Individuals will find a wide range of opportunities to get connected with people, services and activities that meet their specific needs and interests. Guild Community Support Program (GCSP) assures the full array of psychiatric rehabilitation services essential to support recovery. Once connected with GCSP, individuals can use one service or be involved in many.

Basic services help individuals:

• Pursue education and employment
• Participate in social and recreational opportunities
• Solve housing issues
• Apply for and keep benefits
• Prevent crisis
• Connect with peer support resources

Some individuals may be eligible for more intensive services, including community treatment, medication assistance, and/or “hands-on” help to meet basic living needs such as housekeeping, food preparation, shopping, plus case management / service coordination activities. A multi-disciplinary team, including case managers, nurses, employment specialists and psychiatry, provides these services when and where needed. As an individual’s needs change, services increase or decrease. Flexible, strengths-based services help prevent the loss of housing and employment. Community alternatives to hospitalization are used whenever possible.

Features include:

• “Leisure Partners” as a means for finding people with similar interests.
• Building and sustaining personal support systems.
• Targeting services to help those who have the greatest difficulty with basic daily activities and who have persistent symptoms that are not easily relieved.
• Taking a collaborative, strengths-based approach to foster a spirit of hopefulness and belief in each person’s ability to grow and change.

Eligibility Criteria:
Guild Community Support Program serves:

• adult residents of Dakota County (age 18 and over)
• who have a diagnosis of mental illness (eligibility for some services is limited to those who have a serious and persistent mental illness)
• who are referred by Dakota County Social Services for case management services

How to Access Services:

• Call the program directly at 651/457-2248 to request services or go to the Service Center at 1740 Livingston Avenue in West St. Paul.
• Call Guild Incorporated at 651-925-8450 for more information.

GUILD INCORPORATED

• is accredited by CARF for Case Management / Service Coordination, Community Employment Services (Job Development, Job-Site Training, & Job Supports) and Crisis Stabilization
• is an enrolled provider with Minnesota Health Care Programs and certified to provide Adult Mental Health Rehabilitative Services