Empowering Wellness at Every Stage of Life
At Ability Health and Rehabilitation, we believe mental wellness is a right, not a privilege. Through individualized care, expert guidance, and accessible support, we help people heal, grow, and thrive. Our programs are designed with empathy, cultural understanding, and clinical expertise, ensuring that every person feels seen, heard, and supported.
Our Promise to Every Client
Culturally Sensitive Care
Therapies and support services are tailored to meet the diverse needs of our community.
Accessible for All
Sliding scale fees, free services for eligible individuals, and dedicated support for veterans.
Full Continuum of Care
From counseling to medication management, peer services, and rehabilitation, we cover every aspect of your journey.
Community-Based Approach
Our services are delivered where they’re needed most—within homes, schools, and local neighborhoods.
Licensed, Compassionate Experts
Our team brings years of experience in behavioral health, addiction recovery, and trauma-informed care.
Comprehensive Services
Specialized Support Services
Veteran Counseling
Free, confidential support for veterans coping with trauma, PTSD, or challenges related to reintegration.
Medication Management
Monitoring and guidance from qualified providers to ensure safe and effective use of psychiatric medications.
Community-Based Rehabilitation
Life skills development and daily support services provided outside traditional clinical settings.
Targeted Case Management (TCM/CM)
Coordinated care that connects clients with vital resources, treatment plans, and long-term support systems.
Peer Support Services
Mentorship and emotional encouragement from certified peers with lived experience in recovery.
In-Home Support & Additional Offerings
In-home support services are available for clients who require personal or clinical care in their own environment
Representative Payee Services for managing Social Security or disability benefits
Internal Medicaid Transport ensures clients can access appointments and community resources without barriers
Ability Health and Rehabilitation Services
Therapy:
Individual, Adolescent Therapy-Children’s Play-Therapy, Trauma, Couples, Family, SUDS, Military Veterans Free Counseling Program, Reduced Fee Self-Pay Counseling Program, Limited Availability Pro-Bono Counseling Services
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Treatment at Ability Health and Rehabilitation is built around a person-centered, evidenced based approach which simply means that your treatment plans are focused on reaching your goals across all your services. We approach this by utilizing evidence-based interventions to educate you in the tools you need to be independently successful in your everyday life and endeavors.
CBRS: Adult
ADULT focuses on behavioral, social, communication, rehabilitation, and/or basic living skills training which is designed to build a member’s competency and confidence while increasing functioning and decreasing mental health and/or behavioral symptoms. Training is specific to goals identified in the individualized treatment plan. Examples of areas that may be addressed include self -care, behavior, social decorum, avoidance of exploitation, anger management, budgeting, development of social support networks, and use of community resources. Skills Building/Community Based Rehabilitation Services (CBRS) utilizes qualified practitioners (paraprofessional) supervised by independently licensed clinicians abiding by best practices in psychiatric rehabilitation, as endorsed by the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (PRA), to help members, in person, to achieve the intended purpose. Skills Building /CBRS vary in intensity, frequency, and duration in order to support member’s ability to manage functional difficulties and to realize recovery and resiliency goals. The intent of Skills Building/CBRS is to address the member’s specific needs and strengths as identified through functional assessment to the point where the member may be safely, efficiently and effectively treated in the least restrictive service level. Skills Building/CBRS addresses specific functional needs and is not intended for general support service
CBRS: Youth
Are services focus on behavioral, social, communication, rehabilitation, and/or basic-living skills training which is designed to build a youth’s competency and confidence while increasing functioning and decreasing mental health and/or behavioral symptoms. Training is related to goals identified in the individualized treatment plan. Examples of areas that may be addressed include self-care, behavior, social decorum, avoidance of exploitation, anger management, budgeting, development of social support networks, and use of community resources. Skills Building/Community Based Rehabilitation Services (CBRS) utilizes qualified practitioners supervised by licensed clinicians abiding by best practices in psychiatric rehabilitation, as endorsed by the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (PRA), to help members, in person, to achieve the intended purpose. Skills Building/CBRS vary in intensity, frequency, and duration in order to support member’s ability to manage functional difficulties and to realize recovery and resiliency goals. The intent of Skills Building/C BRS is to address the members’ specific strengths and needs as identified through functional assessment to the point where the member may be safely, efficiently and effectively treated in the least restrictive service level. Skills Building/CBRS addresses specific functional needs and is not intended for general support service. These criteria should be used in conjunction with the criteria for admission and continuing service to determine medical necessity for initial and ongoing services
Case Management: Youth and Adult
Is provided by a network provider who facilitates access to needed services for individuals through comprehensive assessment, service planning, referral, and monitoring of the member’s service needs/activities. The members are those members who have serious mental illness, or children with serious emotional disturbance, or a behavioral health diagnosis. Case Management services are provided to members who are unable to navigate the service system on their own, and do not have the assistance of other natural support or resources to help them access needed services. Case management services do not include the direct delivery of services and cannot be provided by a behavioral health network provider when the member is already receiving the service from another Medicaid provider. Case management services are intended to help the member who is seeking services, to learn about or gain access to behavioral health, medical and social services and providers, until the member is capable of accessing these services independently. Case Management services vary in intensity, frequency, and duration in order to support the member’s ability to access and utilize social services, behavioral health services /or medical services, and social resources that support the member to reach their treatment plan goals. Case management can be delivered as a community -based service or in the outpatient clinic setting.
