A flexible range of mental health services for children and youth who require varying therapeutic and rehabilitative levels of care

Description

Children's Therapeutic Services and Supports (CTSS) provides a flexible range of mental health and rehabilitation services for children and youth with emotional disturbances and their families. The services are for children and youth who need higher levels of service than standard outpatient therapy.

CTSS services aim to help children:

• Recover an age-appropriate level of mental and emotional development that had been disrupted by a diagnosed emotional illness
• Self-monitor, compensate for, cope with, counteract, or replace psychosocial skills deficits
• Develop psychological, emotional, and intellectual processing abilities and personal and social functioning skills

Specific services provided to a youth and their family are based on:

• Diagnostic and functional assessment
• Child's therapeutic and support needs
• Family needs
• Family culture
• Availability of clinic, home, and school based services

CTSS services can be basic community-based therapy services, such as in a home or school. They can also be more intensive site-based services, such as day treatment. For families with complex needs and multiple providers, services must be coordinated with other providers or agencies working together.

CTSS services may include (depending on need and availability):

• Skills training focused on helping the client learn specific skills to help minimize the symptoms of their mental health diagnosis
• Psychotherapy, provided individually, as a family or group, and focused on measurable goals for the client and the entire family system
• Mental Health Behavioral Aide (MHBA) Services - one-to-one service that helps youth manage behavior problems and symptoms at home or school
• Crisis Planning - the development of a written plan to help the child's family to contend with a potential crisis
• Children's day treatment that combines psychotherapy and skills training for three hours per day

For more information, see the Provider Manual on the Minnesota Department of Human Services website.

Additional Information

Children's Therapeutic Services and Supports

Features

• Area Served by County
  • Washington County

• Licenses and Certifications
  • Mental Health Certification

• Payment
  • Medicaid (Medical Assistance)

• Specialization
  • Mental health

Eligibility

To be eligible for CTSS, three conditions must be met. The youth must be:

• Enrolled in Medical Assistance (MA) or MinnesotaCare
• Diagnosed with a mental health disorder that meets the criteria for emotional disturbance (Ages birth - 18) or mental illness (from age 18 - 21)
• Require rehabilitative mental health services to address their mental health needs, as documented in their diagnostic assessment

Application Instructions

By referral

Fee

None as covered by Medical Assistance benefit