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Financial assistance is available for children receiving out-patient counseling services at the time of placement from a therapist who does not accept Medicaid to prevent the interruption of the therapeutic intervention. All financial assistance is subject to the availability of state funds.

Public mental health services for children in Alaska are administered by Health and Social Services, Behavioral Health, and include the following examples: individual, group and family therapy; home-based therapy; case management; residential services; activity therapy; family and community education; and day treatment.

Alaska’s treatment and recovery information link: http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dbh/TR/default.htm.

Alaska’s behavioral health link: http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dbh/.

Alaska’s link to services for severely emotionally disturbed youth: http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dbh/mh/severe.htm.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Arizona are administered by the Department of Economic Security (DES), Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), Division of Behavioral Health Services (DBHS). Public funding is through Arizona’s Medicaid program, known as the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS). Mental health services include the following examples: evaluation and screening, inpatient psychiatric facility care, outpatient clinic care, behavioral health residential treatment, individual, group and family therapy, counseling, crisis intervention, behavior management, psychotropic medication, and respite.

ADHS is responsible for the provision of all publicly funded behavioral health services to citizens in Arizona (Title XIX, XXI and State-only populations). AHCCCS maintains a contractual relationship with ADHS/DBHS for provision of behavioral health services to Title XIX and Title XXI members. Behavioral health services for Title XIX (Medicaid) and KidsCare (TitleXXI) eligible persons are administered through ADHS Division of Behavioral Health Services (DBHS) through subcontracts with five Regional behavioral Health Authorities (RBHA). RBHA contracts with a network of service providers to deliver a range of behavioral health services, including prevention programs, services for substance abuse, general mental health disorders, and services for children with serious emotional disturbance.

AHCCCS link: http://www.ahcccs.state.az.us/. Arizona's Behavioral Health Services links: http://www.hs.state.az.us/bhs/ and http://www.azdhs.gov/bhs/bh_topics.htm. Or phone the Department of Behavioral Health Services at 602.364.4558.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Arkansas are administered by the Department of Human Services through the Division of Behavioral Health. Specialized programs for children with serious emotional disturbance are available. Services include the following examples: interagency service coordination, individual and group outpatient psychological counseling, short-term crisis intervention, day treatment, wraparound services, and prescription drugs.

• Inpatient Psychiatric Program: Services are publicly funded through Medicaid and cover inpatient psychiatric services for children less than twenty-one years of age. Psychiatric treatment must be considered medically necessary and requires prior authorization before services can be received.
• Alternative Community Services: Services include case management, respite services, integrated supports, and consultation services.

DHS Services for Persons with Mental Illness link: http://www.state.ar.us/dhs/sgMH.html or phone: 877.227.0007.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in California are administered by the Department of Health Services, Department of Mental Health, through the state Medicaid program known as MediCal. Services include the following examples: counseling, psychiatric services, medication, and mental health treatment for children and families. The person receiving services and the mental health provider work in partnership to decide the appropriate services for that person.

The Children’s System of Care Initiative addresses seriously emotionally disturbed children, information link: http://www.dmh.cahwnet.gov/Services_and_Programs/Children_and_Youth/. MediCal Local Contact List link: http://www.dmh.cahwnet.gov/docs/CMHDA.pdf.

For assistance in resolving problems with Medi-Cal mental health managed care services: http://www.dmh.cahwnet.gov/Services_and_Programs/Quality_Oversight/Medi-Cal_Ombudsman.asp

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Colorado are administered by the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) under the Medical Assistance Program and include the following examples: out patient therapy, school based therapy, in-home support, day treatment, hospitalization, residential care, crisis intervention support, prescription drugs and medication management. Limited respite care and mentors may also be available.

Each area of the state has a Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) and a Behavioral Health Organization (BHO). The BHO is responsible for providing necessary mental health services to Medicaid eligible children. Family Advocates and Consumer Representatives can assist parents in accessing needed services and resolving any dissatisfaction with services received.

Select Frequently Asked Questions for Colorado’s Medicaid Program, link: http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/HCPF/HCPF/1197969485661, or phone 800.221.3943 (outside Metro Denver) and 303.866.3513 (within Metro Denver).

See also:
DHS Division of Mental Health/Division of Behavioral Health, link: http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/dmh/
Colorado's Public Mental Health System, link: http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/dmh/system_description.htm
Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council, link: http://www.cbhc.org
Colorado Department of Developmental Disabilities, link: http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/ddd/ or call: 303.866.7450.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Connecticut are administered through the Connecticut Department of Children and Families. DCF has legal authority to provide for children's mental health services and operates Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth, High Meadows Residential Treatment Center, and the Connecticut Children’s Place. Through Connecticut Community KidCare, the Department also provides funding for a broad array of clinical and other services in the community, including Child Guidance Clinics, Extended Day Treatment Programs, Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services, Respite Care, Family Advocacy and Intensive Case Management. Children and families can access state-operated or state-funded community services directly or through referrals from providers in the mental health system. Services are provided on a sliding scale, and the majority of service providers are affiliated with a variety of health insurance plans. Contact the Division of Mental Health at 860.550.6561 for more information.

