Children’s Treatment Services (CTS) are intended to supplement, rather than supplant, the casework of the Children’s Service Worker. These services should be helpful in reducing risk and improving family functioning and are to be identified in the treatment plan.

CTS provide services across the Division’s continuum of care. All children and families served through CTS must have active involvement with the Division, such as an open child abuse/neglect (CA/N) investigation, family assessment, family centered service case, foster care or adoption.  CTS are purchased by the Division on behalf of the family and CTS should be used, as a payer of last resort, with children and families to prevent CA/N and to treat the negative consequences of CA/N occurrence.  These services are administered by third party providers, which may include the provision of counseling and therapy; parent aide and education services; and/or, intensive in-home services (family preservation).  Services are provided in order to keep children from entering out of home care as well as to return children safely to their homes or other permanency plan.

Children and families may present a multitude of problems, which may require a variety of services. Contracted services to an individual or family should be provided based on the goals developed by the Children’s Service Worker, family or individual, and the provider.

Since effective communication between all treatment agents is a prerequisite for successful intervention, the worker must carefully define the nature and scope of services to be delivered. All CTS authorizations should be entered and approved through local protocols.  All CTS payments should be processed as outlined in the FACES Financial Systems Payment Handbook.

CTS are established through contracts with vendors statewide to provide the following:

• Therapeutic services
• Non-Therapeutic services
• Intensive In-Home Services
• Intensive Family Reunification
• Crisis Funds Disbursement
• Language Translation and Interpretive Services for People with Hearing Loss
• Interpretative and Counseling Services for the Deaf
• Transportation
• Drug Testing
• Paternity Testing
• Medical Examinations (SAFE Network and Other Medical Examinations) Needed during a CA/N Investigation
• Legal Feeds
• Paying for Medical Records
• Emergency medical examination services (related to CA/N investigations

Related Practice Points and Memos:

1-10-20 – CD20-05 – Children’s Treatment Services

9-22-20 = CD20-45- Medical Record Fees