage,Assessment and Crisis Unit(TAC) All individuals,regardless of problem or disability group,will enter our service system the same way. Five Triage,Assessment and Crisis Units will be opened in convenient locations where citizens can receive assessment,referral and crisis related services. These same services can be accessed through a toll free 24 hour phone service. Additionally,people can access LME services through hospitals,key public agencies and qualified providers will receive training and information regarding how to help people access LME services. In addition to providing access and referral services,the TAC Unit will also provide crisis related services. Immediate crisis intervention counseling and brief crisis intervention follow-up will be available as well as the mobilization of emergent resources as appropriate. These may include: • Psychiatric assessment and medication evaluation; • Community-based crisis stabilization,which may include brief residential placement or in-home supports to preserve community living; • Determination of need for hospitalization when the level of need is more intensive than community alternatives can appropriately offer;and facilitation of such hospitalization; • Diversion from state hospitalization for persons with mental retardation; • Mobile crisis response,providing crisis assessment,intervention and supportive services in-home or elsewhere in the community. • respite care(in and out of home); If services are needed on a long term basis the TAC Unit will refer consumers to appropriate service providers. The Case Management Unit The essence of LME operations will be to expend resources by means of the person- centered service plan and to evaluate the results of these expenditures. This makes case management a critical part of local LME operations,as it forms the basis of the I I