Community
Based Treatment Alternatives for Children
Grant
Information
Name of Grantee
Executive
Office of Health and Human Services
Title of Grant
Building
and Financing Sustainable Systems of Care:
A Feasibility Study and Development Grant for Community Based Alternatives for
Children with SED in
Type of Grant
Community
Based Treatment Alternatives for Children
Amount of Grant
$100,000
Year Original Funding
Received
2003
Contact
Information
Abigail Josephs, Project Coordinator
Executive Office of Health & Human Services
617–727–7600
abigail.josephs@state.ma.us
Subcontractor(s)
University of
Target
Population(s)
Children with serious emotional
disturbance (SED) in out-of-home placement or imminently at risk for such
placement.
Goals
Activities
Abstract
The project will evaluate the financial feasibility of
expanding community treatment alternatives for children with
The project will also evaluate the services currently
provided and reimbursable as State Plan Services under existing Medicaid
guidelines and those community services that are "state only" funded.
In addition, the project team will evaluate regulations or other limitations
that apply to the population to determine the legal feasibility of applying for
a 1915(c) waiver to serve children with SED. Other efforts to redeploy state
funding or to use grant resources to expand community treatment alternatives
for children with SED will be explored.
Finally, the Commonwealth will convene an interagency
public-private group to evaluate community program models to determine the
programmatic and financial structures that will provide the most effective and
replicable community treatment alternatives for children with SED. This group
will involve providers from all settings, families, medical and psychiatric
professionals, and individuals from the special education system.
An interagency policy group, composed of senior staff from
the relevant State agencies, will also meet regularly to ensure that the
project coordinates with other efforts to address the needs of children with
SED. Families and providers will be involved through specific workgroups and
focus groups and frequent reporting to the Mental Health Commission for
Children.