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Florida Develops Utilization Management System for Youth Mental Health Services
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
A 1996 legislative mandate directed Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration to develop a utilization management system for Medicaid-funded mental health and substance abuse services in order to achieve $34 million in savings.
Michigan Initiative Helps Children with Emotional Disturbances
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
From 1994 to 1997, under the Michigan Interagency Family Preservation Initiative, the State of Michigan Department of Mental Health, Lansing, Mich., piloted innovative models for serving children and families, particularly children with serious emotional disturbances.
Strength in Numbers: King County Service Organizations Pool Their Money and Resources
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Starting in May 1996, the King County Blended Funding Project was a cooperative effort to create a system of care to meet the needs of the most difficult-to-serve and high-cost children, youth, and their families in King County.
Massachusetts Integrates Services and Improves Mental Health Care for Youth
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Boston, coordinated a pilot project to integrate medical, mental health, social support and non-traditional services for children and adolescents who had serious emotional disturbances within a traditionally organized system of care.
South Carolina Seeks to Privatize its Child Welfare Services
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Starting in April 1996, the State of South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, sought to pilot a project in which a private contractor would develop and manage organized systems of care for child protection through in-home intervention, foster care and adoption under a comprehensive blended rate payment system.
Mississippi Reduces Institutional Out-of-Community Placements for Youth with Mental Health Disorders
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The State of Mississippi Department of Mental Health, Jackson, Miss., conducted a two-pilot project known as Mississippi Connections that focused on providing an integrated system of services in the home and community.
Wraparound Program Saves Illinois Money and Provides Better Mental Health Services for Youth
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Between January 1996 and June 1997, the State of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Springfield, Ill. carried out a project to support the development of a managed care system of services for foster care children-all of whom are wards of the state-who needed behavioral health services.
Minnesota's Mental Health Collaborative Maximizes Federal Entitlement Reimbursement
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Staff at the State of Minnesota Department of Human Services implemented state policy and administrative support systems for facilitating the development of Minnesota Children's Health Collaboratives-Integrated Fund Initiative (MHIF).
San Francisco Collaborative Provides Continuum of Care for Severely Mentally Ill Youth
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
From 1996 to 1998, the City and County of San Francisco developed blended funding streams and wraparound services under a capitated managed care system.
Aftercare Treatment Coordinated for Mentally Ill, Substance Abusing Teens in One New Jersey County
September 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Middlesex County Educational Services Commission developed and implemented the first aftercare service in Middlesex County, N.J., for mentally ill youth completing treatment for substance abuse.