Twenty adult psychiatric outpatients were assessed by their primary therapists on the Current Behavior Inventory prior to placing them in community settings. The diagnoses included schizophrenia, major affective disorder, dysthymic disorder, and atypical paranoid disorder. The inventory assessed behaviors in four areas: independent community living, interpersonal behavior, work or training activities, and symptom management. Ninety-five items were identified as scorable: (1) by a clinician as present or absent in a patients' current behavior; and (2) by a community setting administrator or "gatekeeper" as required or not required for admission to the community setting. Reliability of patient profiles was estimated by calculating the percentage of agreement between the therapist's and a second clinician's rating; the average percentage of agreement was 84.7%. The validity of the setting profile was estimated by comparing the behaviors rated by the gatekeepers as necessary for admission with the current behaviors observed in a sample of patients living in the setting; the average level of behavioral compliance with setting standards was 84.8%. Also included are a description of program planning at Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, including their "triage" procedures on potential transfer patients; a list of essential behaviors; and lists of four groups requiring additional training in specific areas of social skills. (JGL)