Connecticut Medicaid (HUSKY, Healthcare for Uninsured Kids and Youth, Part A) offers mental health services including inpatient psychiatric care, outpatient mental health services, prescription medication, mobile crisis services, and substance abuse services. HUSKY link: http://www.huskyhealth.com/hh/site/default.asp and Frequently Asked Questions link: http://www.ct.gov/hh/cwp/view.asp?a=3573&q=422314&hhNav=|.

The CT Behavioral Health Partnership (BHP) covers mental health and substance abuse services for children and families who are in the HUSKY A or HUSKY B program. Other children with special behavioral health needs may be eligible to get some services. link: http://www.ctbhp.com/members.htm.
Frequently Asked Questions about CT BHP link: http://www.ctbhp.com/members/MEMBER_FAQ.pdf.
CT BHP Member Handbook link: http://www.ctbhp.com/members/handbook/Member%20Handbook-English.pdf.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Delaware are administered by the DSCYF Division of Child Mental Health Services (DCMHS). DCMHS’s mental health services include the following examples: outpatient care, support and crisis services, day and residential treatment, and hospital treatment services. More information is available on the Division of Child Mental Health Service’s (DCMHS) website at http://kids.delaware.gov/cmhs/cmhs.shtml or contact the DCMHS by phone at 302.633.2600 or e-mail: cmh.dscyf@state.de.us.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Washington, DC are administered by the Department of Health Services, Medical Assistance Administration and includes the following examples: mental health, physician, clinic, inpatient/outpatient hospital care, residential treatment, and pharmacy/prescription drugs. Washington, DC's Medicaid benefits link: http://www.dhs.dc.gov/dhs/cwp/view,A,3,Q,613266,dhsNav,|34074|.asp.

Services under the Adoption Resource Center include short-term counseling focused on adjustment difficulties, grief and loss, abandonment, identity development, and family identify formation. The Center provides a licensed Social Worker, known as a Family Coordinator, who provides support. Contact the Intake Coordinator at 202.289.1057, extension #14.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker, medical assistance specialist, or post adoption services contact for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Florida are administered by the Department of Children and Families, Substance Abuse and Mental Health. The Children’s Mental Health system of care is public-funded and serves eligible children with serious emotional disturbance, children with emotional disturbance, and children at risk of emotional disturbance, within the amount of funds appropriated for these services. Mental health services in Florida are received through various programs including:

Community Mental Health: Includes rehabilitative services which are either psychiatric in nature, rendered or recommended by a psychiatrist; or medical in nature, rendered or recommended by a psychiatrist or other physician.

Early Intervention: Includes medical and remedial services designed to enhance the capacity of children with conditions causing a delay in normal development. The services include screenings, evaluations and medically related early intervention services, such as nutritional, psychological, audiological, nursing, developmental, social work, speech language pathology and parent training.

Intermediate Care Facility Services for the Mentally Retarded or Developmentally Disabled: Provided to individuals who, because of their mental or physical condition, require care and services which can be made available to them only through institutional facilities.

The Florida Mental Health and Children’s Mental Health link: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/mentalhealth/ and http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/mentalhealth/cmh.shtml . Or phone Medicaid help line: 888.367.6554.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Georgia are administered through the Department of Community Health (DCH), Division of Medical Assistance and include the following examples: psychological services, in-patient hospital services, mental health clinic services, targeted case management for the chronically mentally ill, therapeutic residential intervention, and pharmacy services. DMA and Medicaid covered services links: http://health.state.ga.us/programs/specialneeds/index.asp and
http://health.state.ga.us/programs/cms/index.asp .

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

The State of Hawaii provides mental health services to children and youth through a system of care that includes both school-based services provided by the Department of Education (DOE) and an array of more intensive mental health services contracted by the Department of Health (DOH) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division (CAMHD). Link: http://hawaii.gov/health/mental-health/camhd/index.html.

Parents can also contact MedQUEST. MedQUEST is comprised of managed care organizations delivering services through many different providers. No listing of mental health services offered to children is available. For services and eligibility information, contact MedQUEST, link: http://www.med-quest.us/ or phone 808.587.3540 or 3530.

Parents may also contact the State Department of Health, Family/Child Health link: http://www.hawaii.gov/health/family-child-health/ or phone 808.733.9333. Bilingual Access Line, phone: 808.526.9724.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker, medical assistance specialist, or the Department of Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Idaho are administered by the Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) through the Division of Behavioral Health and the Division of Medicaid. Services include the following examples: assessment and evaluation, clinical case management, family support, respite care, outpatient services, day treatment, prescription medication, therapeutic foster care, residential treatment, inpatient hospitalization, crisis/emergency intervention.

Medicaid finances the majority of children’s public mental health services, including services under the Clinic Option, the Rehabilitation Option and Inpatient Services. The Division of Behavioral Health’s children’s mental health program has ten core services (listed above) that are available for children with serious emotional disturbance (SED) and their families. Idaho uses the Least Restrictive theory of service delivery to maintain children in their homes whenever possible. Families, children and mental health clinicians work collaboratively to determine the appropriate mix of services necessary to meet the child and family’s needs.

