Human Services
Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)
Mission
The PACT Team mission is to provide a holistic community-based array of services to people with severe and persistent mental illness. The PACT Team utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach in a highly diverse community, with the intention of consistently providing high quality services that are specifically designed to meet the acknowledged needs of our consumers.
Services
Community mental health services provided by the PACT Team are:
- 24-hour, 365-day-a-year services
- Case management
- Mobile outreach
- Visits to consumers
- Psychiatric services
Supportive services include budgeting, grocery shopping, transportation, activities of daily living, housekeeping, social skills development, vocational services, nursing services, and short-term, brief focused therapy.
Eligibility
Eligibility for PACT services includes:
- Arlington County resident, 18 or older;
- Severe and persistent mental illness: AXIS I diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder, bipolar disorder, or other psychotic disorder;
- History of multiple hospitalizations;
- Difficulty managing many spheres of independent living such as housing, food preparation, home maintenance, finances, employment, and/or physical illness.
For eligibility determination or questions, call the PACT Office at 703/228-0907.
To receive copies of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) PACT Advocacy Guide, or for more information about NAMI's PACT Across America campaign, call 866/229-6264, or visit their web site.
CONTACT US
Department of Human Services
Behavioral Healthcare Division
1725 N. George Mason Dr.
Arlington, VA 22205
Phone: 703-228-5160
Fax: 703-228-5234
TTY: 703-228-4612 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. / 703-228-4256 for 24-hour emergency
Hours of Operation: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
