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Current through June 25, 2024
MDHS - DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES
Children, ages 7 through 17 and 11 months, whose behavior
					 problems have brought them into Youth Court jurisdiction are eligible for
					 services.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAM
					 OVERVIEW
MDHS DIVISION OF AGING AND ADULT
					 SERVICES
PROPOSED SERVICES TO BE FUNDED
* Adult Protective Services
* Adult Day Care
* Case Management
* Home Delivered Meals
* Homemaker/Home Health Aide
* Information & Assistance (Prescription Assistance
					 Program)
* Ombudsman
* Respite Care
* Transportation
The Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended (OAA),
					 administered by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services,
					 Administration on Aging, under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for
					 Aging, requires the Governor of the State of Mississippi to designate a single
					 state agency to develop and administer a Pre-Expenditure Report on Aging. The
					 Division of Aging and Adult Services under the umbrella of the Mississippi
					 Department of Human Services has been designated by the Governor as that agency
					 and is hereinafter referred to as the DAAS.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
OVERVIEW OF THE AGING NETWORK
The DAAS is the state entity designated by the Governor to
					 receive and administer federal funds received through the Older Americans Act
					 and other resources developed by the DAAS. Working with a network of local Area
					 Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and local service organizations, DAAS plans and
					 administers programs and services to improve the quality of life for all of
					 Mississippi's older citizens. As the official state office on aging, the DAAS
					 works closely with a network of designated agencies within a planning and
					 service area to ensure comprehensive activities, programs and services for
					 older Mississippians are offered statewide. Additionally, the DAAS works with
					 many other state agencies as well as with the private sector, to create
					 recognition of the needs and interests of older adults and to develop new
					 resources.
The DAAS proactively carries out a wide range of functions
					 related to advocacy, planning, coordination, interagency linkages, information
					 sharing, brokering, monitoring, and evaluation. The DAAS pays special attention
					 to those older adults who have the greatest social, economic, and health needs
					 and to low income minority elders.
The DAAS plans, coordinates and administers Aging
					 programs, and provides leadership and guidance to the various agencies and
					 organizations serving the elderly and allocates federal and State funds
					 designated to meet the needs of elderly Mississippians. The ten AAA's are
					 separate units of the private, nonprofit Planning and Development District
					 organizations.
METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAM OPERATIONS RECIPIENTS, METHOD OF DELIVERY
					 AND COUNTIES SERVED
Adult Protective Services
					 (APS)
The APS protects the rights of vulnerable Adults age 18
					 and older who may be victims of abuse, neglect or exploitation as defined in
					 Mississippi Vulnerable Adults Act. Reports are made from the general public or
					 professionals mandated to report, and are investigated by the dedicated staff
					 to resolve the alleged malfeasance and assist to correct the underlying
					 problem. The APS program staff consists of family protection specialists in the
					 field, social work supervisors, and state office administrators who are
					 responsible for investigators statewide. APS services are targeted to
					 Mississippians age 18 and older who are reported as alleged victims of
					 vulnerability.
Total Recipients: 3000
Method of Delivery:
X
Direct____Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: One unit of service equates to one
					 client's case including: report intake, review, case staffing, investigation,
					 travel, case documentation, collateral contact, resource development, tech
					 assist, legal assistance: at approximately 11 hours per case.
PROPOSED AWARD
$1,000,000
Adult Day
					 Care
Provide safe, monitored care during the day for persons
					 with serious health problems or impairments. Adult Day Care provides personal
					 care supervision, congregate meals, limited health care, and the opportunity to
					 interact socially with other people. Adult Day Care is essential in maintaining
					 older adults with impairments in their own family setting. Adult Day Care
					 program services are targeted to Mississippians age 60 and older whose
					 socio-economic, functional, and/or geographic isolation places him/her at Level
					 II or above on the screening instrument and who are in need of a sheltered
					 community setting during some portion of the day.
Total Recipients: 53
Method of Delivery: __ Direct
X
Purchase
Counties Served: 10
Unit of Service: Participant's attendance at the center
					 for at least 4 hours but less than 24 hours
PROPOSED AWARD $175,861
Case
					 Management/Adults
Case Management is the method by which services are
					 coordinated and monitored for the frail elderly in an effort to provide
					 continuity of care and avoid costly duplication of services. It is the key
					 service in a complete system of community-based care. Such a system provides an
					 alternative to costly nursing home placement by developing and effectively
					 using support services in the community, both formal and informal, to enhance
					 the independence of the individual. Case management services target
					 Mississippians age 60 and older whose socio-economic, functional, and/or
					 geographic isolation places him/her in a frail, vulnerable target level on the
					 DAAS Client Screening Form. A case manager's client load is limited to 60
					 clients.
