Aftercare Services. Aftercare services will include:
Aftercare Services a. Aftercare services must be provided for each youth who received residential services contracted by MDHHS. Aftercare services must continue for a duration of 6 months post discharge, or until the court ends jurisdiction, whichever occurs first, and must be provided to youth who are discharged into a community setting; this excludes discharge to another CCI, adult xxxxxx care, shelter, hospital, detention, or jail. Aftercare services are not required to be provided if the youth was in the contractor’s care for 14 days or less, or if the independent initial assessment determines that the youth should be serviced in the community and that youth is discharged from the contractor’s care within 30 days of entry.
b. For families living outside a 90-mile radius from the facility, the Contractor may subcontract or partner with another agency who is in the family’s community. If the family is outside of the 90-mile radius and services are subcontracted, the Contractor is responsible for ensuring the required services are being provided and the aftercare residential report is completed and submitted.
c. The contractor may elect to employ a Families Transition Coordinator (FTC) that would be assigned to a youth’s case prior to the youth exiting the program. The FTC may be the "designated individual" to exercise the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard and work in partnership with the family during the intervention. At a minimum, the FTC must have a bachelor’s degree in a human services field from an accredited university. The FTC must receive supervision from a clinical supervisor with demonstrated commitment to permanency and children living with families in their homes and communities, who incorporates family-driven care in practice and staff skills, and who has, or obtains advanced clinical skills in a specific family engagement evidence-based, evidence-informed practice such as Functional Family Therapy (FFT), Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST), or Motivational Interviewing (MI).
d. In order to facilitate quality aftercare services, the Contractor must maintain community involvement, facilitate ongoing family voice and choice, and transition/permanency planning. This Contractor must demonstrate a strong commitment to achieving permanent connections for every youth to ensure permanency and a broad family/community support network is in place for each child served. Permanancy planning ensures regular contact between youth, families, siblings, and significant adults. T...
Aftercare Services. Recommendations, including those for any aftercare therapy will be made to the family and counsel at the conclusion of the intervention or after the monitoring phase. Fees for aftercare and/or ongoing out-patient family therapy will be based on the therapist(s)’s fee structure in consultation with the parents. In the alternate, another professional may be providing aftercare.
Aftercare Services. On PC’s behalf, Manager will arrange for Aftercare (as defined in Exhibit B) for PC patients treated using the Licensed Technology (“Aftercare Services”).
Aftercare Services. Upon discharge from hospitalization, outpatient SMHS follow-up to beneficiary will be provided within seven (7) days. Provider will submit re-assessment and all relevant documentation to CSOC supervisor, who will authorize the appropriate level of service for the beneficiary, which may or may not include re-authorization of services by a provider.
