The county board shall provide client outreach services
designed to locate children within the community who may have a severe
emotional disturbance, inform them and their families of available children's
community-based mental health services, including family community support and
case management services, and assure that they have access to those services by
assisting the family to arrange for transportation, if necessary. Client
outreach services must:
A. be
conducted throughout the calendar year;
B. occur at the site requested by the child
and the child's parent or legal representative;
C. be provided in a manner which promotes the
involvement of the child and the child's family;
D. occur face-to-face whenever
possible;
E. be provided in a
manner which is sensitive to cultural differences and special needs;
and
F. provide the
child and the
child's
parent or
legal representative, in writing, the information specified
in part
9535.4070.
Outreach services to providers in the local system of care
and to families must include the development and distribution of information on
the availability of family community support services and case management
services and how to access these services.
