Clinical Transition and Stabilization Services (CTSS)

Case data shows a 90% reduction in the placement of clients in psychiatric hospitals or residential treatment facilities while receiving treatment from CTSS.

Clinical Transition and Stabilization Services is a community-based program that addresses the mental health and stabilization needs of youth in the foster care system. Throughout this 90-day program, services are provided by a team consisting of a Master's level mental health clinician and a Bachelor's level mental health worker. This team provides intensive therapeutic support for a child's day-to-day life, including home, school and community, to achieve stability and successful transitions to other treatment services.

What are the goals of CTSS?

  • Reduce the number of disruptions in foster care home placements
  • Foster caregiver acceptance and understanding of children's mental health problems
  • Achieve stability and successful transitions to other treatment services
  • Reduce the need for hospitals, residential treatment facilities and other higher levels of services
  • Build positive relationships between children and their foster and biological families

    • Who is eligible for this service?

  • Primarily children in Treatment Foster Care who have histories of abuse, neglect, loss and trauma.
  • Youth ages 4 to 21 enrolled with Philadelphia County Community Behavioral Health
  • Reside in a foster home with a caregiver
  • At risk of losing their foster care placement due to disruption
  • Stepping down from a more intensive level of care, including inpatient and residential treatment
  • Placed in a home as an emergency placement
  • Children receiving Outpatient therapy, but not those receiving Behavioral Health Rehabilitative Services

    • What Treatment Services Are Available?

    Treatment plans are developed in response to the client and family's clinical needs. The CTSS team provides the following treatment services:

  • In-home individual and family therapy
  • Crisis Intervention
  • One-on-one support and modeling in home, school and community
  • Evaluation and Medication Management through Bethanna's Mental Health Clinic
  • Psychoeducation for the child's caregivers, foster care agency Staff and school personnel
  • Coordination of needed supports and services

    • How are families involved?

    Using a team approach, foster parents, social workers, school personnel, and biological parents are vital to the foundation of the treatment model. In an effort to create a stable setting, treatment sessions occur in a setting most appropriate for the child and family.

    How can I learn more?

    Contact CTSS for more information:

    Mace Cooper-Drew

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