CAFAS definition
Examples of CAFAS in a sentence
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION and CAFAS ULC OF MACHINISTS AND ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Member of the negotiation committee General Manager Local Lodge 2301, AIMAW ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.
PBI criteria is defined as severely or moderately impaired on three CAFAS subscales – School, Home, and Behavior Toward Others.
By comparison, the CSED waiver establishes eligibility with a CAFAS score of 90 or higher.
KEPRO will then review the application, contact the child, family, BSS worker, or other legal guardian to complete the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) within an approximate three-business-day period, and notify BBH at ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇.▇▇▇ within three business days whether the individual will be further evaluated for the CSED Waiver, based on the CAFAS score.
The eligibility criteria are: • The client or youth is age three through twenty (3-20) years; and • The client falls under one of the qualifying diagnoses (see Exhibit 3); and • The client demonstrates presence of a qualifying diagnosis for at least six (6) months or is expected to demonstrate the qualifying diagnosis for the next six (6) months; and • The client’s Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) score is > 80.
If the CAFAS score is 90 or above, KEPRO will assign an evaluator to complete the CSED Waiver evaluation process to determine eligibility, which typically takes 21-45 days.
Specifically, the State has selected criteria for functional impairment defined as either a CANS score of 40 or higher or a CAFAS score of 100 or higher.
It is our understanding that the waiver intends to use the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) and Preschool and Early Childhood Functional Assessment Scale (PECFAS) to determine functional eligibility for waiver services.
The materials do not specify how the CAFAS and CANS are introduced and explained to families along with their different purposes and frequency of completion.
Training must also reflect the expectation that CAFAS and CANS assessment must be administered correctly and consistently, including initial and continuing education; coaching; curricula, including seat-time and competency-based requirements; and training evaluation practices to ensure the training is sufficiently robust and specific as to deliver the services in a manner that is likely to accomplish the Agreement goals.