In FY19, DMH piloted an Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery Team (ICORT), with the Region 2 CMHC, Communicare. In FY20, DMH provided four grants for ICORTs in regions that did not have a PACT Team. ICORTs are able to target more rural areas where there may be staffing issues or clients are spread out over a large geographical area. ICORT is a recovery and resiliency oriented, intensive, community-based rehabilitation service for adults with severe and persistent mental illness. ICORTs are mobile and deliver services in the community to enable an individual to live in his or her own residence. An ICORT has fewer staffing requirements and higher client to staff ratios than a traditional PACT Team. An ICORT is staffed with registered nurse, a Master’s level Mental Health Therapist, a Certified Peer Support Specialist, and an administrative assistant. ICORT can also utilize a part-time Community Support Specialist if needed. Services are provided 24-hours per day, 7-days a week just like PACT. An ICORT is an opportunity for CMHCs that are unable to sustain a PACT Team to provide a similar intensive service to help keep people out of the hospitals. At the end of FY20, there were six ICORTs operating in Mississippi, with 115 people receiving services through those teams. In FY21, ICORT expanded to 16 teams in the state and served a total of 425 people during the fiscal  year. In FY22, 610 people were served by ICORTs.