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InterAct of Michigan, Inc.

InterAct of Michigan, Inc. Mission Statement:

To ensure and enhance the quality of life and treatment for individuals whose lives have been disrupted by the chronic signs and symptoms of mental illness and other related disabilities through the development of effective community-based services.

Agency History

InterAct was incorporated as a private, non-profit agency in 1991--originally called ACT of Kalamazoo. Since that time, the agency has built a reputation as a premiere provider of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) services in the state and nationally. The agency offers the following continuum of services:

• Assertive Community Treatment is an evidence based practice model of treatment for people who have difficulty managing their serious mental illness and need intensive supports to achieve their goals of living successfully in the community. InterAct has 2 ACT teams serving 260 individuals with 24 hour/7 day service capacity.
  
• Community Treatment Team Case Management services began in 1995 and currently serves about 450 people through individual case managers with Team backup.
  
• Since 1998, Action Employment Services has utilized evidence based practice Supported employment services to assist over 200 people a year to choose, get, and keep employment at more than 130 different community sites. Services for developmentally disabled adults are also available through a subcontract with Supported Employment Opportunities (SEO).
  
• The Center for DBT Services provides evidence based practice dialectical behavior therapy for people who experience severe emotional dysregulation. DBT services have been offered to ACT consumers since 1995. The Center for DBT Services has served both adults and adolescents since 1999.
  
• Since 1999, Community Payee Services has provided budgeting help to over 350 individuals each year who have been determined by the Social Security Administration to need money management assistance.
  
• In 2000, the agency began to provide Substance Abuse Services for Co-occurring Disorders utilizing the skills-based Substance Abuse Management Module to teach people with dual disorders how to keep their mental illness under control, recover from substance abuse, and to enjoy life more fully. The program collaborates with ACT to implement the evidence based practice Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment (IDDT).
  
• The Peer-run Wellness Program offers a variety of activities to promote the elements of recovery -- hope, personal responsibility, education, self advocacy, and support. Peer staff offer Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) groups, healthy activities, socialization opportunities, and smoking cessation to promote hope and maximize wellness.
  

InterAct has been CARF accredited since 1995.