Idaho's children’s Mental Health, link: http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Medical/MentalHealth/ChildrensMentalHealth/tabid/314/Default.aspx and Idaho's Mental Health link: http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Medical/MentalHealth/tabid/103/Default.aspx.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children Illinois are administered through the Department of Public Aid and include the following examples: psychological testing, psychiatric care, inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, psychiatric clinic services, and drug prescription.

Please note that services may change and that all recipients are not eligible for all services. Contact your county Medicaid specialist to determine eligibility, availability and duration of services. Illinois’s Department of Healthcare and Family Services Children’s Mental Health link: http://www.hfs.illinois.gov/sass and Medical Assistance Programs link: http://www.hfs.illinois.gov/medical/.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Indiana’s mental health care is administered through the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) and its Hoosier Assurance Plan (HAP). Services include the following examples: out-patient and in-patient hospital care, psychological, inpatient psychiatric care, prescription drugs, and case management.

For additional information link to: Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) http://www.in.gov/fssa/dmha/index.htm.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

The Bureau of Children and Youth Mental Health and Disability Services is responsible for developing, overseeing, and improving the state system of mental health and disability services for children and youth in Iowa. The Bureau:

• Provides information, consultation, and other support to consumers, families, advocates, providers, and other interested Iowans about services, policies, programs, resources, and data related to the mental health and disability system for children and youth.
• Leads the Children's Mental Health Initiative to develop and implement, a comprehensive, coordinated, community based system of mental health and disability services for children, youth, and families, which will be phased in statewide as funding is available.

Link: http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/mhdd/Children_and_Youth/ChildAbout.html.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Kansas public mental health services are administered through the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) and include the following examples: outpatient clinical services, 24-hour emergency services, consultation and education, screening, aftercare, case management, prescription drugs, medication management, residential in-home family treatment. See “Community Mental Health Services” under Child Services for DSRS Children’s Mental Health link: http://www.srskansas.org/services_list_category.htm#children. See also DSRS's Access Points by County link: http://www.srskansas.org/locations.htm.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance contact for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services in Kentucky are administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), Department for Medicaid Services and include the following examples: inpatient psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric residential treatment facilities, targeted case management for children, community mental health center care, and prescription drugs. Community Mental Health Centers provide publicly-funded community mental health, mental retardation, and substance abuse services through fourteen Regional MH/MR Boards. IMPACT Plus is a multi-disciplinary mental health program for children. The program is a collaborative effort of the Departments for Medicaid Services, Community Based Services and Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services designed to help provide community-based services for Medicaid (and KCHIP) eligible children with complex treatment needs. The goal of IMPACT Plus is for parents or caregivers to be able to understand both their child's needs and the systems involved, so that they will have the knowledge in the future to weave in and out of service systems as their child's needs indicate.

CHFS mental health services link: http://chfs.ky.gov/Services/Children.htm .

Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities link: http://mhmr.ky.gov/kdmhmrs/default.asp.

Medicaid services link: http://chs.ky.gov/dms/services/default.htm. Or phone 502.564.2147

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Louisiana are administered by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing (Medicaid). Mental health services are provided through the EPSDT Psychological and Behavioral Services Interim Program for eligible children. Services include the following examples: evaluations, family education and training, clinical intervention, periodic follow up, linkages to emergency mental health services in crisis situations, and psychological services.

See the Office of Mental Health link: http://www.dhh.state.la.us/offices/?id=62. Or phone the Referral Assistance Hotline at 877.455.9955. See Louisiana Medicaid’s general link at: http://www.dhh.state.la.us/offices/?ID=92.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Maine are administered through the DHHS, Office of Family Independence. The medical assistance program is formerly known as Medicaid and now called MaineCare. MaineCare medical assistance services include the following examples: psychotherapy, family, play, and group therapy, attachment therapy, neuro feedback, inpatient and outpatient hospitalization, and prescription drugs. Mental Health Resources, link: http://www.cwti.org/Publications/PAR/MHR.htm.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Maryland are administered by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH). DHMH mental health services include the following examples: outpatient therapy, in-patient hospitalization, residential rehabilitation, residential treatment, rehabilitation, supported living, day treatment, and 24-hour crisis intervention.

Maryland’s Public Mental Health System link: http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/mha/.

Toll-Free help line: 800.888.1965.

The DHMH link for answers to frequently asked questions is: http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/mha/frequentlyaskedquestions.html.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Massachusetts are administered by the Division of Medical Assistance. The program, known as MassHealth, covers a number of services, currently including rehabilitation and therapeutic services, behavioral health, inpatient and outpatient hospital services, prescription drugs, pharmacy services, and physician services. Massachusetts does not fund specific services, but provides health insurance through the MassHealth program.

See the Massachusetts Health and Human Services Behavioral Health and MassHealth links:
http://www.mass.gov/pageID=eohhs2topic&L=3&L0=Home&L1=Consumer&L2=Behavioral+Health&sid=Eeohhs2 and
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2agencylanding&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Government&L2=Departments+and+Divisions&L3=MassHealth&sid=Eeohhs2
or call the Massachusetts Medicaid Helpline: 800.841.2900.

