A provider of RCS shall assure that services are: Therapeutic; Provided by staff who, as determined by the program, are appropriately credentialed and privileged; Available: 24 hours per day, 7 days per week; On a short-term basis, as needed to resolve an immediate crisis; and At a location in the community, unless given a written exemption from the core service agency (CSA). A provider of RCS shall assure that services are adequate to support one or more of the following levels of service: Inpatient admission prevention, which provides: Services to an individual who, based on the individual's history, as evaluated by a physician or a mental health professional, has a mental disorder and, without RCS, is at risk for inpatient admission or cannot be discharged from an inpatient facility; and Staff adequate to support the services under §B(1)(a) of this regulation, as outlined under Regulations .08 and .09 of this chapter; Inpatient admission alternative, which provides: Services to an individual who, based on an evaluation by a physician or a mental health professional, has a mental disorder, presents a danger to self or others, and would, without RCS, be admitted to or could not be discharged from an inpatient facility; and Staff adequate to support the services under §B(2)(a) of this regulation, as outlined under Regulations .08 and .10 of this chapter, including access to a psychiatrist 24 hours per day, 7 days per week; or Treatment foster care, which provides: Services to an individual who, based on an evaluation by a physician or mental health professional, has a mental disorder, and is in need of a high level of treatment intervention in a family setting; and Staff adequate to support services under §B(3)(a) of this regulation, as outlined under Regulations .08 and .11 of this chapter. A provider of RCS shall assure that services are designed to: Avert or shorten the length of inpatient admissions; Defuse a current crisis, evaluate the nature of the crisis, stabilize the individual to the pre-crisis level of functioning, and intervene to reduce the likelihood of crisis recurrence; Assist the individual and members of the individual's natural support system to recognize and take preventive action to resolve situations that lead to crisis; Provide counseling, training, and support for crisis prevention, identification, and intervention for individuals and, if appropriate, their families; Link individuals with services and supports in the community including, but not limited to, financial, educational, social, medical, and mental health resources that will enable the individual to: Return to the individual's previous living situation; or Secure an alternative living situation; and Offer a home-like environment that provides goal-directed services to facilitate safe discharge from residential crisis services. A provider of RCS shall assure that services are coordinated with, when appropriate: An individual's custodial agents; Designated psychiatric emergency facilities; Psychiatric inpatient facilities; Psychiatric rehabilitation programs; Outpatient mental health clinics; Somatic care providers; Schools; Other agencies involved with the individual, including, but not limited to: Local departments of social services; Department of Juvenile Services; The local education authority; The local coordinating council (LCC); The local management board; and Criminal justice agencies; and Other public and private providers of mental health services to an individual.