Total Recipients: 200
Method of Delivery: ___ Direct
X
Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 hour of service
PROPOSED AWARD $257,101
Home Delivered Meals
Five meals are delivered to the residence of a homebound
					 older person each week. This program is the only statewide service of its kind.
					 A well balanced diet is essential in maintaining overall health; the home
					 delivered meals program is a vital component for seniors to receive the
					 nutritional intake needed to maintain or improve their health status. Meals are
					 planned and prepared to the older person's dietary needs and meet the USD A
					 dietary guidelines. The service is cost-effective due to the use of volunteers
					 to deliver meals, commodity credit meal reimbursement, and the utilization of a
					 statewide contractor. The additional benefits the homebound person receives
					 from a meal delivery are: visitation, informal counseling, and a "gate-keeping"
					 activity (a friendly check to see that the meal recipient is well). Home
					 Delivered Meal services are targeted to Mississippians age 60 and older whose
					 socio-economic, functional, and/or geographic isolation places him/her in
					 frail, vulnerable target level on the DAAS Client Screening Form. Priority is
					 given to persons at risk of institutionalization.
Total Recipients: 4,700
Method of Delivery:___Direct
X
Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 home delivered meal
PROPOSED AWARD $1,269,924
Homemaker/Health
					 Services:
Homemaker services are supportive services provided in the
					 home of a frail older person by a trained homemaker. Homemakers assist the
					 older person with tasks which facilitate independence and meet the older
					 person's goal of remaining at home as long as possible. Homemakers perform
					 routine household tasks such as cooking, feeding, and monitoring nutritional
					 intake, cleaning, mending, grocery shopping, laundry, and they assist with
					 bathing, dressing; help with bathroom and general hygiene activities, oral
					 hygiene assistance, and safety education. Ongoing Homemaker certification
					 training is provided to enhance the capacity of homemakers to provide the
					 highest quality service to frail elderly individuals. Homemaker program
					 services are targeted to Mississippians age 60 and older whose socio-economic,
					 functional, and/or geographic isolation places him/her in a "dependent/needing
					 assistance with maintenance" target level on the DAAS Client Screening Form.
Total Recipients: 4,600
Method of Delivery: ___ Direct
X
Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 hour of service to, for, or on behalf
					 of the client
PROPOSED AWARD $2,143,304
Information & Assistance
					 (Prescription Assistance Program)
Information, Assistance and Referral is the service that
					 provides valid and necessary current data and facts to senior individuals or
					 those who inquire on their behalf, through a telephone call or personal visit,
					 of available programs, resources, and/or services. Information services
					 identify a senior individual's needs and type of help and assistance required.
					 Information services also include education and training events for workers who
					 provide services for senior individuals and/or workers who provide assistance
					 and referral to senior individuals. Assistance is the service that provides
					 senior individuals or those acting on their behalf, with help obtaining the
					 service or aid that is identified. Assistance is provided to help the senior or
					 those acting on their behalf to realize the service determined to be in the
					 senior's best interest or desired by the senior. Assistance may include filling
					 out forms, explaining instructions, conducting research on behalf of the
					 senior, or other activities to assist the senior obtain the service needed.
					 Referral is the service that provides contact for senior individuals or those
					 who inquire on their behalf, with an agency and/or community resource to obtain
					 help and assistance. After an assessment to ascertain a senior's individual
					 need, communication with the appropriate source of aid is made for the senior
					 individual as needed and follow-up is practiced with the senior or those acting
					 on their behalf, and/or the resource agency/service provider to determine
					 whether the services were received. Information, Assistance, and Referral
					 services are targeted to Mississippians age 60 and older.
Total Recipients: 6,727
Method of Delivery: ___ Direct
X
Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 contact with a senior or on behalf of a
					 senior
PROPOSED AWARD $197,354
Ombudsman
:
Ombudsman provides a voice for residents. The Ombudsman
					 serves as an advocate who supports resident's highest possible quality of life
					 and care, and is responsible for investigating and attempting to resolve
					 concerns and complaints made by or on behalf of residents of long term
					 facilities. Additionally, components of the Ombudsman service involve
					 interpretation of resident's rights, laws, policies and regulations, as well as
					 monitoring and responding to local, state and federal legislation impacting
					 LTC. Ombudsman program services are targeted to Mississippians age 60 and older
					 who reside in or are potential residents of a LTC facility.
Total Recipients: 644
Method of Delivery: ___ Direct
X
Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 hour of contact for activities related
					 to client services, training, and program management.
