AGENDA DISCUSSION ACTIONS TIME WHO’S RESPONSIBLE ITEMS/ISSUE OUTCOME FRAME with the foster care population, though no data is available yet. Asked about the difficulty in securing Distribute RFQ When Mary Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services, Available Abrams Asst. Commissioner Manley stated that the requirements for certification have not been redone since 2012, adding that an RFQ would be issued to open the network. It was also noted that the DCF budget N/A N/A N/A increase solely reflected increased utilization. Asked about the impact of potential health N/A N/A N/A care changes at the federal level on Behavioral Health Homes, Ms. Manley responded that DCF has some backup ideas around integrated care and that they would not be through the Comprehensive Waiver. Looking forward, DCF’s goal is to N/A N/A N/A children earlier with the Nurtured Heart approach. Updates: Kathy Enerlich said that PerformCare has Information from As soon as Mary PerformCare been getting a lot of calls from parents Kathy Collins will be possible. Abrams following Reasons Why”. Kathy Collins distributed to “13 said she would share good information put members. [ were out by a school psychologist Days distributed to “13 – What to Do Instead”. members.] Alan DeStefano inquired about the call N/A N/A N/A volume to PerformCare, noting that Cape Atlantic enrolled 128 children in one month representing the second straight month of record numbers. Kathy responded that last year call volume was up 10 thousand over the prior year and they expect to break a record this year (January was the highest month ever with 150 calls per day). Juvenile Justice Alice Garcia reported that JJC is still doing N/A N/A N/A Commission (JJC) Nurtured Heart training. JJC is currently looking at Trauma Informed Care data; they assess their data every three months. Standing Agenda Lynn Connor noted the difficulty agencies N/A N/A N/A Topics are having filling recently opened beds for Developmental the DD population. Community Treatment Disabilities (DD) Solutions (CTS) recently opened three homes, each with five beds only 6 beds are – currently filled. CTS met recently with the
AGENDA ITEMS/ISSUE DISCUSSION ACTIONS OUTCOME TIME FRAME WHO’S RESPONSIBLE with the foster care population, though no data is available yet. Asked about the difficulty in securing Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services, Asst. Commissioner Manley stated that the requirements for certification have not been redone since 2012, adding that an RFQ would be issued to open the network. It was also noted that the DCF budget increase solely reflected increased utilization. Asked about the impact of potential health care changes at the federal level on Behavioral Health Homes, Ms. Manley responded that DCF has some backup ideas around integrated care and that they would not be through the Comprehensive Waiver. Looking forward, DCF’s goal is to children earlier with the Nurtured Heart approach. Distribute RFQ N/A N/A N/A When Available N/A N/A N/A Mary Abrams N/A N/A N/A Updates: PerformCare Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC) Kathy Enerlich said that PerformCare has been getting a lot of calls from parents following “13 Reasons Why”. Kathy Collins said she would share good information put out by a school psychologist “13 Days – What to Do Instead”. Alan DeStefano inquired about the call volume to PerformCare, noting that Cape Atlantic enrolled 128 children in one month representing the second straight month of record numbers. Kathy responded that last year call volume was up 10 thousand over the prior year and they expect to break a record this year (January was the highest month ever with 150 calls per day). Alice Garcia reported that JJC is still doing Nurtured Heart training. JJC is currently looking at Trauma Informed Care data; they assess their data every three months. Information from Kathy Collins will be distributed to members. [ were distributed to members.] N/A N/A As soon as possible. N/A N/A Mary Abrams N/A N/A Standing Agenda Topics Developmental Disabilities (DD) Lynn Connor noted the difficulty agencies are having filling recently opened beds for the DD population. Community Treatment Solutions (CTS) recently opened three homes, each with five beds – only 6 beds are currently filled. CTS met recently with the N/A N/A N/A
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