Program Details

Florida Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) Team

Princeton Plaza
1800 Mercy Drive Orlando, FL 32808

407-875-3700 ext 5163

Program Summary:
The Florida Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) Team is made up of a 24-hour, multidisciplinary, mobile group of treatment providers including a psychiatrist, psychiatric nurses, counselors, case managers, a vocational specialist, a substance abuse specialist and a peer counselor. Treatment services are individualized and staff assist the individual in meeting their goals. Services are provided in a continuous rather than time-limited framework. The FACT team’s goal is to maintain the individual in the community in order to divert them from requiring more intensive services.

Program Description:
The Florida Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) Team is made up of a 24-hour, multidisciplinary, mobile group of treatment providers including a psychiatrist, psychiatric nurses, counselors, case managers, a vocational specialist, a substance abuse specialist and a peer counselor. Treatment services are individualized and staff assist the individual in meeting their goals. Services are provided in a continuous rather than time-limited framework. The FACT team’s goal is to maintain the individual in the community in order to divert them from requiring more intensive services.

Persons served by the team must be 18 years of age or older, reside in Orange County, and have a diagnosis of a severe and persistent mental illness with symptoms that significantly affect their ability to function on a daily basis in the community. Discharges from state hospitals are priority admissions for the team.

Program Hours: M-F: 8:00 AM-8:00 PM
Weekends and Holidays: 8:00 AM-4:00 PM

Counties Served:
Orange

Services:
Mental Health

Services for:
Adult Females, Adult Males