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COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY
Intensive Care Coordination (ICC)
What is ICC?
ICC is a service that uses the Wraparound care planning process
to coordinate multiple services and supports for youth with Serious
Emotional Disturbance (SED). Involvement and participation in ICC is
voluntary.
How
does ICC help families?
A care coordinator is assigned to work with each youth and
family enrolled in ICC. The care coordinator is responsible for
working with the youth and family to:
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Complete a risk management and
safety plan
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Conduct a comprehensive home-based
assessment of the youth’s and family’s strengths and needs
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Assemble a care planning team of
the family’s preference made up of formal (e.g. teachers, state
agency workers, etc.) and natural supports (e.g. friends,
neighbors, ect.) to help support the youth and family.
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Develop an individual care plan (ICP)
that guides the family and team on pursuing goals identified be
the care planning team
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Make sure services and supports
identified in the ICP are in place and coordinated.
Family Support and Training
Persons delivering this service are known as family partners. A
family partner has experience as a caregiver of a youth with special
needs. The family partner works closely with the care coordinator
(for youth in ICC) to help the parent(s) or caregiver(s) of the
youth by:
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Teaching the parent/caregiver how
to navigate the child-serving systems
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Identifying available services and
supports in the community
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Developing connections with
self-help or support groups
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Supporting and coaching the
parent/caregiver in reaching goals identified on the ICP
What are the eligibility
requirements?
Intensive Care Coordination facilitates
care planning and coordination of services for MassHealth youth,
with serious emotional disturbance (SED), under the age of 21, and
enrolled in MassHealth Standard or CommonHealth who meet the medical
necessity criteria for this service.
How are Referrals Made?
To make a referral, please fill out our
Online Referral Form, or contact:
Child & Family Services, Inc.
Someone should return your call within 24 hours to schedule a face
to face interview.
Community
Outreach
800 Purchase Street, 4th Floor
New Bedford, MA 02740
Telephone: 508-990-0894
Fax: 508-990-0298
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