Reentry/Aftercare Services Sample Clauses

Reentry/Aftercare Services a. Reentry/Aftercare services must be provided for each youth who received residential services contracted by MDHHS in accordance with JRM 207 and related policies. Aftercare services must continue for a duration of 6 months post discharge and must be provided to youth who are discharged into a community setting; this excludes discharge to another CCI, adult ▇▇▇▇▇▇ care, shelter, hospital, detention, or jail. Aftercare services are not required to be provided if the youth was in the contractor’s care for 14 days or less, or if the independent initial assessment determines that the youth should be serviced in the community and that youth is discharged from the contractor’s care within 30 days of entry. b. For families living outside a 90-mile radius from the facility, the Contractor may subcontract or partner with another agency who is in the family’s community. If the family is outside of the 90-mile radius and services are subcontracted, the Contractor is responsible for ensuring the required services are being provided, the aftercare residential report is completed and submitted to the caseworker and the Release Outcomes report is completed and submitted in MiSACWIS. c. The contractor may elect to employ a Family Transition Coordinator (FTC) that must be assigned to a youth’s case prior to the youth being released from the program. The FTC may be the “designated individual” to exercise the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard and work in partnership with the family during the intervention. At a minimum, the FTC must have a bachelor’s degree in a human services field from an accredited university. The Family Transition Coordinator must receive supervision from a clinical supervisor with demonstrated commitment to permanency and children living with families in their homes and communities, who incorporates family- driven care in practice and staff skills, and who has, or obtains advanced clinical skills in a specific family engagement evidence- based, evidence-informed practice such as Functional Family Therapy (FFT), Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST), or Motivational Interviewing (MI) d. In order to facilitate quality aftercare services, the Contractor must maintain community involvement, facilitate ongoing youth and family voice and choice, and transition/permanency planning. The Contractor must demonstrate a strong commitment to achieving permanent connections for every youth to ensure permanency and a broad family/community support network is in place for...