CBRS (Community-Based Rehabilitative Services)

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If you have a mental health concern, you may be able to receive CBRS at home or in the community.

Providers use special techniques to help you improve behavior, social skills, communication, and daily living skills. This support can help boost your abilities and confidence, as well as reduce mental health symptoms.



If your child or youth has mental health concerns, they may also qualify for CBRS services at home or in the community. Providers work with youth to strengthen behavior, social skills, communication, and daily living skills—helping them gain confidence and independence while managing mental health symptoms.

What is CBRS?

CBRS, or Skills Building/Community-Based Rehabilitative Services, is a home or communitybased service that uses psychiatric rehabilitation interventions. It focuses on:

  • Behavioral skills
  • Social skills
  • Communication skills
  • Rehabilitation and/or basic living skills training

The primary goal is to build functional abilities and confidence, supporting successful independent living.

How the Process Works

The CBRS process is:

  • Personcentered
  • Strengthsbased
  • Collaborative
  • Individualized
  • Outcomebased

Your plan is developed based on your individual needs and strengths, identified through a comprehensive diagnostic and functional assessment. Plans are updated every 90 days while services are active

Skills You May Learn

CBRS can help teach and reinforce skills such as:

Coping skills

Psychiatric symptom management

Communication skills

Basic living skills

Social skills

Problem solving skills

Anger management

Crisis support

Medication management

CBRS for Adults

CBRS empowers adults living with mental health concerns by building the skills needed to function more effectively at home, at work, and in the community.

CBRS for Youth

For youth, CBRS provides intervention and skill-building to help them thrive academically, socially, and emotionally—laying the foundation for lifelong success.

Family Involvement

CBRS services often involve the family in skillbuilding efforts, ensuring strategies are reinforced in the home environment.