An intensive community-based mental health service provided by a multidisciplinary team for people with a severe and persistent mental illness, functional impairments and complex needs. The program provides psychiatric assessment and treatment, rehabilitative and support services including advocacy, life skills training and accessing housing, financial and legal services. The service is for adults 16 years and over with severe and persistent mental illness. The individual must have high needs which may include: high use of hospital service; significant impairments in activities of daily living; co-occurring disabilities such as substance use and developmental delay; involvement in the criminal justice system; and inability to participate in other community-based services.