PROPOSED AWARD $109,559
Respite Care
:
This service provides temporary relief time for the
					 regular or primary caregiver (spouse, child, relative) of an ill, frail,
					 functionally-impaired older individual requiring constant in-home care. Respite
					 care is provided by placing personnel in a client's home. Institutional respite
					 is provided by bringing the client to a day care facility or by short term
					 admission to a licensed board and care home, foster care, nursing home or
					 hospital. Respite care may provide one or more primary activities - dressing,
					 bathing, eating or general supervision. Respite program services are targeted
					 to caregivers of Mississippians age 60 and older who are homebound and have
					 functional impairments. Priority is given to the frail older individual whose
					 caregivers have a need for the service.
Total Recipients: 06
Method of Delivery:___ Direct
X
Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 hour of service to relieve the
					 caretaker
PROPOSED AWARD $60,712
Transportation
:
This service provides transportation of eligible
					 individuals 60 years of age and older to and from various community resources
					 for the purpose of obtaining needed services. Transportation is provided to
					 eligible older persons for medical and/or dental treatment, social service and
					 other related agencies/functions, personal care needs, adult foster care, adult
					 day care, and other applicable services based on need. Currently, the
					 transportation system is operated at the local level through contracts with
					 public and private service providers, with funds from local sources,
Title III, SSBG, and the Department of Transportation,
					 Division of Public Transit. Transportation program services are targeted to
					 Mississippians age 60 and older whose socio-economic, functional, and/or
					 geographic isolation places him/her in at Level 1 or above on the DAAS Client
					 Screening Form.
Total Recipients: 1,248
Method of Delivery: ___Direct
X
Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 one-way trip
PROPOSED AWARD $758,547
MDHS- DIVISION OF FAMILY &
					 CHILDREN'S SERVICES
PROPOSED SERVICES TO BE FUNDED THROUGH
					 SSBG/TANF
* Adoption
* Case Management
* Interstate Compact Placement
* Placement Services
* Prevention
* Protection Services
* Investigations
* Special Investigations
* Mississippi Central Intake
* Program Support
* Support Services
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
OVERVIEW OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES
					 NETWORK
The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS),
					 Division of Family and Children's Services (DFCS) is a state-administered child
					 welfare system. This system is administered at the local level by 84 county
					 offices through thirteen Regional Directors. This agency is authorized by state
					 statute to promulgate regulations, policies and procedures necessary to
					 implement the state's child welfare system and to ensure the safety,
					 permanency, and well-being for Mississippi's families and children.
PROGRAM OPERATIONS RECIPIENTS, METHOD OF DELIVERY
					 AND COUNTIES SERVED
SOCIAL WORKER PROVIDER
					 SERVICES
ADOPTION
- A direct
					 service provided to enable children and youth who cannot remain with their
					 families to be adopted by individuals or families through a formal legal
					 process.
Total Recipients: 1,116
Method of Delivery:
X
Direct
					 __Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 provided per client
PROPOSED AWARD: SSBG - $ 435,829
CASE MANAGEMENT
-
					 Supportive casework provided directly by the agency to assist individuals and
					 families in assessing the needs and identifying strengths and weaknesses; to
					 develop a specific plan to address needs, goals, and objectives; to provide and
					 assure connection with needed services, to monitor and evaluate progress toward
					 meeting goals and objectives; and to intercede as necessary to assure quality
					 of life and provision of needed services to individuals and families.
Total Recipients: 3,336
Method of Delivery:
X
Direct
					 ___Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 provided per client
PROPOSED AWARD: TANF - $844,036
INTERSTATE COMPACT
					 PLACEMENT
- A direct service by social services staff which
					 encompasses both the Interstate Compact on the Placement of children (ICPC) and
					 the Interstate Compact on juveniles; this includes runaways. The services are
					 mandated by the State of Mississippi. It provides out-of-state placement and
					 supervision of dependent children. Its major purpose is to protect children
					 from being placed in dangerous or inadequate situations across state lines.
Total Recipients: 528
Method of Delivery:
X
Direct
					 __Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 provided per client
PROPOSED AWARD: SSBG - $205,096
PLACEMENT
- The
					 neglected, abused or exploited children placed by court order or by voluntary
					 consent of the parents necessitate direct service activities on the part of the
					 agency staff to provide placement services. The Mississippi Legislature and
					 United States Congress have mandated this service be provided. No foster child
					 is placed in a foster care setting that has not been licensed or approved as
					 meeting DFCS licensure standards, unless the child is placed pursuant to the
					 relative licensing process which can be either an emergency process that
					 enables a child to be placed with relatives as soon as the child enters
					 placement, following an initial screen of the relative's home or a full
					 licensing process, completed no later than 90 calendar days after the child has
					 entered placement.
