Table 1.
Prevalence of persons in a large, urban county eligible for forensic assertive community treatment (FACT) and assertive community treatment (ACT)a
| Variable | FACT eligible (N=641) |
ACT eligible (N=743) |
Both FACT and ACT eligible (N=170) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of persons with severe mental illness (N=1,453) | 44.12 | 51.11 | 11.70 |
| Percentage of persons who use mental health services (N=33,293) | 1.93 | 2.23 | .51 |
| Percentage of the area's total adult population (N=1,346,388)b | .05 | .06 | .01 |
| Number of ACT or FACT teams requiredc | 6.4 | 7.4 | 1.7 |
a
Persons were eligible for FACT if they had three or more incarcerations within one year; persons were eligible for ACT if they had three or more hospitalizations within one year.
b
According to Census 2000
c
Assumes a full-fidelity FACT team of 100 consumers and a staff-to-consumer ratio of 1:10