Adult Residential Program
Building: Community | Future | Self Confidence | Empowerment | Independence
Since 1978, Intermountain Centers for Human Development’s Adult Residential Program has employed positive behavioral treatment strategies within its strength-based, culturally sensitive residential programs. After an initial, individualized assessment of strengths and needs, a personalized treatment plan is devised for each client. The Intermountain direct care staff members utilize the Wraparound model to work with individuals over 18 years of age who have been diagnosed with serious mental illness in developing the ability to:
- Identify and utilize community resources
- Develop independent life skills
- Implement skills of recovery
Kiva House
Kiva House is a group home that serves adults who have
been dually diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness and cooccurring
concomitant disabilities and require intensive
residential services, 24 hours a day. The staff members
support the residents in developing and maintaining their
maximum level of function by encouraging participation
in the community (often through educational programs
or employment,) by providing exercise and recreation
opportunities, by providing individual and group
counseling, and by involving them in cooking, cleaning
and shopping. Kiva House staff members utilize a wide
variety of local community resources in order to meet each
resident’s individual needs and interests.
Kiva Apartments
Adjacent to Kiva House, the Kiva Apartments offer a semi-independent setting focused on providing seriously mentally ill residents with the skills necessary to increase their self-sufficiency, allowing them to live independently within the community. Clients reside in and maintain their own apartments with 24 hour a day staff support available to them. Direct care staff members promote life skills from cooking and cleaning to navigating the public transportation system, as well as budgeting and menu planning. A coordinator is on site to advocate for the residents and facilitate their interactions with community agencies. Residents take part in a variety of group educational and recreational activities, and access a myriad of community educational and vocational resources.
Vida Nueva Apartments
In the Vida Nueva Apartments, each resident is assigned
an apartment and is provided a level of supervision that is
tailored to his/her needs, from one to one staffing to semiindependent
living. Typically clients have a co-occurring
diagnosis of a serious mental illness and either a head
injury, developmental disabilities or substance abuse. The
residents decorate and maintain their own apartment,
prepare their own meals – with or without staff assistance,
enjoy visits from family members, study for classes, engage
in recreational and leisure activities, and participate in
community-based social activities. Residents often use
public transportation to commute to day programs,
schools, and jobs. In keeping with individual treatment
plans, staff members supply services ranging from
promoting life skills to providing crisis intervention.
Therapeutic Foster Care
Therapeutic Foster Care providers allow adults diagnosed with a serious mental illness the opportunity to live within a family in the Tucson community. The families offer consistency, structure and support to the clients while they learn to function as part of a family. The Foster Care providers assist their client(s) in achieving his/her personal and individual treatment goals and objectives. The providers foster greater independence and self-sufficiency in their residents, promoting their involvement in community activities and events that are educational, recreational and pro-social. The individuals placed in Therapeutic Foster Care are provided encouragement and support to participate in activities that build on their strengths and enhance their lives.
Service Continuum
- Level II Group Home
- Structured Apartments
- Semi-Independent Apartments
- Therapeutic Foster Care Home
- Assistance with Self-Administration of Medication
- Vocational Assistance
- Activities of Daily Living
- Art and Music Classes
- Education (GED/Post-Secondary)
- Healthy Leisure Skills
- Social Skills
- Transportation
Community Resources
- Cultural Events in the Tucson Community
- Jewish Family and Children’s Services
- Pima Community College
- Tucson Indian Center
- Tucson Museums, Music and Art Events
- Tucson Parks and Recreation Department
- University of Arizona
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- YMCA
Funding Sources
- Cochise Health Systems (CHS)
- CODAC
- COPE
- Department of Economic Security/Division of Developmental Disabilities
- La Frontera
- Native American Behavioral Health Entities
- Northern Arizona Regional Behavioral Health Authority (NARBHA)
- Pima Health Systems (PHS)
- Private Funding and Donations
- Providence
- Southeastern Arizona Behavioral Health Services (SEABHS)