Manuals and Information Notices
The Medi-Cal Manual for ICC, IHBS, & TFC for Medi-Cal Beneficiaries (3rd edition) provides Mental Health Plans (MHPs), Medi-Cal providers, children and youth, families, county representatives, and other stakeholders with information regarding ICC, IHBS, and TFC. These services are available, when medically necessary, to correct or ameliorate defects and mental illnesses or conditions through the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit. This benefit is available to beneficiaries, up to age of 21, who are eligible for full scope Medi-Cal (42 U.S.C. § 1396a (a) (43) and 42 U.S.C. § 1396d (r)).
If you have questions regarding obtaining ICC, IHBS, or TFC for an eligible child or youth, please contact your County MHP.
You may also contact the Mental Health Services Division, at the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), at (916) 322-7445, or email your questions to DHCS at:
KatieA@dhcs.ca.gov.
In addition, you may email your questions to the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) at:
CWSCoordination@dss.ca.gov.
Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) Guide and Integrated Training Guide (ITG)
The ICPM provides practical guidance and direction to support the Children and Youth System of Care partners and community-based providers in California. It provides current best practices for the delivery of timely, effective, and collaborative services to children, youth, nonminor dependents (NMDs), and families. The ICPM serves as the organizational and relational foundation for the Children and Youth System of Care when used consistently among partners and professionals. The ICPM sets specific expectations for practice behaviors for staff involved in direct services to children and youth and their families, as well as for supervisory and leadership staff.
The ITG offers information and resources to help counties develop best practices for implementing cross-training programs and technical assistance. These resources aim to improve and sustain highly integrative and family-centered teaming approaches. ITG is a blueprint for workforce development that is integral to the implementation of ICPM and the Children and Youth System of Care as described in Assembly Bill (AB) 2083. The ITG provides guidance for developing a robust, collaborative training infrastructure for trauma-informed practice with capacity for hosting a comprehensive array of training and coaching for leadership, practitioners, and stakeholders.
The TFC Training Resource Toolkit provides information and resources to assist TFC Agencies in their development of a TFC parent training program. It includes learning objectives for each of the TFC training topics, and information regarding available training resources that may be helpful to TFC Agencies as they develop their TFC parent training programs to meet the 40-hour pre-service and 24-hour ongoing TFC training requirements.
| 19-004 | Mental Health Program Approval of Children's Crisis Residential Programs | 1/29/2019 |
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| 18-027 | Presumptive Transfer Policy Guidance | 6/22/2018 |
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| 18-022 | The California Children, Youth, and Families Integrated Core Practice Model and the California Integrated Training Guide | 5/18/2018 |
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| 18-017 | Mental Health Plan Claiming for Participation in Child and Family Teams and Completing Assessments for Children prior to Placement in Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs | 3/14/2018 |
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| 17-069 | Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) Training Resource Toolkit | 12/21/2017 |
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| 17-055 | Removal of the Lockout for Intensive Care Coordination and Intensive Care Coordination and Intensive Home Based Services for Children and Youth in Group Homes or Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs | 10/16/2017 |
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| 17-052 | Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) – Specialty Mental Health Services Performance Outcomes System Functional Assessment Tools for Children and Youth | 11/14/2017 |
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| 17-032 | Implementation of Presumptive Transfer for Foster Children Placed Out of County | 7/14/2017 |
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| 17-009 | Therapeutic Foster Care Service Model and Parent Qualifications | 2/21/2017 |
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| 16-049 | Requirements and Guidelines for Creating and Providing a Child and Family Team | 10/11/2016 |
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| 16-031E | Therapeutic Foster Care Service Model and Continuum of Care Reform | 8/16/2016 |
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| 16-004 | Provision of ICC and IHBS as Medically Necessary Through EPSDT | 2/5/2016 |
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| 16-002 | Pathways to Mental Health Services Implementation and Continuum of Care Reform Implementation Updates | 1/12/2016 |
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| 15-036 | Katie A. Settlement Agreement Reporting Requirements Allocation | 8/26/2015 |
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| 14-036 | Continuation of Intensive Care Coordination, Intensive Home Based Services, and Therapeutic Foster Care Within a Core Practice Model Approach Post Court Jurisdiction | 10/16/2014 |
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| 14-010 | Katie A. Progress Report | 4/1/2014 |
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| 13-019 | Katie A. Progress Report | 9/10/2013 |
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| 13-013 | Family and Youth Involvement and Engagement Strategies - Katie A. Implementation | 5/21/2013 |
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| 13-011 | Implementation of Claiming for Intensive Care Coordination and Intensive Home-Based Services in Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal Claims Processing System for Dates of Service Beginning January 1, 2013 | 5/3/2013 |
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| 13-010 | Introduction of Medi-Cal Manual for Intensive Care Coordination, Intensive Home-Based Services & Therapeutic Foster Care for Katie A. Subclass Members | 5/3/2013 |
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| 13-003 | Readiness Assessment Tool and Service Delivery Plan - Katie A. Implementation | 3/15/2013 |
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| 13-001 | Reminder of MHP Responsibility for Providing Specialty Mental Health Services to Medi-Cal Beneficiaries | 2/4/2013 |
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| 10-020 | Mental Health Plan Emily Q. v. Bontá Exit Strategy Certification Criteria | 9/23/2010 |
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| 09-010 | Therapeutic Behavioral Services Exit Plan | |
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| 09-006 | Delivery of Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services for Children in a Foster Care, Kin-GAP, or Aid to Adoptive Parents Aid Code Place Outside Their County of Origin | 5/4/2009 |
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