For information on the Children's Behavior Health Initiative in Massachusetts link: http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2terminal&L=3&L0=Home&L1=Consumer&L2=Insurance+(including+MassHealth)&sid=Eeohhs2&b=terminalcontent&f=masshealth_consumer_member_memb_child-bh-hlth-intiative&csid=Eeohhs2.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Michigan are administered through the Department of Community Health (DCH), Division of Mental Health Services to Children and Families and are coordinated through local Community Mental Health Services Programs (CMHSPs). Services include the following examples: respite care, physician visits, in patient and outpatient hospitalization, medical supplies, prescription drugs, mental health care, personal care services, and substance abuse services.

Department of Community Health, Children and Families mental health link: http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-2941_4868_7145---,00.html. Community mental health services programs locator link: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/cmh_8_1_02_37492_7.PDF. Or phone the Michigan Medical Assistance Hotline: 800.642.3195.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Minnesota are administered through DHS Children and Family Services' Children's Mental Health and includes the following examples: education and prevention services, mental health identification and intervention services, emergency services, outpatient services, family community support services, day treatment services, residential treatment services, acute care hospital inpatient treatment services, prescription drugs, screening, case management, therapeutic support of foster care, and professional home-based family treatment. Minnesota Children and Family Services Children's Mental Health link:
http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=id_000162.
Or phone DHS Children's Mental Health at 651.431.2321 or contact Glenace Edwall, Director, at 651.431.2326 or e-mail glenace.edwall@state.mn.us.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Mississippi are administered by the Office of the Governor, Division of Medicaid (DOM) and include the following examples: inpatient and outpatient hospital, physician services, prescription drugs, psychiatric residential treatment, and inpatient psychiatric care. The DOM link: http://www.medicaid.ms.gov/. The DOM Contact Guide and Services for Medicaid Beneficiaries pages are also available on this site. Or phone the Medicaid Central Office: 601.359.6050.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Missouri are administered through the Missouri HealthNet Division and include the following examples: inpatient and outpatient hospital care, respite, prescription drugs, community psychiatric rehabilitation, comprehensive substance treatment and rehabilitation (C-Star), physician services, psychological counseling, and case management. For children in DSS Children’s Division custody in out of home placement, Children’s Treatment Services include the following examples: day treatment, evaluation and diagnosis, family residential treatment, family therapy, group counseling, individual counseling, respite care, and resource coordination.

See the Missouri DSS Children’s Treatment Services link: http://www.dss.mo.gov/cd/cts.htm, phone DMS at 573.751.3425. The DSS Children’s Division operates a Parental Stress Helpline 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1.800.367.2543. Medicaid coverage is secondary to any private insurance of the adoptive family.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health for children in Montana is administered through the DPHHS, Children’s Mental Health Bureau of the Health Resources Division (HRD) and includes the following examples: inpatient and outpatient hospital care, outpatient community mental health centers, outpatient psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, physician services, residential treatment, and prescription drugs. HRD’s Medicaid information and resources links:

http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/medicaid/providerpages/info.shtml,
http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/medicaid/clientpages/clientindex.shtml
http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/medicaid/clientpages/clientcontacts.shtml

Montana’s Medicaid covered services link: http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/medicaid/pdf/coveredservices.pdf

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Nebraska are administered by the DHHS System and includes the following examples: outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment services, including evaluation (by a supervising practitioner/psychiatrist/psychologist individual), group/ family psychotherapy; individual/group/family substance abuse counseling, family assessment, mental/home health and personal care services, intensive family preservation services, medication checks, crisis intervention services.

Mental health and substance abuse day treatment services are also provided. These services are part of a continuum of care designed to prevent hospitalization or to facilitate the return of the client to functioning within the community with less frequent contact with the mental health or substance abuse professionals. Services include: treatment foster care services, treatment group home services, residential treatment services for children/adolescents, inpatient mental health services, and inpatient mental health services for clients age twenty or younger in institutions for mental disease (IMDs). Medicaid is administered by Magellan, Nebraska’s managed care contractor. Length of care is determined by Magellan and based on a child’s need. Nebraska’s Medicaid services link: http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/med/medserv.htm. All adoption assistance services end in Nebraska once a child reaches nineteen years of age.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Nevada are administered through the Department of Human Resources (DHR), Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) in northern and southern Nevada and by the Mental Health & Developmental Services (MHDS)Division in rural Nevada. Services include the following examples: psychiatric and psychological evaluations, acute care inpatient hospitalization, community based residential care, individual/group/family therapy, clinical case management services, rehabilitative services, day treatment services, outpatient services, respite care for severe emotionally disturbed children.

Access mental health services by contacting: Northern Nevada Child and Adolescent Services (Children’s Behavioral Services), phone: 775.688.1600; Southern Nevada Child and Adolescent Services, phone: 702. 486.6100, and Rural Clinics, phone: 775.687.7500.

Nevada Mental Health Services link: http://mhds.nv.gov/index.php
Nevada Developmental Services, link:
http://mhds.nv.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=39.

