Critical Time Intervention
Critical Time Intervention (CTI) is a time-limited care coordination model that mobilizes support for individuals during critical times of transition in their lives. The aim of CTI is to facilitate continuity of care and community integration by ensuring that individuals have networks of support, both formal and informal, in the community of their choice.
The CTI model was developed by C4’s partners, Dan Herman and Sally Conover, at the Center for the Advancement of CTI (CACTI) to support people experiencing homelessness and mental health challenges. This evidence-based practice has been adapted across the United States and internationally for use with formerly incarcerated individuals, veterans who have a history of recurrent homelessness, young people who experienced first episode psychosis, and other vulnerable groups during periods of transition.
At C4, we put people first. Person-centered services and strategies like Critical Time Intervention are central to who we are and how we work. Our expert trainers can support you in implementing CTI and other person-centered strategies and skills in your agency or program.
As a result of lived experience, many of our trainers bring first-hand knowledge about receiving and delivering services. More than 45% of our staff is in recovery from substance use and mental health disorders, homelessness, incarceration, and trauma. Many more are family members and allies of people in recovery as well as clinicians, practitioners, and leaders with on-the-ground experience designing and delivering services. We are passionate about making seats at the table for people with lived experience and centering this expertise in all we do—both as the people most impacted by service systems and as the sources of the wisdom, perspective, and inspiration that drive system transformation.
We Can Help You
- Bring Critical Time Intervention and its principles into your agency
- Provide training on phases of the CTI model, time-limited approach of the CTI model, evidence for its effectiveness, and tools needed to implement
- Define CTI core skills and principles to engage people in goal setting and treatment
Learn more about partnering with us.
Our Experts
Bebe Smith, Trainer
Learn More
- Skilled Management and Supervision Essentials: online course starts April 9, 2024
- Essentials of Person-Centered Case Management-starts May 7
- Facilitating Post-Traumatic Growth and Recovery: online course starts June 26, 2024
- Equity in Action: Trauma-Informed Supervision: online course starts October 23, 2024
- Equity and Inclusion: Navigating Systemic Marginalization: online course starts November 14, 2024
- Critical Time Intervention: What is it and What's New? (88:33 minute video)
- Center for the Advancement of Critical Time Intervention (CACTI)
- Person-Centered Strategies
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Motivational Interviewing
Learn more about our expertise and training and technical assistance approaches and offerings.