YES Waiver

Youth Empowerment Services

What is it?

The Child & Family team works with children and youth at risk of out-of-home placement, using a family-centered, wraparound approach to create a personalized treatment plan. We work with the family to convene a team, which meets monthly, and may consist of family, friends, neighbors, professionals, and others who are important to the youth and family. 

This service model allows Child & Family to maintain our program goals to:

  • Reduce out-of-home placements and decrease inpatient hospitalizations

  • Provide a more complete continuum of community-based services and supports

  • Ensure families have access to parent partners & support services

  • Prevent entry into the foster care system or relinquishment of parental custody

Who is it For?

For eligibility for services, a child or adolescent should meet the following criteria:

  • Age 3-18

  • Reside with legal guardian

  • Qualifies for inpatient care

  • Has current mental health diagnosis

Child or adolescent must also have serious functional impairments that include:

  • Risk of harm to self or others

  • Disruptive/ aggressive behavior

  • Poor school behavior

They should also be eligible for Medicaid- parents’ income does not apply.

All YES Waiver Services

 

 Specialized Therapies

  • Non-traditional services that provide alternative and creative forms of therapy to help improve the youth’s health, welfare, and functioning in their community, including:

  1. Animal Assisted Therapy

  2. Art Therapy

  3. Music Therapy

  4. Recreational Therapy

  5. Nutritional Counseling

Community Living Supports

  • Help families adjust to special challenges related to the youth’s mental health needs by using proven practices and strategies.

Family Supports

  • Connect family members with others who can support them by sharing similar lived experiences.

Employment Assistance

  • Help youth find a job and be successful in it.

Paraprofessional Services

  • Help with stressful situations through coaching and mentoring.

Respite Services

  • Allow families and caretakers to take a temporary break from caring for youth enrolled in YES.

Non-Medical Transportation

  • Take youth to YES Waiver services when no other transportation is available.

Supportive Family-Based Alternatives

  • Provide support and model healthy interactions for the whole family while the youth temporarily lives in a therapeutic home.

Adaptive Aids and Supports

  • Supplement YES services with medically necessary supports to prevent out-of-home placement.

Minor Home Modifications

  • Support the youth’s ability to function independently at home and in the community.

Transition Services

  • Help with the costs associated with a youth moving into their own home.

 
 

Enrollment

For more information or to request an evaluation please contact the YES Waiver Inquiry Line at the following number: (866) 501-6535