Overview of the KATIE A. Lawsuit & The Core Practice Model

1. Overview of theKATIE A. Lawsuit & The Core Practice Model

2. Katie A. Agreement Child Welfare and Mental Health working together will provide: • Intensive home and community based mental health services to children who: • Have an open Child Welfare case including AB12 and Voluntary, • Have a mental illness or condition that has been documented or who need individualized mental health services in the home or in a home like setting

3. Katie A. Intended Outcomes: • Improved coordination of resources and services • Promote greater uniformity in statewide services

4. Objectives of the Agreement • Facilitate an array of services • Support development and delivery of services • Support an effective and sustainable solution to achieve quality based oversight • Address the needs of the Katie A. Subclass with more intensive services

5. Strengthening Child Welfare and Mental Health Partnerships • Continued focus of working together to: • Track progress • Coordinate staff training • Creating/implementing new training tools and policy • Organization and facilitation of the Child & Family Team (CFT) meetings • Mental Health Screening/Assessment

6. Goals The 5 Key Practice Components of the CPM Core Practice Model (CPM) • Permanency for the child/youth • Utilization of Evidence Based Practices • Transparency between Departments • Accountability • Active and involved community partnership • A shared commitment Engagement Assessment Service Planning and Implementation Monitoring and Adapting Transition

7. Who is the Katie A. Subclass? • Children/Youth up to age 21 who are: • Medi-Cal eligible, • Meet medical necessity, • Have an open Child Welfare services case, and • Meet either of the following: • Is currently in or being considered for Wraparound, Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC), Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS), Specialized Care Rate (SCR) due to behavioral needs or crisis stabilization/interventions, or • Is currently in or being considered for a group home, psychiatric hospital, 24 hr Mental Health facility or experienced 3 or more placements within 24 months due to behaviors

8. 3 Specific Services for the Katie A. Subclass 1. ICC - Targeted Case Management (TCM) service that facilitates assessment of, care, planning for and coordination of services • Ensures that medically necessary services are accessed, coordinated and delivered 2. IHBS – Mental Health Rehabilitation Services are: • Individualized, strength-based interventions designed to ameliorate mental health conditions • Aimed at improving the family’s ability to help the child/youth successfully function in the home and community 3. TFC (Therapeutic Foster Care) • starting January 2014

9. Mental Health Screening • All children/youth with OPEN Child Welfare cases get screened for mental health services • New updated Mental Health Screening form • Located in Shasta Templates • If the child/youth doesn’t already have a clinician assigned make sure to do the Mental Health Screening when considering for: • SCR • Hospitalization • Group Home • 3 of more Placements due to Behaviors

10. Child & Family Team Meetings • Meetings happen a minimum of (1) every 90 days • Involvement of both Social Workers and Mental Health Clinicians • Family & Children are invited • Meeting structure is similar to HRT format • Safety Organized Practice model

11. THANK YOU! For more Katie A. information you can visit: • http://www.childsworld.ca.gov/PG1320.htm • http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/Pages/KatieAImplementation.aspx QUESTIONS & ANSWERS