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Youth & Family Services, Inc Providing Professional Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Youth Shelter Services to Individuals, Families and Communities Serving the Adults, Children and Families of
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The Home Community Treatment (HCT) Program
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Services Children's Case Management Counseling and Community Services Halcyon House Substance Abuse Prevention Services Somerset County Correctional Facility Program
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The Home Community Treatment (HCT) Program (Mainecare 65M) is a home-based family counseling service. A Mainecare reimbursable program, the Home Community Treatment (HCT)Program delivers child and family behavioral health treatment to families who have children between the ages of birth and 20 with a medically necessary need for the service, defined as follows: This service is for members in need of mental health treatment who live, or will live, with a parent or caregiver who will participate in the treatment. Interventions include providing individual and family therapy or counseling. The intervention assists the parent or caregiver in understanding the member's behavior and developmental level. The intervention teaches the family or caregiver how to respond therapeutically to the member's identified treatment needs. The intervention focuses on supporting and improving effective communication between the parent or caregiver and the member. The intervention facilitates appropriate collaboration between the parent or caregiver and the member. In addition, the intervention assists the member and parent or caregiver to develop plans and strategies that improve and manage the member's and/or family's future functioning in the home and community.> General Eligibility Requirements for Child and Family Behavioral Health Treatment using the Home-Based Family Therapy Model The member must meet all of the following criteria:Yes _____ No _____ 1. Have completed a multi-axial evaluation with an Axis I or Axis II mental health diagnosis; or Have a significant functional impairment, defined as a substantial interference with or limitation of a member's achievement or maintenance of one or more developmentally appropriate, social, behavioral, cognitive, or adaptive skills. Yes _____ No _____ 2. have a diagnosis or a serious emotional disturbance for one year, or likely to last more than one year. Yes _____ No _____ 3. and the determination of the appropriate level or care as based on the Child/Adolescent's Level of Functional Assessment Score, and other clinical assessment information obtained from the member and family Yes _____ No _____ 4. Need treatment that is more intensive and frequent than what he or she would get in out patient mental health services. Yes _____ No _____ 5. The parent/guardian must participate in the member's treatment, consistent with the individualized treatment plan. If you have been working with a child and feel that
the problems are family based - please call for information. The
contact person at YFS is Cindy Hjort, LCSW, supervisor of the Home Community Treatment (HCT) Program at Youth and Family Services. Online Referral Forms: State 65M referral form Please mail this form to:DHHS/CBHS 11 SHS Augusta, Me 04333 FAX NUMBER 624-5242 The forms below should be faxed or sent to:
Cindy Hjort, LCSW MS Word Program description and criteria PDF (Adobe) program description and criteria |