The children’s mental health services link for Clark and Washoe Counties: http://www.dcfs.state.nv.us/DCFS_ChildMentalHealth.htm

See also DHR’s Division of Health Care Financing and Policy (Medicaid) link: http://dhcfp.state.nv.us/.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in New Hampshire are administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community and Public Health and include the following examples: inpatient hospitalization, psychotherapy, social work counseling, mental health services, pastoral counseling, prescription drugs, and respite care.

Contact the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Behavioral Health at the State Office Park South, location: 105 Pleasant Street; Concord, NH 03301. Phone: 603.271.8140 or 800.852.3345. Behavioral Health resources link: http://www.dhhs.nh.gov/DHHS/BBH/default.htm.

New Hampshire Medicaid link: http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/MEDICAIDPROGRAM/default.htm and targeted Medicaid services link: http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/DHHS/MEDICAIDPROGRAM/targeted-services.htm.

Also see New Hampshire Healthy Kids link:http://www.nhhealthykids.org/.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in New Jersey are administered by the Department of Children and Families, Division of Child Behavioral Health Services (DCBHS). Children’s Services include the following examples: individual and family counseling, intensive In Community Services and Behavioral Assistance, prescription drugs, respite care, residential treatment, mentoring, and assistance with educational issues.

The Division of Child Behavioral Health Services (DCBHS) serves children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral health care challenges and their families across all child-serving systems. DCBHS link: http://www.state.nj.us/dcf/behavioral/ or phone: 609.292.4741 or Toll Free on the Access Line: 877.652.7624.

See Frequently Asked Questions link: http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dmhs/faq/#1 and the DMHS screening centers link: http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dmhs/services/centers/

New Jersey’s Medicaid Hotline: 800.356.1561.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in New Mexico are administered by the Human Services Department (HSD), Medical Assistance Division (MAD), Behavioral Health Services Division (BHSD) and include the following examples: physician services, hospital services, psychological and psychiatric services (out-patient counseling, in-patient treatment), residential treatment care, case management, and drug services. Contact the Behavioral Health Services Division at the Harold Runnels Building, address: 1190 Saint Francis Drive, Room North 3300; Santa Fe, NM 87505-6110. DOH, BHSD Behavioral Health Resources link: http://www.state.nm.us/hsd/bhdwg, or phone: 505.827.2601 or 800.362.2013 (Warm Line).

See also the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA), National Mental Health Information Center for New Mexico Resources, link: http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/stateresourceguides/newmexico01.asp. Phone the Medicaid general information line: 505.827.3100 or the Client Services Bureau: 888.997.2583.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your local placement services social worker for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Mental health services for children and adolescents in New York State are administered by the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH). OMH has a strong commitment to meeting the mental health needs of children and adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED). Most children and adolescents receiving public mental health services in New York receive services in community-based settings and a minority receives services in inpatient settings. Over the past two decades, the system of care for children and adolescents with SED has evolved gradually from a system based primarily on inpatient treatment to a system that provides treatment primarily in the community. This shift to a community-based system of care has been made possible by advances in psychotropic medications, emerging scientific evidence about the effectiveness of home-based clinical interventions and the infusion of new resources into community-based mental health programs. It embodies the philosophy that the family, defined in its broadest sense, is the best place to raise children with SED so they can stay at home and in school. OMH strives to provide services that are evidence-based and/or draw on state of the art research, (OMH Statewide Comprehensive Plan for Mental Health Services, 2004-2008).

Services are structured to be mobile, flexible and more responsive to children and adolescents with the highest needs. Each county, and one borough in New York City, has set up a Single Point of Access (SPOA) to improve coordination in the service delivery system by planning for children who are at risk of residential or out of home treatment. SPOAs include cross-systems collaboration and coordinate high risk services such as Residential Treatment Facilities, Home and Community Based Services Waiver, both Intensive and Supportive Case Management, Family Based Treatment, Community Residence and Teaching Family Homes. Family support is important to ensure that family voice and involvement is an integral part of services and that family needs are met.

In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, OMH is working to integrate and develop systems of care sensitive to the trauma needs of children and their families. Other services include school support projects, functional family therapy, common sense parenting ® and Home Based Crisis Intervention, in addition to many of those already listed above, (OMH Statewide Plan for Comprehensive Mental Health Services, 2004-2008). New York State mental health services also include least restrictive to more intensive services ranging from clinic treatment and day treatment to inpatient services and partial hospital services. New York State believes in the systems of care approach to serving the needs of children and is involved in several cross-systems initiatives including the Coordinated Children’s Services Initiative, and a Mental Health/Juvenile Justice collaborative. Services to treat juvenile sex offenders have also been developed.

For more information on specific services available in your community please see the OMH Statewide Comprehensive Plan for Mental Health Services, on the OMH web site at http://www.omh.state.ny.us. See also the Medicaid Helpline: 518-486-9057

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or the county Department of Mental Health information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services and the specific services available in the local community as services vary by locality.

Mental health services for children in North Carolina are administered by the DHHS Division of Medical Assistance (DMA) and include the following examples: inpatient and outpatient hospitalization, including treatment in psychiatric hospitals and mental health centers, inpatient and outpatient substance abuse programs, diagnostic services, therapies, physician’s services and prescription drugs. Mental health services may require prior approval before services can be received.

