Mobile Adolescent Crisis & Stabilization Services (MACSS) is a team of licensed clinicians and support staff providing emotional triage to stabilize crisis situations, where and when the situations occur in as little as 30 minutes. MACSS is designed to address the immediate need of the youth and family and provide stabilization services that includes follow up care, resource provision, stability planning and skills building, and more.

Targeted Age Range of MACSS

MACSS is a program that focuses on youth and young adults under the age of 18 who are experiencing severe behavioral or emotional distress, giving them immediate assistance to the youth and family, and providing on-going support.

What Defines a Crisis?

In most situations, the crisis is defined by families or staff and can include:

–          Escalating emotional or behavioral issues

–          Mental health issues

–          Physical and emotional trauma

–          School truancy

–          Running away from home

–          Grief

–          Suicidal ideation

Continued Support

MACSS brings the care where you need it the most. Clinical and peer recovery support staff help de-escalate situations and provide support to staff and to families to prevent future crisis events. While MACSS teams respond immediately to a crisis, they also ensure the client – once stepping down from MACSS – is linked to other services that may be appropriate is successful through follow up care over the next 8 weeks.

For youth and families, MACSS provides the following:

–          Safety assessment and planning

–          De-escalation

–          Support for parents from another peer with lived experience

–          Recommendations for building coping skills and strategies

–          Connection to resources