Total Recipients: 2,280
Method of Delivery:
X
Direct
					 __Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 provided per client
PROPOSED AWARD: SSBG - $897,295
PREVENTION/INTERVENTION
- Provided as a
					 direct service by social services staff within DFCS. Prevention and
					 intervention services are those services or activities designed to provide
					 early identification and/or timely intervention to support families and prevent
					 and improve the consequences of abuse, neglect, or family violence, or to
					 assist in making arrangement for alternate placements or living arrangements
					 where necessary. Such services may also be provided to prevent the removal of a
					 child from the home. Component services and activities may include
					 investigation; assessment and/or evaluation of the extent of the problem;
					 counseling, including mental health counseling or therapy as needed;
					 developmental and parenting skills training; respite care; and other services
					 including supervision, case management and transportation.
Total Recipients: 728
Method of Delivery:
X
Direct
					 __Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide Unit of Service: 1 provided per
					 client
PROPOSED AWARD: SSBG - $282,007
PROTECTION
- A
					 direct service provided by DFCS social services staff designed to prevent or
					 remedy abuse, neglect, or exploitation of children who may be harmed through
					 physical or mental injury, sexual abuse or exploitation, and negligent
					 treatment or maltreatment, including failure to be provided with adequate food,
					 clothing, shelter, or medical care. Component services or activities may
					 include immediate investigation and intervention; emergency medical services;
					 emergency shelter; developing case plans; initiation of legal action;
					 counseling for the child and the family; assessment/evaluation of family
					 circumstances; arranging alternative living arrangement; preparing for foster
					 placement, if needed; and case management and referral to service providers.
Total Recipients: 1,848
Method of Delivery:
X
Direct___Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 provided per client
PROPOSED AWARD: SSBG - $743,473
PROTECTIVE
					 SERVICES/INVESTIGATIONS
- A direct service provided by DFCS
					 staff. When the intake supervisor receives an intake and screening from
					 Mississippi Central Intake Program (MCIP) that indicates a child is in imminent
					 danger, the Intake Supervisor will assign a worker for immediate response.
					 Prior to initiating the investigation, the worker should conduct an additional
					 thorough review of any prior DFCS involvement with the family. An investigation
					 is considered initiated when face-to-face or attempted contact is made with the
					 alleged victim(s) and should occur within the timeframes required by the level
					 of the report.
Total Recipients: 24,660
Method of Delivery:
X
Direct
					 __Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 provided per client
PROPOSED AWARD: TANF - $6,189,496
SPECIAL
					 INVESTIGATION-
The standard investigative/assessment
					 protocol applies to all DFCS investigations with additional requirements that
					 apply to special handling DFCS investigations/assessments. Special handlings
					 are reports on resource homes, licensed facilities and DFCS employees.
Total Recipients: 648
Method of Delivery:
X
Direct__Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 provided per client
PROPOSED AWARD: TANF - $946,026
MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL INTAKE
					 PROGRAM
- DFCS has contracted with Social Work p.r.n.,
					 independent contractor, to provide consistent measurable services for the MDHS
					 Centralized Intake, 24-Hour, seven days per week Hotline and Disaster
					 Preparedness Plan Services by operating a local call center in Jackson,
					 Mississippi. The call center is adequately staffed 24 hours/day, 7 days/week,
					 to include weekends, holidays and any other official office closing. This
					 program is required by the terms of the Olivia Y. Settlement Agreement and
					 Reform Plan. Social Work p.r.n. is required to have social workers answering
					 the calls that are received in the call center.
Calls Received: 29,676
Method of Delivery: ___ Direct
X
Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 provided per client
PROPOSED AWARD: SSBG - $2,000,000
PROGRAM SUPPORT
-
					 Program support staff is responsible for providing administrative support and
					 coordinating the fiscal, contractual, and regulatory activities of programs.
					 Additionally, Program Support staff assists with long and short range planning,
					 and with fiscal projections and analysis. Also, develop timelines to monitor
					 workflow, maintain accurate records of follow-up procedures and activities for
					 all on-going administrative functions. Program Support staff keeps abreast of
					 all pertinent Federal and State regulations, laws, and policies as they exist,
					 change or are modified.
Method of Delivery:
X
Indirect
					 __Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
PROPOSED AWARD: TANF - $47,200
SUPPORT SERVICES
-
					 Support Services are those services needed, in addition to the worker direct
					 service, which will aid the client in removing barriers to attaining their
					 goals, such as support services needed to aid in the prevention of
					 neglect/abuse.