North Carolina’s general Medicaid link: http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dma/consinfo.htm and Who is Eligible - Infants, Children, & Families Medicaid link: http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dma/fcfaqs.htm.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in North Dakota are administered by the Department of Human Services through collaboration between the Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Children and Family Services Division. The Children’s Mental Health System of Care is also known as the Partnerships Program for Children's Mental Health. Services include the following examples: psychiatric and psychological evaluations, inpatient hospitalization (psychiatric unit), individual-group-family psychotherapy, partial hospitalization services, and inpatient psychiatric and residential treatment centers services for the care and treatment of metal illness or disorders.

Link to Services Covered: http://www.nd.gov/dhs/services/medicalserv/medicaid/covered.html, children’s mental health link: http://www.nd.gov/dhs/services/mentalhealth/children.html and regional contact link: http://www.nd.gov/dhs/services/mentalhealth/partners.html.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Ohio are administered by the Department Jobs and Family Services through their Medicaid program and other sources. Mental health services include the following examples: hospitalization, physician services, prescription drugs, and mental health services. Specific mental health services include:

1. Medical and surgical services, including respite care if required
2. Psychiatric, psychological, and counseling services, including respite if required
3. Maintenance costs as part of a residential treatment program

PASSS may also be used as another source of funding for children’s mental health services in Ohio. PASSS provides funding to families for the reasonable costs of allowable services to address the child's physical or developmental handicap or mental or emotional condition. The child’s condition may have existed before the adoption petition was filed; or developed after the adoption petition was filed and can be attributed to factors in the child's pre-adoption background or medical history or the biological family's background or medical history.

See the Ohio Department of Mental Health link: http://www.mh.state.oh.us/.

See also Ohio’s Medicaid program link: http://jfs.ohio.gov/OHP/index.stm.

The National Institute of Mental Health children’s mental health provides general information on mental health issues for children, link: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/child-and-adolescent-mental-health/index.shtml.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Oklahoma are provided through Title XIX (Medicaid) which is administered by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA), the state's Medicaid agency. Eligibility for Medicaid is determined by OKDHS. Oklahoma offers all medical services compensable through the state’s Title XIX fee for service program. Examples of services Medicaid offers are mental health services (psychological/psychiatric services, emotional/psychological/behavioral counseling), outpatient and inpatient hospitalization, substance abuse services and prescription drugs. Some services require prior authorization by the OHCA.

Oklahoma’s Medicaid Program is SoonerCare. The general link for information is: http://www.okhca.org/individuals.aspx?id=52&column=true&part1=152&part2=154&part3=779.

Information on specific programs and eligibility are found at: http://www.okdhs.org/programsandservices/health/med/ and http://www.join.ok.gov/QuestionnaireManager/Questionnaire.aspx.

See also the Disabled Children’s Program available to children receiving Supplemental Security Insurance disability payments for possible additional services: http://www.okhca.org/individuals.aspx?id=172&menu=42&parts=7653_1874_7655&terms=mental+health.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Oregon are administered by the Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Medical Assistance Programs (OMAP), Office of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OMHAS) through the Community Mental Health Services Program and the Intensive Mental Health Services Program. Community Mental Health Programs include the following examples: individual, group, and family psychotherapy; crisis intervention; parent training; follow-up of hospitalized youth and case management; consultation to families, school, and other agencies; specialized services to families; prescription medication; and respite. Intensive treatment services include the following examples: children’s treatment services at the Secure Children's Inpatient Program; adolescent treatment services at the Oregon State Hospital; psychiatric day treatment services; psychiatric assessment and evaluation services; sub acute treatment; and psychiatric residential treatment Services (PRTS).

Publications on child and adolescent mental health include Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Intensive Community Based Treatment and Support Services, link: http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/mentalhealth/child-mh-soc-in-plan-grp/faqs-update.pdf and Family Voice and Family Choice: Strategies to Ensure Meaningful Family Involvement, link: http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/mentalhealth/child-mh-soc-in-plan-grp/famworkgrouprprt.pdf

Oregon’s mental health overview link:
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/mentalhealth/index.shtml (See: Children's Mental Health) and the crisis hotlines by county, link: http://suicidehotlines.com/oregon.html.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Pennsylvania are administered by County Mental Health/Mental Retardation (MH/MR) Programs, with funding available through the Department of Public Welfare Office of Medical Assistance Programs (OMAP), and Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS). Services include the following examples:

• behavioral health rehabilitation services
• psychiatric inpatient, psychiatric outpatient clinic
• psychological services, prescription drugs
• targeted case management
• drug/alcohol inpatient and outpatient care

DPW Mental Health Services, link: http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/About/OMHSAS/
OMAP links: http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/omap/, http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/About/OMAP/003671397.htm and Recipient Information: http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/omap/omaprecmain.asp.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Rhode Island are administered by the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), Division of Children's Behavioral Health and Education and include the following examples: diagnostic assessment services, day treatment, residential counseling centers, residential treatment, psychiatric hospitalization, educational services, and prescription medication.

