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Comprehensive Community Services
CCLS offers Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) to Dane County residents ranging from ages 4 to 85+. These are services and support activities that assist clients with mental health and/or substance use conditions to achieve their highest possible level of independent functioning, stability, and independence, and to facilitate recovery.
CCLS offers the following CCS services:
Medication Management
Physical Health Monitoring
Individual Skill Development & Enhancement
Employee-related Skill Training
Wellness Management & Recovery/
Recovery Support Services
Medication Management
Services may include consultations with a psychiatrist, learning about medications, and tracking changes in symptoms and possible side effects.
Physical Health Monitoring
Services focus on helping individuals learn about their physical health and improve their self-care practices. This may include training the individual and their family to identify symptoms of physical health conditions, track health status, manage medications and treatments, and develop skills for effectively monitoring and managing their health.
Individual Skill Development and Enhancement
Services include training in essential areas like communication, interpersonal skills, problem-solving, decision-making, self-regulation, and conflict resolution, all tailored to the individual’s service plan. Additionally, support is provided for daily living skills such as personal care, managing household tasks, financial planning, transportation, shopping, parenting, and connecting with community resources, including healthcare. For youth, the services also emphasize improving relationships and involvement within their family, school, community, and social networks to promote overall integration and well-being.
Employment Related Skill Training
Services focus on helping individuals overcome diagnosis or symptom related challenges in securing and maintaining employment. This may include employment and education assessments, guidance on accessing or engaging with educational and job-related services, and teaching appropriate job behaviors. Support also covers job preparation, such as personal hygiene, appropriate clothing, and transportation, as well as on-the-job evaluations and feedback to address work-related symptoms. Additional assistance is provided for managing work-related crises and offering personalized therapeutic support.
Wellness Management & Recovery/Recovery Support Services
Services aim to empower individuals to take control of their diagnosis and develop the skills needed to make informed treatment decisions. This includes supporting them in managing their mental health and/or substance use, setting personal goals, and equipping them with the knowledge and skills to make well-informed choices about their treatment.