Interim, Inc. Our mission is to provide services and affordable housing supporting members of our community with mental illness in building productive and satisfying lives. Interim was founded in by mental health professionals, community members, and client families who saw a need for community-based alternatives to institutional care for people with psychiatric disabilities. With a strong continuum of supportive services and housing, those who are homeless are more likely to remain successfully housed once they have been moved off the street, and those at-risk of homelessness are less likely to fall into homelessness.
The incidence of, and need for, costly inpatient psychiatric hospital care is greatly reduced. Peer-led programs promoting wellness and recovery, recreational and social opportunities, supported education services, and wellness navigation.
The residential program model is a community-based alternative to inpatient psychiatric care for people experiencing a mental health crisis. Staff provide individual and group psychotherapy and counseling and other activities, using the evidenced based practices of Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Informed Care, and Harm Reduction.
Our MCHOME program provides outreach, housing and intensive, integrated services to homeless adults with psychiatric disabilities. Success Over Stigma SOS is a community advocacy and educational outreach program designed to combat the three most prevalent forms of stigma. Choices is a short term up to 90 days Intensive Day Treatment Program located at the Pajaro Street Wellness Center in Salinas and is designed to serve adults diagnosed with serious mental illness. Nurses perform a variety of activities including, but not limited to administering and managing medications, conducting needs assessments to develop and maintain treatment plans, counseling clients to reach their health, recovery and rehabilitation goals, assisting clients with their physical and mental health recovery, and providing health education and advocacy to patients and their families.
Counselors perform a variety of activities including, but not limited to, case management, medication assistance, development of treatment plans and goals, counseling and skills building, assisting clients with managing their mental health symptoms. They may also assist clients in establishing recreation, education, employment and other daily community engagement. Behavioral Health Clinicians perform a variety of activities including, but not limited to, providing group and adjunct psychotherapy, individual counseling, therapy and motovational interviewing, conducting client needs assessments, and assisting clients in the self-management of their symptoms.