Peer Support: Youth and Adult
are recovery support services in which a Certified Peer Support Specialist utilizes his/her training, lived experience and experiential knowledge to mentor, guide and coach the member as he/she works to achieve self-identified recovery and resiliency goals. These services are designed to promote empowerment, foster self-determination and choice, and inspire hope as the member progresses through the recovery process. Peer support services are typically delivered to a person with a serious mental illness or c o-occurring mental health and substance use disorder who is actively involved in their own recovery process. This specialized support is intended to complement an array of therapeutic services and may be offered before, during, or after mental health treatment has begun to facilitate long-term recovery in the community. The relationship between the Peer Support Specialist and the member receiving services is highly supportive, rather than directive. The duration of the relationship between the two depends on a number of factors such as how much recovery time the member has, how much other support the member is receiving, or how quickly the member’s most pressing problems can be addressed.
Psychiatric Medication Management
The goal of psychiatric medication management is to optimize the effectiveness of medications while minimizing side effects. Psychiatric medication management refers to prescribing, monitoring, and adjusting medications for mental health disorders. It is a crucial aspect of psychiatric treatment and involves a collaborative approach between the prescriber, the patient, and other healthcare providers including mental health counselors.
Internal Medicaid Transport
Internal Medicaid Transport is provided for Medicaid clients who have no other access to the Ability Health and Rehabilitation Office. Ability Health and Rehabilitation Driver’s provide transportation from the client’s home address to office and a return trip to the home address. All clients are asked to contact the office at least 48 hours prior to the appointment
Home Health Care PCS Services
The goal is to allow Idaho’s elderly and physically disabled citizens, who meet nursing facility level of care, to choose to live in a home or community setting rather than in an institution. This setting should be integrated in, and support full access to, the greater community, including opportunities to seek employment and work in competitive integrated settings, and engage in community life. This goal is in keeping with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s goals of “strengthening individuals, families and communities.” Idaho’s elderly and physically disabled citizens should be able to maintain self-sufficiency, individuality, independence and be able to control their own personal resources. These individuals should also be able to maintain their dignity, choice, respect and privacy in a safe and cost–effective setting and be free from coercion and restraint. When possible, services should be available in the member’s own home and/or community regardless of their age, income, or ability, and should encourage the involvement of natural support, such as family, friends, neighbors, volunteers, church, and others.
Home and community-based services (HCBS) provide opportunities for Medicaid beneficiaries to receive services in their own home or community rather than institutions or other isolated settings. Eligible individuals must demonstrate the need for a Level of Care that would meet the state’s eligibility requirements for services in an institutional setting. Services available under the HCBS program will be approved based on individual needs and may include:
- homemaker services (cleaning, laundry, meal preparation)
- personal care (assistance with activities of daily living like bathing, dressing, eating, and toileting)
Other services may be approved when they assist in diverting and/or transitioning individuals from institutional settings into their homes and community.
*CANS Assessments
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NEEDS AND STRENGTHS (CANS) FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORALASSESSMENT is a multi-purpose tool developed for children’s services to support decision making, including level of care and service planning, to facilitate quality improvement initiatives, and to allow for the monitoring of outcomes of services. The CANS was developed from a communication perspective so as to facilitate the linkage between the assessment process and the design of individualized service plans including the application of evidence -based practices. The way the CANS works is that each item suggests different pathways for service planning and measures outcomes
*Crisis Services:
A Mental Health Crisis is a potentially life-threatening situation in which an individual is exhibiting extreme emotional disturbance or behavioral distress due to psychiatric symptoms associated with mental illness or substance use disorder(s).. These persons may be considering self-harm or harm to others, disoriented or out of touch with reality or have a compromised ability to function, or are otherwise agitated and unable to self-calm. An immediate response to their circumstances is needed. Crisis Response Services are available 24/7 and provide telephonic intervention for members experiencing a mental health crisis. Crisis Response provides assessment and crisis stabilization through counseling, support, active listening or other telephonic interventions to alleviate the crisis and offer referrals to services and community providers. Crisis Response service providers are at least an independently licensed clinician, an individual with a master’s degree in a group agency under Optum’s supervisory protocol, or a person with a Bachelor’s degree in a human services field who is trained and certified in Nonviolent Crisis Intervention by the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI).The goal of Crisis Response is to ensure the safety and emotional stability of the member to avoid further deterioration of his or her mental status. If a member’s mental health crisis cannot be resolved telephonically and a higher level of intervention is indicated, then the member will be referred to Crisis Intervention Services. In the event of imminent risk of danger to self or others, or if no Crisis Intervention provider is available for immediate intervention, then Emergency Services will be engaged. In the following 24 hours after a mental health crisis, it is best practice for providers to follow up telephonically with the member/member’s family to assess member stability and crisis follow-up needs. Crisis Intervention Services are available 24/7 and provide face-to-face intervention for members experiencing a mental health crisis. Crisis Intervention is provided in the location where the crisis is occurring. Crisis Intervention addresses the immediate safety and well-being of the members, family, and community. Crisis Intervention assesses, intervenes, and coordinates with the member’s current behavioral health provider and/or provides referrals to behavioral health and/or emergency services. Additionally, in the following 24 hours after a mental health crisis, crisis service providers will follow up telephonically with the member/member’s family to assess member stability and crisis follow-up needs. Crisis Intervention service providers are at least an independently licensed clinician, an individual with a master’s degree in a group agency under Optum’s supervisory protocol, or a person with a bachelor’s degree in a human services field who is trained and certified in Nonviolent Crisis Intervention by the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)
Assistance with activities of daily-living like bathing, dressing, eating, and toileting