The Division of Children's Behavioral Health and Education is responsible for the design, implementation, and monitoring of a continuum of therapeutic and clinical services to seriously emotionally/behaviorally disturbed children and youth, as well as providing programs aimed at maintaining healthy family functioning through an array of community-based therapeutic/supportive services. Children who are placed in the custody of the Department due to abuse, neglect, and dependency, as well as children who remain in the custody of their parents or legal guardians, are eligible for these services. Most of these services are delivered in community-based settings, and are accessed primarily through the eight Community Mental Health Centers. Children's Behavioral Health and Education link: http://www.dcyf.ri.gov/cbh.php.

The Project REACH federal grant provides funding for non-traditional wraparound services through local coordinating councils established in each of the eight Community Mental Health Center catchments areas. These local coordinating councils have evolved from the Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP), which provided a community-based family-focused, inter-disciplinary model for providing care coordination for seriously emotionally disturbed children and youth. Additionally, these REACH funds have enhanced the service capacity within the CIS programs, providing more counseling and home-based services for children and families. The REACH federal grant was a five year $15.8 million research-based service implementation grant awarded in 1994 from the Center for Mental Health Services, providing the Division of Children's Behavioral Health about $3-million annually.

The Rhode Island DCYF has implemented a joint effort with the community provider Gateway Health Care to launch Kids Link RI, the state's first centralized emergency hotline for children experiencing emotional crisis or suffering from behavioral or mental health issues. Contact Kids Link RI at: 866.429.3979.

The Rhode Island Department of Human Services, Services for Children and Families administers the Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid), link: http://www.dhs.state.ri.us/dhs/famchild/dfcmap.htm.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in South Carolina are administered by the Department of Mental Health (DMH), Division of Children, Adolescents and Their Families (DCAF) and include the following examples: assessment, case management services, day treatment, out-patient treatment (counseling/therapy), in-patient hospitalization, wraparound services, residential treatment services (in-patient general psychiatric and substance abuse units), school-based services, Youthful Sexual Offenders Program, and Intensive Family Services and Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) Initiatives.

Services are largely provided through the DMH’s network of seventeen local community mental health centers. DMH seeks to provide services in as natural and comfortable a setting for the family and child as possible, such as in the school or home. DMH’s vision is to develop a statewide system of services that is child centered, family focused, community based, and culturally competent.

See Division of Children, Adolescents and Families, link: http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/caf/index.htm and Service Delivery System link: http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/caf/services.htm for detailed program information.
See also the child and adolescent mental health link: http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/clinical/child.htm for mental heath issue definitions/diagnosis information.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in South Dakota are administered by the Department of Social Services, Medical Assistance. Services include the following examples: psychiatric and psychological evaluations, individual-group-family psychotherapy for the care and treatment of mental illness or disorders, in-patient and out-patient hospitalization, and prescription medication.

Children are eligible for what are known in South Dakota as Healthy Kids Klub checkups. These checkups help prevent health problems from occurring or help keep health problems from becoming worse. The Healthy Kids Klub covers screening and diagnostic services to determine physical or mental status and treatment to correct or eliminate defects or chronic conditions. The Klub also covers nutritional therapy, treatment for alcohol and drug chemical dependency, and inpatient psychiatric care. Several of these services require prior authorization from the Department of Social Services (State Office). DSS local offices link: http://dss.sd.gov/medicalservices/ or phone Medical Services: 605.773.3495.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services in Tennessee are administered by Department of Human Services (DHS), Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (DMHDD) and include the following examples: outpatient/counseling treatment, residential treatment, prescription drugs, inpatient hospitalization, mental health centers, crisis phone lines/assessment teams and state psychiatric hospitals.

Tennessee’s Medicaid program is known as TennCare. Children with serious mental illness are eligible for what is known as “mental health case management” services through TennCare. Information regarding available services and locations is available on the DMHDD web site. The TennCare web site can be accessed through the DMHDD site.

MHDD Services for Children and Youth links
http://www.state.tn.us/mental/dev_disabilty_serv.shtml (Developmental Disabilities Services)
http://www.state.tn.us/mental/mental_health_serv.shtml (Mental Health Services)
http://state.tn.us/mental/omd/omdcrisis_resp.html (Crisis Services—Youth Toll-free hotlines)

MHDD general link: http://www.state.tn.us/mental/, and TennCare children’s link: http://state.tn.us/tenncare/tenndercare/index.html

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Texas are administered through the Health and Human Services Commission and includes the following examples: psychiatric/psychological/behavioral health services, outpatient counseling for chemical dependency, in-patient hospital services, rehabilitative services and case management for mental illness, and prescription/pharmacy services.

Texas Medicaid Program overview link: http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/medicaid/med_info.html, Clients and Benefits link: http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/medicaid/cs/cs_resources.html and contact information: http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/medicaid/contacts.html. Texas Medicaid hotline: 800.252.8263.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Utah are administered by the Department of Health through Public Mental Health Centers and their contracted providers. Mental health services are offered under the state Medicaid plan and include the following examples: diagnostic and rehabilitative services, individual and family psychotherapy, skills training and development, physician services, and prescription drugs.

