24 Miss. Code. R. 2-39.1 - Service Design

A. Making A Plan (MAP) Teams address the needs of children/youth, birth up to 21 years, with serious emotional/behavioral disorders and/or dually diagnosed with serious emotional/behavioral disorders and an intellectual disability or serious emotional disturbance and alcohol/drug use, who require services from multiple agency providers and multiple service systems, and who can be successfully diverted from inappropriate institutional placement.

B. Each MAP Team must be comprised of at least one (1) child/youth behavioral health representative employed by the DMH/C or DMH/P certified agency provider who has a bachelor's degree. In addition, there must be at least one (1) representative from each of the following:

1. Each local school district in a county served by a MAP Team;

2. County or Regional Office of the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services;

3. County or Regional Youth Services Office of the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services;

4. County or Regional Office of the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services;

5. County or Regional Office of the Mississippi State Department of Health;

6. Parent or family member with a child/youth who has experienced an emotional and/or behavioral disturbance; and

7. Additional members may be added to each team, to include significant community-level stakeholders with resources that can benefit the children/youth with serious emotional disturbance.

C. DMH/C certified agency providers must maintain a current written interagency agreement with agency providers participating in the MAP Team.

D. DMH/P certified agency providers are required to designate an agency representative to participate in and attend monthly MAP Team meetings in the counties where the DMH/P agency is certified to provide children and youth mental health services.

E. All MAP Teams must adhere to the most recent version of the MAP Team Guidelines developed and maintained by DMH.

Notes

24 Miss. Code. R. 2-39.1

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-4-7

Amended 7/1/2016 Amended 9/1/2020 Amended 11/1/2024