Tools for ILTs and Youth with Complex Care Needs
Support for Counties as they engage with their Managed Care Plans and increase their linkage to CalAIM programs which expand services and support for children and youth with complex care needs.
Support for Counties as they engage with their Managed Care Plans and increase their linkage to CalAIM programs which expand services and support for children and youth with complex care needs.
Inquiry into a child's Indian status should be conducted as part of the Structured Decision Making (SDM) Tool (Child Welfare).
Such inquiry could result in transferring the family to a Tribe with a IV-E agreement to provide services under the FFPS Program. Regardless any Tribe a family is found to be a member of should be included in the provision of assessment and services.
This may include connecting the family to a community-based provider to receive other services and/or supports.
Family refers self or referred by another provider, entity, or team to the Tribe.
If at the end of the 12-month period, the family is no longer imminent risk for foster care entry, Tribe and applicable providers should develop a process for ensuring families can continue some form of service and/or support, if needed.
After approving candidacy, a Tribe may refer a family to the Community Pathway to provide services via a provider the Tribe may be working with.
Requirements for utilizing an Evidence-Based Practice are waived for Tribes. Such prevention services can include a variety of culturally responsive services to meet the needs of family who are members, or eligible for membership, of a Tribe.
Family refers self or is referred by another provider, entity or team.
Families may be referred to the Community Pathway via a variety of teaming methods including, but not limited to:
Community Providers will coordinate with IV-E Agency regarding notice.
Collaboration with the Tribe must occur if a family identifies they are a member of a Tribe. Community providers could also inquire if the child/family is a member of a Tribe.
When the family identifies that they are a member of a Tribe, the community provider must collaborate with the Tribe (regardless of IV-E Status) on all aspects of assessment and case planning.
Counties and providers will want to develop a process for providing services and supports to families that are not eligible for IV-E funded prevention services and/or there is not an EBP service available for claiming Title IV-E funding.
Such process will involve identifying available funding to sustain such services and supports that are not eligible for Title IV-E reimbursement.
If at the end of the 12-month period, the family is no longer at imminent risk for foster care entry, counties and providers should develop a process for ensuring families can continue some form of service and/or support, if needed.
Family may be referred to the Hotline or via a referral to a Probation.
Inquiry into a child's Indian status should be conducted as part of the Structured Decision Making (SDM) Tool (Child Welfare) or embedded in Probation screening process.
Such inquiry could result in transferring a familt to a Tribe with a IV-E agreement to provide services under the FFPS Program. Regardless, any Tribe a family is found to be a member of should be included in the provision of assessment and services.
The family may be connected to a community-based provider to receive other services and/or supports.
The family may be connected to a community-based provider to receive other services and/or supports.
For counties that have identified traditional candidates as a population within their Comprehensive Prevention Plans, traditional candidates can be served as a population for prevention services under the FFPS program.