Utah’s Medicaid link: http://health.utah.gov/medicaid/ and a listing and description of its mental health services at www.health.utah.gov/medicaid/pdfs/mentalhealth.pdf. See also Utah’s Adoption Connection page under Post Adoption Resources, Mental Health. Link: www.utdcfsadopt.org/index.html.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Vermont are administered by the Agency of Human Services, Department of Developmental and Mental Health Services (DDMHS) and include the following examples:

• Core Capacity services:
• immediate crisis response
• clinic-based treatment
• outreach treatment
• family support
• prevention, screening, referral and community consultation


• Statewide Capacity services:
• emergency or hospital diversion beds
• intensive residential service
• hospital inpatient services

Children's Mental Health Services works with designated agencies in each region to assure delivery of effective behavioral health treatment and supports as well as prevention and early intervention services through a family-centered system of care for all children and families in the state.

The Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health treatment system is organized around the five Core Capacity services listed above that are available within each geographic area of the state. Several Statewide Capacity services for intensive residential and/or psychiatric hospital placements are also organized by geographic area. The services are available for a youth and their family separately or in combination, depending on their desires and needs.

Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Services link: http://healthvermont.gov/mh/programs/cafu/child-services.aspx and DMHS Programs and Services link: http://healthvermont.gov/mh/programs/mhprograms.aspx, or phone 802-241-2650. Mental Health Factsheets, link: http://healthvermont.gov/mh/facts/fact-sheet.aspx. See also Crisis Contact numbers, link: http://healthvermont.gov/mh/contact/crisis-numbers.aspx.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Virginia are administered through the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services (MHMRSAS). MHMRSAS offers Community Mental Health Services such as case management, day treatment/partial hospital, crisis intervention, intensive in-home services to children and adolescents, therapeutic day treatment for children, and psychological rehabilitation. The Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) covers costs of some mental health services. DMAS coverage link: http://www.dss.virginia.gov/benefit/medical_assistance.html

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health for children in Washington is administered by the DSHS Mental Health Division (MHD), under their Medical Assistance Programs and includes the following examples: medical/corrective/rehabilitative services such as psychiatric services, counseling, and medical care. The adoption support program can supplement residential or group home treatment with counseling to facilitate transition back home. Requests for psychiatric care require special procedures and are submitted to the Department for approval prior to receipt of services with payments made directly to the service provider.

Access mental health treatment through the publicly funded system for children and adolescents by calling the Regional Support Network (RSN) that serves the county of residence and request the name and phone number of the mental health agency that serves the area. Call the mental health agency for an appointment. They may do a screening over the phone and schedule an intake appointment. Outpatient mental health services are provided by community mental health agencies. Services could be provided at the mental health agency, in-home, or elsewhere in the community. Locate the local Children’s Administration office, link: https://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/f2ws03apps/caofficespub/offices/general/OfficePick.asp or phone 800.562.5682 for more information. Contact DSHS, link: http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/geninfo/contact3.html.

See Washington’s mental health links:
Mental Health Division (MHD): http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/mentalhealth/
MH Services for Children and Youth: http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/mentalhealth/mhservicesforkids.shtml
Frequently Asked Questions: http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/mentalhealth/parentfaqs.shtml

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or state medical assistance specialist for process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in West Virginia are administered by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Bureau for Behavioral Health and Facilities which is divided into four divisions: Adult Mental Health, Children’s Services, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, and Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities. Behavioral Health Services, Children’s Services include the following examples: crisis services, special outreach to schools, in-patient hospitalization, counseling, prescription medication, and innovative projects which model the best practice for serving children with serious emotional disorders and their families.

The Division of Children's Services (DCS) is located within the Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities. The address is 350 Capitol Street, Room 350; Charleston, West Virginia 25301-3702, or phone: 304.558.0627. The Office of Behavioral Health Services (OBHS) link: http://www.wvdhhr.org/bhhf/prof.asp.

Division for Children’s Services link: http://www.wvdhhr.org/bhhf/dcs_welcome.asp and DCS contact information: http://www.wvdhhr.org/bhhf/dcs_whoweare.asp. For developmental disabilities information, see the OBHS Division for Developmental Disabilities link: http://www.wvdhhr.org/bhhf/mrdd.asp.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker, adoption specialist, local mental health provider, or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Wisconsin are administered by the Department of Health and Family Services, Wisconsin Medicaid. DHFS Medicaid services include the following examples: inpatient hospital, skilled nursing facility, and intermediate care facility services for patients in institutions for mental disease; mental health and medical day treatment; mental health and psychosocial rehabilitative services, including case management services, provided by staff of a certified community support program; physician services; and prescription drugs.

Wisconsin Medicaid services link: http://www.emhandbooks.wi.gov/bcplus/.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.

Public mental health services for children in Wyoming are administered by the Department of Health, Mental Health Division. Community mental health and physician outpatient mental health services are available. Contact Lisa Brockman at 307.777.7326 for more information regarding mental health services. Children may be eligible for services under the Children’s Special Health Program (CSH). Phone the CSH at 1.800.438.5795 or 307.777.7941 or link: http://wdh.state.wy.us/familyhealth/csh/index.html.

See also Wyoming’s Department of Health (WDH) link: http://wdh.state.wy.us/.

Note: Not all services may be available in all cases. Contact your adoption assistance worker or medical assistance specialist for information regarding process, eligibility, availability, and duration of services.