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COORDINATED FAMILY-FOCUSED CARE
What is CFFC?
Coordinated Family-Focused Care (CFFC) is a model of care
jointly funded by the Division of Medical Assistance and the
Departments of Mental Health, Social Services, Youth Services, and
Education. The program is managed by the Massachusetts Behavioral
Health Partnership.
What is the goal CFFC?
The goal of CFFC is to better coordinate the care of children
and adolescents who are risk of hospitalization or residential
placement because of their serious emotional disturbance. The CFFC
program builds on family strengths and available support systems to
help children remain in or return to the community.
How
does CFFC help families?
CFFC helps families:
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Apply positive approaches to their
child's behavioral issues so that the child is more successful
at home and in school.
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Understand the behavioral health
system and receive more appropriate services.
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Resolve crises that could result in
hospitalization by making CFFC staff available twenty-four hours
a day, seven days a week for crisis support.
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Connect with other families through
peer support groups to share their experiences and concerns.
How does CFFC help children?
CFFC provides children with:
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Coordination of services across
multiple agencies and providers.
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Access to treatment services,
including family therapy and medication management.
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Connections to resources available
in the community.
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A range of after-school programs
that promote academic improvement and social development.
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Short-term in-home and out-of-home
respite care.
What are the eligibility
requirements?
A child may be eligible if he or she has a serious emotional
disturbance that significantly affects functioning at home, school,
or in the community. The child must also be:
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Between the ages of 3 to 18 years
(inclusive) but the child can be up to age 22 if he or she is
receiving special education services and has a serious emotional
disturbance.
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At risk of psychiatric
hospitalization or residential care.
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A Mass Health member and enrolled
or eligible to be enrolled in the Massachusetts Behavioral
Health Partnership.
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A resident of New Bedford.
Other eligibility criteria that apply
will be explained by the CFFC program staff.
What happens after a child is accepted into the program?
After a child is accepted into CFFC, the program staff meets with
the child and his or her family to explain the model and to conduct
a through strengths-based assessment of their needs.
The CFFC staff then works with the family to develop their child's
Care Planning Team (CPT), which consists of the child, the family,
people invited by the family, CFFC staff, appropriate State agency
staff and school staff.
The Care Planning Team develops an Individual Care Plan, a plan that
focuses on the child's needs and proposes ways to improve the
child's well being in all settings, including at home, at school,
and in the community.
The Individual Care Plan serves as the roadmap for the child, the
family, and the members of the Care Planning Team. It helps them to
work together to better support the child and family in the
achievement of their goals.
How are Referrals Made?
To make a referral, please fill out our
open referral form, or contact
either Sonia Mancini, Senior
Care Manager (smancini@cfservices.org
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or Cheryl Greene, Program Director (cgreene@cfservices.org
) at Child & Family Services, Inc.
Community
Outreach
800 Purchase Street, 4th Floor
New Bedford, MA 02740
Telephone: 508-990-0894
Fax: 508-990-0298
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