Rochester Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (R-FACT)
This is an adaptation of the Assertive Community Treatment Program focusing on risk factors for crime and collaboration of mental health and criminal justice services for people involved with the criminal system. The goal is to reduce recidivism, prevent hospitalizations for psychiatric disorders, and promote access to housing.
The program includes four components:
1) Intensive assertive community treatment;
2) Identification and treatment of criminogenic risk factors;
3) Intervention with law enforcement to ensure adherence to the program; and