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CKSN Update for October 15, 2004 |
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CKSN UPDATE for October 15, 2004 ABC for Health, Inc. IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Case Tip: Medicaid Covers Personal Care Services for Adult Children by Qualified Family Members 2. Sibs Day Camp 2004 3. Training on Positive Approaches to Supporting People with Challenging Behaviors 4. Unmet Mental Health Needs among Children in the Child Welfare System 5. Mental Health and Medicaid News from the Urban Institute 5. HealthWatch Updates and Contacts 6. Suggestions for the Update? Contact Us! ________________________________________________________________________ 1. CASE TIP: MEDICAID COVERS PERSONAL CARE SERVICES FOR ADULT CHILDREN BY QUALIFIED FAMILY MEMBERS Personal care services include help with bathing, dressing, meal preparation, and many other types of assistance with everyday activities. Medicaid covers these services for qualified individuals. But did you know that Medicaid will reimburse a parent or family member for providing these services for an adult child? Consider the following situation: Eric is 19 years old and is a Medicaid recipient. He has special needs and requires personal care services. His father, John, must decide whether to take a new job or stay home and take care of Eric. Good news! It is possible for John to be reimbursed for providing personal care services to his son, if he meets certain requirements. John must meet the training and other requirements for a personal care worker and be an employee or independent contractor of the provider who has prescribed the services. Remember, this only applies to children over the age of 18. For more information contact your local personal care provider agency. ______________________________________________________________________ 2. SIBS DAY CAMP 2004 Sibs Day Camp is day camp for individuals that have a sibling or parent with special health care needs/disabilities. Campers must be in grades 1st-6th. All camp dates will be Saturdays 9-3. Registration fee: $25/camper - Rock County & $40/camper - Other counties. Limited scholarships are available to Rock County participants only Registration fee includes all the dates listed below, snacks, activity supplies, and childcare for "one on one time" with Sib's Day Camp participants and their parents. Sib's Day Camp Dates - Sib's Day Camp Locations November 13th - Evansville November 20th - Janesville December 4th - Orfordville December 11th - Milton December 18th - Beloit For more information, registration form, or to volunteer please call: 608-758-0956 Family Respite Care Services for Rock County, 115 E. Court St. Suite 270, Janesville. 3. TRAINING ON POSITIVE APPROACHES TO SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH DIFFICULT BEHAVIORS Positive Approaches to Supporting People with Difficult Behaviors will be held in Oshkosh on November 9 & 10 and in Eau Claire on November 11 and 12. The registration deadline for both locations is October 29, 2004. David Pitonyak will lead an intensive two-day training on his inspiring and practical frameworks for supporting people with difficult behaviors. To learn more about David Pitonyak, check out his website, www.dimagine.com Registration fee: $65; Direct service staff: $35. This training content is very accessible to and supportive of families. Some parent/consumer registration scholarships are available. For more information, please contact: Marcie Brost at brostmm@dhfs.state.wi.us or Howard Mandeville at MandeHJ@dhfs.state.wi.us. The brochure for this event is available through the Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities at www.wcdd.org 4. UNMET MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AMONG CHILDREN IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM A recent study of a nationally representative sample of children ages 2 to 14 involved in the child welfare system finds nearly one-half have clinically significant emotional or behavioral problems. But only one-quarter off youth in the system received mental health treatment. The full article, "Mental Health Needs and Access to Mental Health Services by Youth Involved with Child Welfare: A National Survey," is available in the August 2004 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. http:// www.jaacap.com 5. MENTAL HEALTH AND MEDICAID NEWS FROM THE URBAN INSTITUTE At least 10 percent of low-income children have serious emotional and behavioral problems. States have adopted widely different ways of financing and delivering children’s mental health services. Access to Children’s Mental Health Services under Medicaid and SCHIP provides new information on Medicaid and SCHIP coverage of mental health services and on the prevalence of mental health problems among children according to income and health insurance coverage. 6. HEALTH WATCH UPDATES AND CONTACTS If you are interested in joining your regional HealthWatch committee, or want more information about their work, please contact the following people: Southern Region: Barbara Katz, ABC for Health, Inc., 608.261.6939 ext 207, barbk@safetyweb.org Training on Introduction to HealthWatch Wisconsin on Monday, November 1, 2004 from 11 am until 1 pm at South Madison Community Health Center, 2202 South Park Street, Madison. Lunch is included and space is limited. Please RSVP to maureenf@safetyweb.org Southeastern Region: Brad Holman, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 414.266.3189, bholman@chw.org Northern Region: Deb Blackstone, Family Resource Connection, 715.365.8030, dblacks@shsmh.org Northeastern Region: Steve Gerczak, St. Vincent Hospital, 920.433.8154, sgerczak@stvgb.org Western Region: Rose Marsh, Chippewa County Dept of Public Health, 1-800-400-3678, rmarsh@co.chippewa.wi.us ___________________________________________________________________ 7. SUGGESTIONS OR TIPS FOR THE UPDATE? CONTACT US! We need your help to develop content and tips for our CKSN Update. Please let us know about your ideas or success stories. Email your suggestions to barbk@safetyweb.org The CKSN Update is a bi-weekly electronic newsletter of the Covering Kids with Special Needs project that ABC for Health, Inc. is implementing with its partners, the Title V Children with Special Needs Regional Centers and Family Voices – Wisconsin. If you would like to submit news and information in future CKSN Updates, please send it to the attention of Barbara Katz. All submissions should be limited to 150 words. ________________________________________________________________________ ABC for Health is a Wisconsin-based, nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to linking children and families, particularly those with special health care needs, to health care benefits and services. ABC for Health's mission is to provide information, advocacy tools, legal services and expert support needed to obtain, maintain and finance health care coverage and services. Barbara Katz, moderator Parent Consultant ABC for Health, Inc. 608.261.6939 ext. 207 barbk@safetyweb.org