Intensive Community Services (ICS) include a range of in home and out of home services for youth, young adults, and their families who are involved with DMH. These are the highest level of service in a community-based setting. ICS provides clinically intensive treatment and outreach support to help build, strengthen, and maintain youths’ connections to family, home, and community. Services are provided in a manner that is strengths based, family-driven, youth guided and culturally relevant. The service prevents, reduces or helps to shorten the need for out of home treatment. Treatment is provided by a core team consisting of a clinician and an outreach worker; teams, based on need, may also consist of an occupational therapist (OT), Young Adult Peer Mentor (YAPM), Family Partner (FP) and psychiatrist.