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Please refer to Appendix B - List of Service and Unit Codes and Appendix C - Service Chapters for a complete listing of unit codes, service definitions, methods of delivery, eligible categories, descriptions of service activities, goal(s) for which services are rendered, objective(s), and the geographic area in which each service is available.
The following are the "Service Codes."
Appendix A-2
Information and Referral: See SUPPORTIVE ACTIVITIES. Institutional Placement Services: Included in PLACEMENT.
Instruction: Direction and assistance in acquiring skills for adequate personal functioning, including household management, home maintenance, personal care, consumer affairs, nutrition, parenting, child care, infant stimulation, social skills, home health care, retirement planning, and safety. (Distinguished from training which consists of more formal activity. Instruction is usually provided on an individual basis, while training is provided in a group setting.)
Intake: Investigative process which may include initial interview; needs assessment; assistance with or completion of forms; eligibility determination; assessment of fees, if any; supervisory conferences; travel; preparation of written narratives/reports; and development of a preliminary case plan.
Integrated Support Services: Integrated Support Services provide the necessary support for an individual with a developmental disability to live in an independent situation (e.g., apartment, duplex, home) and/or a family environment. These services enable persons with a develop-mental disability to live, work, and enjoy recreational opportunities in the community.
Intensive Family Services: Services intended for families whose children are at imminent risk of out-of-home placement. Service goals are to prevent unnecessary out-of-home placements and to promote reunification of families with children in placement. Services are a combination of counseling services and support services based on a service model that emphasizes immediate, intense, short-term, in-home, and behaviorally oriented services to families.
Interpreter Services: Communication assistance for deaf,
deaf/blind, blind, or non-English speaking individuals; assistance in understanding instructions or directions.
Intervention: Action to relieve a stressful situation or series of problems which are immediately threatening to a person's health and/or welfare.
Intervention, Crisis: Crisis intervention involves an immediate response to an unanticipated family disruption. Timely actions are taken to support and intervene to prevent further deterioration and, when possible, to utilize the momentum of the crisis to catalyze constructive changes. Crisis intervention is limited to thirty days.
Appendix B
ADDITIONAL UNITS (Continued
SERVICES - ADDITIONAL UNITS
SERVICES
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES -ADDITIONAL UNITS
Appendix C
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICE CODE 38
Eligibility Categories | Goals |
TEA Recipients | 1. Self-Support |
SSI Recipients | 2. Self-Sufficiency |
Income Eligibles | 3. Prevention of Neglect, |
Abuse or Exploitation |
Geographic Availability This service is available statewide.
Allowable Components (Purchase)
Counseling, Group | Instruction |
Counseling, Individual | Intensive Family Services |
and Family | Intervention, Crisis |
Home Study | Supervision |
Special Notes
This service interfaces with Title IV-B and, as a child welfare service, is provided without regard to income. This service is a clustered service which comprises emergency services, supportive services to children in their own home, employment services, services to youth in need and transportation services. To meet individual client needs, the Division's staff may arrange for the purchase of services or supplies to supplement the services they provide.
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, ADDITIONAL UNITS SERVICE CODE 55
Supportive Services for Children and Families is a coordinated set of services designed to address a wide range of problems. This service is intended to help parents in their child-rearing role, promote healthy development and social functioning of children, prevent unnecessary removal of children from their homes, strengthen family functioning, and meet the needs of families in crisis.
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICE CODE 38
Eligibility Categories | Goals |
TEA Recipients | 1. Self-Support |
SSI Recipients | 2. Self-Sufficiency |
Income Eligibles | 3. Prevention of Neglect, Abuse or Exploitation |
Geographic Availability This service is available statewide.
Allowable Components (Purchase)
Counseling, Group | Instruction |
Counseling, Individual | Intensive Family Services |
and Family | Intervention, Crisis |
Home Study | Supervision |
Special Notes
This service interfaces with Title IV-B and, as a child welfare service, is provided without regard to income. This service is a clustered service which comprises emergency services, supportive services to children in their own home, employment services, services to youth in need and transportation services. To meet individual client needs, the Division's staff may arrange for the purchase of services or supplies to supplement the services they provide.
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICE CODE 55
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