1. A Promising Approach: Integrated Health Care with Foster Care Children
Session #B2, #
A Promising Approach: Integrated Health Care with Foster Care Children
Rick Ybarra, MA, Program Officer, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health (Austin, TX)
Alejandra Posada, MEd, Chief Program Officer, Mental Health America of Greater Houston (Houston, TX)
Toni Watt, PhD, Professor of Sociology, Texas State University (San Marcos, TX)
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CFHA 18th Annual Conference
October 13-15, 2016  Charlotte, NC U.S.A.
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3. Learning Objectives At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
Objective 1: Identify three aspects of how the care delivery system in structured in foster care settings.
Objective 2: Describe three characteristics of the HCPS IHC program for children in State custody care that differ from usual care.
Objective 3: List three recommendations for future design and implementation of practice, program and policy considerations of IHC with foster care children.
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4. Bibliography / Reference
Asarnow, J., Rozenman, M., Wiblin, J., & Zeltzer, L. (2015). Integrated Medical-Behavioral Care Compared with Usual Primary Care for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health: A Meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatrics, 169(10), doi: /jamapediatrics
Lin, C. (2014). Evaluating Services for Kinship Care Families: A Systematic Review. Children and Youth Services Review, 36 (2014) 32–41.
Pires, S., Grimes, K., Gilmer, T., Allen, K., Mahadevan, R., & Hendricks, T. (2013). Identifying Opportunities to Improve Children’s Behavioral Health Care: An Analysis of Medicaid Utilization and Expenditures. Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. Faces of Medicaid Data Brief.
Sakai, C., Lin, H., & Flores, G. (2011). Health outcomes and family services in kinship care: Analysis of a national sample of children in the child welfare system. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 165(2), 159–165.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau (2012). The AFCARS Report: Preliminary FY 2011 estimates as of July Washington, DC.
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6. Speed Dating! NOT!!!! 30 seconds each person
Introduce self: name, state, setting (FQ, CHC, MH/BH setting, foster care, pediatrics, academic setting, etc)
Why are you here?
One thing you hope to learn or take-away from the session?
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7. Children in State Custody: A High-Need Population
Uniquely vulnerable group
Abuse and/or neglect, trauma
Life disruption (removed from parent/s, siblings, friends, schools, neighborhoods)
Substantial health needs compared with children from similar socioeconomic circumstances
Behavioral health issues (40% - 60%)
Physical health concerns
Developmental delays
High level of comorbidity
Example – Texas Medicaid
Children in state custody represent 3% of children with Medicaid
Account for 29% of Medicaid expenditures for behavioral health
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8. An Underserved Population
Insufficient access to care
Only 25% - 50% receive needed behavioral health services
Kinship care vs. foster care placements – Kinship placements, while beneficial in many regards, may provide less access to behavioral health treatment
Inadequate, substandard care
Lack of coordination of services
Poor communication among providers
Failure to include biological family members
Narrow treatment protocol – Overreliance on psychotropic medications
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9. A Role for Integrated Health Care?
Few studies of IHC among pediatric populations, and no studies of children in state custody served with IHC
Complexities that any IHC model must take into account
Complicated child welfare system
Different types of placements (e.g., kinship care, foster care) and multiple placements
History of trauma
Disentangling child’s reaction to a new placement from symptoms of mental health disorders
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10. Structure and Components of Harris County Protective Services IHC program
While Child Protective Services (CPS) in Texas is a state-managed program through the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), in a unique governmental collaboration, protective services for children and adults in Harris County are provided by DFPS and Harris County through Harris County Protective Services for Children and Adults (HCPS)
HCPS provides direct services to children not served by DFPS through Youth Services Center, Community Youth Services and the Prevention Program
BEAR...BE A Resource for CPS Kids, Children's Crisis Care Center, Medical and Dental Clinic
Bringing enhanced alignment to systems touched by the child & family/care giver
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11. Structure and Components of Harris County Protective Services IHC program
Child-Centered Medical Home
CM and psychiatric consultation embedded in clinic & workflow; referrals to therapist (in same building)
CM helps children access needed specialty services, schedules appts for on-site psych services, makes referrals for therapy when needed; offers children/ families emotional support, guidance, and assistance obtaining other community resources; tracks children’s wellbeing; maintains the majority of the data collection for the initiative
Two peer navigators added Q1 of 2015 to provide caregivers with a connection to other families who have been through the system and can offer support and guidance
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12. Evaluation Design Process and Outcome Mixed Method Field Research
Qualitative-In-Depth Interviews
Kinship caregivers and key stakeholders
Quantitative Data
StarHealth service data
Clinic screening data
Child well-being (BERS-2)
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13. Evaluation Highlights: The Case for Care Management
Care Coordination
“Trying to get services was just a mess….I had to search for a therapist and a psychiatrist and didn’t even know where to start from. A lot of parents like me that don’t know where to start from. They say ‘go to the internet’. But what if I don’t have internet?”
Social Support
“I think she really sincerely cares. ….In our situation, we’re so rattled, here we were almost empty nesters, and then we were just in this situation. Every contact (with her), it matters more to me than the case workers.”
Tracking
“On a bad week you think I can’t do this I’m a failure… It does make you feel good when a therapist or the care manager says you are doing good. It gives you strength to go on, hearing that the outcomes are improving.”
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14. Pre to Post Change in Child/Adolescent Well-Being: Effect Size
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15. Pre to Post Change in Well-Being
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16. Care Management: IHC Opportunities
Early Childhood Interventions and Referrals
Trauma
Screening
Training caregivers
Trauma services
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17. A Mutually Beneficial Partnership
Foster Care and IHC:
A Mutually Beneficial Partnership
Filling gaps in services for foster youth
Complex health problems
Strained caregivers navigating complex systems
Lack of attention to outcomes
Expanding integrated care
Prevention and early intervention
Biopsychosocial model of mental health
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18. Q&A/Audience Engagement
Thoughts/Reactions?
Was there anything new presented to you?
What’s missing from what we covered?
For those working with foster care youth or child serving agencies, can you share what’s working or not in your setting? What have you learned?
What components are doable which are not? Why not? What are the barriers that would prevent implementing components or this program?
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19. Session Evaluation
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