Center Star Assertive Community Treatment

Center Star ACT Mental Health System is a community-based behavioral health provider in San Diego, California operating under the Mental Health Systems (MHS) organization.

Using the Assertive Community Treatment model the program serves adults living with serious and persistent mental illness, along with individuals facing substance use and housing instability.

Center Star ACT is built around recovery-oriented, wraparound care that meets people where they are and helps them live independently in the community.

Assertive Community Treatment

Center Star ACT specializes in comprehensive, community-based psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation and support for people with serious mental health needs.

Services are delivered by a multidisciplinary team and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week including in clients' homes and other community settings.

Rather than office-only visits care is provided in the field to address both clinical symptoms and real-world challenges.

The team combines psychiatric treatment, case management and psychosocial rehabilitation to support stability, independence and long-term recovery.

Integrated Recovery and Life Supports

Besides clinical treatment Center Star ACT connects clients to practical supports that sustain recovery, including supported employment and education services.

The program also addresses co-occurring substance use and homelessness through integrated care.

This holistic approach helps individuals build the daily-living skills needed to thrive in the community.