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Adolescent and Parent Services Program
(CAPS) provides comprehensive services
to children and adolescents ages 3
through 17 with a diagnosis of mental
illness, who may exhibit an emotional,
behavioral or mental disorder with a
serious functional impairment. |
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Eligibility Criteria: |
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children and adolescents who are: |
Age 3 through 17 years old with their
parent or legal guardian |
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Must have a diagnosis of mental illness
and exhibits a serious emotional
disturbance behavioral or mental
disorders and who: |
- have a serious functional impairment.
- are at risk of disruption of a preferred living or
child care environment due to
psychiatric symptoms; or.
- are enrolled in a school system’s special education
program because of a serious emotional
disturbance. |
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Prior inpatient psychiatric
hospitalization. |
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At risk of placement outside of the
home/community. |
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At risk of expulsion from school |
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Note: Primary
diagnosis of substance abuse, mental
retardation, autism, and developmental
disorder are beyond the scope of the
CAPS Program. Appropriate referrals will
be made to community providers.
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Needed Documentation: |
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The following items are required for
your appointment: |
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Birth Certificate and/or legal proof of
guardianship/custody |
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Social Security card number |
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Medicaid or private insurance card, if
available |
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Financial statement of family income
(income tax forms, pay stubs, etc.) |
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Referrals to the CAPS Program come from: |
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Walk-ins |
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School Counselors |
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Juvenile Justice |
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Private Physicians |
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Hospitals |
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Texas Resiliency and Recovery Program |
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Services to children and adolescents are
provided using the
Texas Resiliency and Recovery Program model provided by the
Texas Department of State Health
Services.
Texas Resiliency and Recovery Program is an effort to
redesign the way public mental health
services are delivered to children and
adolescents with a diagnosis of mental
illness, who may exhibit an emotional,
behavioral or mental disorder with a
serious functional impairment. One
primary aim is to ensure the provision
of interventions with empirical support
to eliminate or mange symptoms and
promote recovery from psychiatric
disorders. Other aims of this project
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Establishing who is eligible to receive
services. |
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Establishing ways to manage the use of
services. |
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Measuring clinical outcomes or the
impact of services. |
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Determining how much these services
should cost. |
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FEES: |
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The CAPS Program utilizes a sliding fee
scale to determine ability to pay.
Inability to pay will NOT exclude a
family from receiving services. Medicaid
and private insurance are accepted. |
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Services
Based
upon the assessment, the array of
services may include the following. |
Hotline
A continuously available telephone
service that provides information,
support, referrals, screening and
intervention that responds to callers 24
hours per day, 7 days per week.
Crisis Hotline # 1-800-643-1102 |
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Screening
An activity performed by professional to
gather information through face-to-face
or telephone interviews with the
individual or caregiver to determine the
need for an in-depth assessment. |
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Pre-Admission Assessment
A licensed professional will meet with
you and your child face-to-face to ask
you questions about your child’s mental
health, emotional and behavioral
development, their schoolwork and other
information for the purpose of
determining eligibility for services. |
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Case Management
Primarily site-based services that
assist a child/adolescent, or caregiver
in obtaining and coordinating access to
necessary care and services appropriate
to the individual’s needs. |
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Intensive Case Management
Activities to assist a client and their
caregiver obtain and coordinate access
to necessary care and services
appropriate to the individual’s needs.
Wraparound Planning is used to develop
the Case Management Plan. |
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Counseling
Individual, family and group therapy
focused on the reduction or elimination
of a client’s symptoms of emotional
disturbance and increasing the
individual’s ability to perform
activities of daily living. |
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Provision of Medication
A service provided by a physician or
other prescribing professional which
focuses on the use of medications to
treat a client’s symptoms of mental
illness. |
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Medication Training and Support
Instruction and guidance in the use of
medication and provided within a
patient/family education program. |
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Mobil Crisis Outreach Team
(MCOT)
The Mobil Crisis Outreach Team staff
goes into the community to provide
emergency care to individuals in mental
health crisis when they are unable to
make it into an office setting. Staff
may go into homes, schools or other
community settings. |
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Jail Diversion
The child/adolescent jail diversion
program is designed for the early
identification of individuals with
serious mental illness and serious
emotional disturbances who have been
placed in the criminal and juvenile
justice systems. |
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Rehabilitation Skills Training
Training provided to address the serious
emotional disturbance and
symptom-related problems that interfere
with the individual’s functioning,
provides opportunities for the
individual to acquire and improve skills
needed to function as appropriately and
independently as possible in the
community. |
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Flexible Community Supports
Funding available to purchase
non-clinical community supports to
augment the service plan to reduce
symptomatology and maintain quality of
life and family integration. Community
supports include but are not limited to:
tutors, family aides, specialized camps,
child-oriented activities,
transportation services, and temporary
child care. |
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Family Case Management
Activities designed to assist the
client’s family members in accessing and
coordinating necessary care and services
appropriate to the family members needs. |
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Family Training
Training provided to the client’s
primary caregivers to assist the
caregivers in coping and managing the
client’s emotional disturbance. |
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Family Partner
Individuals who are experienced and
trained parents or caregivers of a child
or adolescent with a serious emotional
disturbance. Family Partners are
instrumental in engaging families in
services, providing peer mentoring and
support, model self-advocacy skills and
assist in the identification of support
systems. |
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Parent Support Groups
Routinely scheduled support and
informational meetings for the client’s
primary caregiver. |
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