Choices Coordinated Care Solutions

The Indiana department of child services (dcs) has contracted with Choices to deliver cross-system Care to youths in Indiana. The services are for youths with severe emotional disturbances and behavioral challenges that are involved in multiple Care systems and are involved with dcs and/or juvenille probation. These multiple Care programs include programs such as family preservation to provide services to families with a substantiated case of abuse or neglect; behavioral health Solutions to provide individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy, case management, behavioral support and corrdination with primary Care services; foster Care Solutions to provide temporary, loving,stable homes for children and teens in need; and 24/7 emergency response to aid individuals and families struggling with substance abuse to prevent deaths.

Children's mental health initiative (cmhi): Indiana dcs has contracted with Choices to provide services to children who do not have formal involvement with the child welfare system, but due to their behavioral health needs, require services to maintain safety in their home and community. When community services are not able to maintain the child at home, cmhi may fund higher level out-of-home services. Cmhi provides services to children who are not eligible for medicaid, but would otherwise meet the level of need to qualify for the medicaid funded children's mental health wraparound services.

Wraparound regions 3, 6 and 8: magellan health in Louisiana has contracts with Choices to administer wrap facilitation services. The wrap facilitator works with each family and their child to develop and maintain a plan of Care, including a crisis stabilization plan if a potential safety concern exists, and is avaliable to the family regardless of time or day of the week. The wrap facilitator continues to help the family identify other community and individual supports that can be used by the family to achieve their Care plan.

428choices Coordinated Care Solutions also has several smaller programs:family preservation: family preservation services are services designed to work with families who have a substantiated incident of abuse and/or neglect, but, where dcs believes the child(ren) can remain in the home with their caregiver(s) with the introduction of appropriate services to the family. Family preservation services are all inclusive and must aim to preserve the family by addressing any present safety and supervision concerns. All family members (provided it is age-appropriate for children to do so) should be involved in treatment planning and establishment of goals. The overarching goal for these services is to preserve families by addressing and resolving identified safety and supervision concerns.mississippi mypac: Mississippi youth programs around the clock (mypac) is a home and community - based medicaid program for children and youth with serious emotional disturbance (sed), that follows the high-fidelity wraparound process. Mypac provides an array of services as an alternative to traditional psychiatric residential treatment facilities (prtf). Wraparound is an all-inclusive planning process that is youth-guided and family-driven. This process is based on a strength-based philosophy of Care that brings community services and natural supports together from various parts of the youth and family's life. The all-inclusive planning process is a way to help children and youth with complex mental needs, and their families, achieve their hopes and dreams. Parents and/or guardians are much more involved with the planning and implementation of the services provided for their child while in mypac.in foster Care - licensed child placing agency: the Indiana department of child services (dcs) has contracted with Choices to provide therapeutic foster Care services. Therapeutic foster Care is a family-based placement option for children with behavioral, emotional, or medical needs who can be served in the community. Children served through therapeutic foster are in the Care of dcs and a determination had been made that they cannot remain safely in their homes. Choices recruits, trains, and supports foster parents while providing Care for these children and provides support and case management to the children while the goals of the case plan are being pursued.

Ohio rise (orise): aetna better health of Ohio has contracted with Choices to provide health Care services to members enrolled in the ohiorise medicaid plan. Ohiorise is a medicaid program in Ohio designed to help young people with significant behavioral health issues succeed in their schools, homes, and communities. "rise" stands for "resilience through integrated systems and excellence," highlighting the program's mission to provide comprehensive Care that meets the needs of each unique individual. Choices helps connect ohiorise members in their service areas with the Care they need and currently serves preble and montgomery counties.