Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services
A Medical Assistance benefit for adults living with mental illness, delivered at home and in the community.
Who qualifies
All four criteria must be met. They are set by state law.
Age 18 or older
ARMHS is an adult benefit.
A qualifying diagnosis
A mental illness, or a condition such as traumatic brain injury.
Impairment in three or more life areas
Housing, finances, health, relationships, work, or daily living.
A recent diagnostic assessment
If you do not have a current one, we can arrange it.
What is covered
Seven services are billable as ARMHS. Your plan draws on the ones you need.
- 01
Functional assessment
A mental health professional maps where daily life is going well and where it is hard. This is what identifies the skills your plan will target.
- 02
Individual treatment plan
Written with you after the assessment. It names your goals, the services that support them, who delivers them, and how often.
- 03
Basic living and social skills
One-to-one instruction in the skills that keep you housed, connected, and stable day to day. This is the bulk of most plans.
- 04
Medication education
Understanding what your medications do and which side effects to watch for. We provide education, not prescriptions.
- 05
Community intervention
Working with the people around you — family, a landlord, an employer, another provider — to support the goals in your plan.
- 06
Transition to community living
Support put in place before you leave a hospital, IRTS, or residential program, so it is ready on the day you move.
- 07
Certified peer specialist services
Support from staff who have their own experience of mental illness and recovery.
What we work on
Your treatment plan is built around your goals, drawing on the skill areas defined in state law.
- Symptom management
- Crisis and relapse planning
- Interpersonal communication
- Community resources
- Budgeting and shopping
- Household management
- Cooking and nutrition
- Healthy lifestyle skills
- Medication education
- Transportation skills
- Employment-related skills
- Parenting skills
- Health care directives
- Transition to community living
Where services are delivered
- Your home
- The home of a relative or significant other
- Your job site
- A psychosocial clubhouse or drop-in center
- A classroom or social setting
- Other places in the community
Where it cannot be delivered
ARMHS is not provided in a regional treatment center, nursing home, licensed residential treatment facility, or acute care hospital. Transition to community living is the one exception — it exists precisely to bridge a discharge from those settings.
Common questions
How often will I see my worker?
It depends on your treatment plan. Most people meet weekly, and more often at the start. You help set the pace.
How long does it last?
As long as it is medically necessary. Your plan is reviewed with you at least every six months.
Is this therapy?
No. ARMHS teaches skills, and works alongside therapy and medication management rather than replacing them.
Can I keep my current providers?
Yes. With your written consent we coordinate with your therapist, prescriber, and case manager.
Refer someone to the program
If ARMHS is not the right fit, we will say so and point you to a service that is. Send us a message with any questions.