BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT SERVICES
The
Behavioral Treatment Unit provides technical and financial assistance to local
county offices requiring help in locating and/or funding out-of-home placements
for children with emotional and/or behavioral problems. The Division of Children and Family Services
provides these placements through contracts with private providers or Medicaid
providers. Services purchased are as
follows: therapeutic foster care, residential treatment, comprehensive
residential treatment, emergency shelter, case management and specialized
foster care placements for developmentally delayed children and sexual offender
treatment programs.
The following
services were provided through contracts during SFY 2000:
|
Therapeutic Foster Care |
12
programs |
|
Comprehensive Residential Treatment |
5
programs |
|
Emergency Shelter |
11
programs |
|
Specialized Foster Care Services for
Developmentally Delayed Children |
3
programs |
|
|
|
|
Residential Treatment |
6
programs |
|
Sexual Offenders Treatment Programs |
7
programs |
|
Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment |
6 hospitals |
|
Independent Living Programs |
1 program |
|
Comprehensive Case Management |
1 program |
|
AR
DHS Statistical Report SFY 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
3-59 |