Total Recipients: 10,835
Method of Delivery: ___ Direct
X
Purchase
Counties Served: Statewide
Unit of Service: 1 provided per client
PROPOSED AWARD: SSBG - $235,726
TANF-$650,000
MDHS- DIVISION OF YOUTH
					 SERVICES
PROPOSED SERVICE TO BE FUNDED
Special Services for Youth Involved In At Risk Behavior or
					 At Risk of Involvement with Criminal Activity.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
OVERVIEW OF THE YOUTH SERVICES NETWORK
The mission of the Department of Human Services is to
					 provide services for people in need by optimizing all available resources to
					 sustain the family unit and to encourage traditional family values thereby
					 promoting self-sufficiency and personal responsibility for all Mississippians.
Area
- The Division
					 of Youth Services' Community Services Program has Youth Services Counselors
					 assigned to each youth court in the state, which provide counseling and case
					 management services for troubled children and their families. Additional duties
					 include probation and parole supervision, collection of case information and
					 related casework duties, and data collection. The Social Services Block Grant
					 funds are used in the Youth Services Community Services component of the
					 Division of Youth Services.
METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
The Division of Youth Services provides supervision and
					 evaluation through the implementation of policy and procedures ensuring that
					 federal and state regulations are followed and funds are spent appropriately
					 and effectively.
PROGRAM OPERATIONS RECIPIENTS, METHOD OF DELIVERY
					 AND COUNTIES SERVED
The Division of Youth Services (DYS) currently provides
					 special services such as counseling, day treatment, etc. for youth involved in
					 or at risk of involvement with criminal activity. Components services or
					 activities are designed to enhance family functioning and/or modify the youth's
					 behavior with the goal of developing socially appropriate behavior. Counseling,
					 intervention therapy, and residential services are an integral but subordinate
					 part of the service.
Total Recipients: 12,000
Method of Delivery:
X
Direct____Purchase
Counties: Hinds, Rankin, Desoto, Harrison, Lauderdale
Units of Services: Supervision by Division of Youth
					 Services Counselor per recipient
PROPOSED AWARD $624,199
Electronic Monitoring and Supervision
					 Program
The overarching goal of the DYS, Electronic Monitoring and
					 Supervision Services is to offer electronic monitoring and community based
					 supervision to assist in the supervision and rehabilitation of juveniles
					 released back into the community. The Division shall utilize a system that
					 offers different levels of monitoring. The electronic monitoring and community
					 based supervision initiative will assist both the supervision and the
					 rehabilitative process of youthful offenders who are high risk and low risk
					 between the ages of thirteen (13) to seventeen (17) on juvenile probation that
					 require electronic monitoring services. The anticipated number of offenders to
					 be monitored/tracked may range from one (1) to eighteen (18) clients on a
					 continuous basis.
Total Recipients: 720
Method of Delivery: ___Direct
X
Purchase
Counties: Hinds, Pearl River, DeSoto, Harrison, Jackson,
					 Lafayette, Jasper, Grenada, Coahoma, and Washington
Units of Service: 1 bracelet per recipient for 45 days
PROPOSED AWARD $500,000.00
Individualized Assessment and
					 Comprehensive Community Intervention Initiative (IACCII), Tony
					 Gobar
The IACCII is to provide comprehensive strength-based
					 needs assessments, individualized service plans and community-based services
					 for eligible (low-risk, low-need/high need) youth who would otherwise be
					 committed to training school. The specific target population for this
					 initiative is: youthful offenders ten (10) through seventeen (17) years of age
					 who possess high risk of returning or becoming further involved in the juvenile
					 justice system. The IACCII ensures that youth and their families can access
					 necessary services available in their home community.
Total Recipients: 25
Method of Delivery: ___Direct
X
Purchase
Counties: Quitman
Units of Service: 2.5 hours a day 5 days a week for 52
					 weeks for 25 youths
PROPOSED AWARD $100,000.00
Evening Reporting
					 Center
The Adolescent Evening Reporting Center(AERC) shall offer
					 group activities during high risk time periods for adjudicated delinquent and
					 pre-adjudicated youth ages fourteen (14) to eighteen (18) years of age, who are
					 at a high risk of becoming further involved in the Juvenile Justice System by
					 offering rehabilitative theories and practices while ensuring the safety of the
					 community and juvenile. In addition, AERC shall manage and facilitate both the
					 supervision and the rehabilitative process of youthful offenders.
Total Recipients: 135
Method of Delivery: _____Direct
X
Purchase
Counties: Coahoma, Hinds, Madison
Units of Service: 4 hours a day 5 days a week for 52 weeks
					 for 135 youths
PROPOSED AWARD $750,000.00