Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services (ARMHS)
Empowering adults to build skills for independent, stable living.
ARMHS supports adults living with mental illness in developing everyday skills to live independently, manage their mental health, and stay connected to their community. Services focus on stability, recovery, and preventing hospitalization or more restrictive placements.
Cost & funding
ARMHS is a Medical Assistance (Medicaid) benefit. For eligible clients there is no out-of-pocket cost.
How to start
Call PDS or have your care coordinator, clinician, or county worker send a referral. A diagnostic assessment is required.
Self-referral welcomeWho's Eligible?
You may qualify for ARMHS if you:
- Are 18 years or older
- Have a primary mental health diagnosis determined by a diagnostic assessment
- Have completed a Level of Care Assessment
- Have serious impairment in 3 or more functional areas
Covered Services
All services are delivered by qualified, enrolled professionals and include:
- Basic living & social skills (cooking, budgeting, transportation)
- Certified Peer Specialist Services
- Community intervention
- Medication education & symptom management
- Functional assessments & treatment planning
- Support transitioning to community living
All services are goal-driven and face-to-face (except community intervention).
Where Services Are Provided
ARMHS can be delivered in various community-based settings:
- Your home
- A family member's or friend's home
- Workplace settings
- Community locations like drop-in centers, clubhouses, classrooms, and other public spaces
Non-Covered Services
- Transportation
- Housekeeping, laundry, or errands
- Social/recreational activities
- Case management or job-specific training
- Room & board
- Services delivered in regional treatment centers, nursing homes, inpatient hospitals, or IRTS (unless part of Transition to Community Living)