• Middletown • Chester • Pre-Vocational Gateway Community Treatment in Chester provides quality clinical rehabilitation services designed to enable people with psychiatric disabilities to function to the best of their ability. Each client receives case management, psycho-therapy and medication services, and has the opportunity to participate in a variety of enriching activities through the Chester social center, including vocational, psychosocial and recreational programming that teach skills and symptom management. Both the Case Management and Social Rehabilitation programs actively collaborate with other community-based organizations such as three of the local Visiting Nurse associations, the Connecticut Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, Kuhn Employment services, Easter Seals and Meals on Wheels, the Estuary Transit District, among others. These collaborations are designed to enhance the supports and resources necessary for clients to achieve their recovery goals. Gateway Community Treatment in Chester employs the "psychosocial rehabilitation" model, which is a therapeutic approach that encourages a mentally ill person to develop his or her fullest capacities through learning and environmental supports. All Chester clients are DMHAS referred.