Heat Holistic Lifestyle Program provides Intensive In-Community Service (IIC) services and Behavioral Assistance Services. IIC is an analytical, focused goal-oriented, and needs-based clinical intervention that addresses the emotional and behavioral challenges of youth with moderate to high needs. It may be provided in a youth’s home or in an amenable community location by a licensed behavioral health clinician and is intended to stabilize and support the youth and family to deter more intensive interventions and to support the youth and family in collaboration with the Child Family Team (CFT) or identified support system.

This is a short-term, solution-focused intervention that addresses presenting behaviors resulting in the youth and her/his family/caregiver/guardian gaining insight and improving function at home and in the community. The IIC Services are intended to be part of a comprehensive plan of care that is driven by the youth and family to address assessed needs. They must be rendered at a time of day and location optimum to the family.

The interventions must be contoured to meet the unique needs of the youth, be reflective of her/his cultural values and norms, and utilize the strengths of the youth and family. The primary objective of the interventions is symptom reduction and individual skill development to restore or maintain the youth’s functioning. IIC clinicians may provide youth and their families with an array of interventions such as psychoeducation, negotiation, and conflict resolution skill training, effective coping skills development, healthy limit-setting, emotional regulation skills development, stress management, self-care, symptom management, and problem-solving skills, and skill-building that enhances self-fulfillment. Intensive In-Community Services are short-term with projected time frames of no longer than 3 months. Therapeutic services are typically provided 1 to 2 hours a week.

Age Groups	Children Adolescents
Community Services	Legal / Advocacy Guardianship
Health Services	Behavioral / Mental Health ADHD / ADD Alzheimer's and Associated Dementias Anger Management Anxiety Attachment Disorder Behavioral Conduct Disorder Depression Dermatillomania Dissociative Disorders Eating Disorders Family Conflict & Distress Fire-Setting Grief / Loss Mental Health Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Personality Disorders Psychosomatic Self-Injury Substance Use Teen Issues Trauma / PTSD Womens / Mens Crisis / Safety Bullying Child Abuse / Neglect Crisis / Safety / Prevention Domestic Violence Emergency Preparedness Gang Prevention Missing Youth Suicide / Suicidal Ideation Trafficking Intellectual and Developmental Needs Advocacy Assistive Technology Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Communication Disorders Early Intervention I / DD Day Program Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Learning Disabilities Special Needs Support Coordination Therapeutic Nursery Transition Planning
Treatment Services	In-Community Services Intensive In-Community (IIC) Services
Payment Options	County Funding Medicaid State Funding
Language Spoken	Spanish
Areas Served	Atlantic County Burlington County Camden County Cape May County Cumberland County Gloucester County Salem County

Last Updated: 05/28/24