Can my child and family receive services through Clermont County Family & Children First?
The High Fidelity Wraparound process is a tool for building constructive relationships and support networks among youth with emotional/behavioral challenges, their families, teachers and other caregivers. This process, which is based on a family-centered, strength-based philosophy of care, is used to guide service planning for children with or at-risk of emotional and behavioral disabilities and their families. In wraparound, a team works to identify the underlying needs, interests, and limitations of families and service providers, and to develop a plan that addresses these interests using natural, community supports whenever possible (Eber, Nelson and Miles, 1997; Burchard 2000).
Eligibility:
Wraparound youth and families may have access to an array of services including parent peer support, respite, in-home supports, as well as the wide spectrum of services already available through existing service providers.
The High Fidelity Wraparound referral form is available by clicking HERE. Referrals are accepted from families, schools, agencies and providers. Referrals can be faxed to 513-732-7491 or emailed to Julia Rohde, Pressley Ridge, Wraparound Program Supervisor, at jrohde@pressleyridge.org
Can my youth and family receive support through the High Fidelity Wraparound program? The most basic eligibility criteria for High Fidelity Wraparound are that the youth and/or legal guardian must be a resident of Clermont County, the youth must be 0-21 years old, and the youth must have a need in 2 or more service systems.
Youth and families involved in High Fidelity Wraparound may have access to an array of services, including parent peer support, respite, and in-home support, as well as the wide spectrum of services already available through existing service providers.
The High Fidelity Wraparound referral form is available at Wraparound Referral Form. Referrals are accepted from families, schools, agencies and providers. Referrals can be faxed to 513-732-7491 or emailed to jrohde@pressleyridge.org.
What is service coordination?
Similar to wraparound, service coordination is a planning process that is used to help coordinate services for youth and their families. During the process, a team of individuals work with the family to develop goals and meet those goals through accessing resources provided by local service agencies. Service coordination is less intensive than wraparound, and is designed to assist families who are either experiencing their first crisis or are needing to gain support from local agencies for the first time.
Can my family receive support through service coordination?
The most basic eligibility criteria for service coordination is that the youth and/or legal guardian must be a resident of Clermont County, the youth must be 0-21 years old, and the youth must have a need in 2 or more systems. Service coordination is used to help families who are either experiencing crisis for the first time, or are needing to and are unsure how to access support from agencies and providers.
The service coordination referral form can be accessed by clicking HERE. Referrals are accepted from families, schools, agencies and providers and can be faxed to 513-732-7491 or emailed to jrohde@pressleyridge.org
What is Information & Referral?
Unlike service coordination and High Fidelity Wraparound, the purpose of Information & Referral services is to help connect youth and families to local community service providers. During this process, an assigned Care Coordinator will work with the youth and family in identifying community services to meet their specific needs and accessing resources to help overcome barriers that may be hindering linkage to services.
Can my family receive support through Information & Referral?
Eligibility for Information & Referral services includes:
The Information & Referral referral form can be accessed HERE . Referrals are accepted from families, schools, agencies and providers and can be faxed to 513-732-7491 or emailed to jrohde@pressleyridge.org.
Peer Support Partners (PSP) provide support to families involved with the Wraparound Program. A PSP currently parents, or recently parented, a child with mental health and/or behavioral challenges and is/was involved in multiple systems. Peer Support Partners are caregivers who have been through the systems with their child and have reached the level that they want to help support other families in the Wraparound process. Peer Support Partners work as a team member to coach, support and connect families not only to services/resources, but also assist them to engage within their community and within the Wraparound system. They have an understanding and common life experience that no other team member brings to the table. Their primary roles:
PSP services are offered to each family entering the Wraparound Program. Families may decline PSP services and still participate in Wraparound. Families may request PSP services at any stage of the process and one will be assigned to them.
PSP services are provided to the Wraparound Program through a contract with Child Focus.
Early Intervention Services aim to identify and serve children under the age of three with developmental delays and disabilities as provided for under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Funded by the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities and the Clermont County Board of Developmental Disabilities, Clermont County Early Intervention communicates with parents, doctors, hospitals, child care providers and other community agencies to identify children with potential developmental delays or specific diagnoses.
Parents and caregivers with concerns regarding their child’s development can have their infant or toddler evaluated by an interdisciplinary team at absolutely no cost to the family. Children are evaluated for delays in the areas of adaptive, cognitive, communication, physical, and social-emotional development. Once your child is determined eligible for services, an Early Intervention Team will support you and your family through the process. The team includes a Service Coordinator, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech Therapist, Developmental Specialist and if needed a specialist in hearing and vision. One member of the team will be assigned as your Primary Service Provider (PSP) and will visit you and your child regularly at home or other community settings. At each visit, your PSP will help to address your questions and work toward the goals you have identified in your Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). Together you will find ways to support your child during everyday activities.
Early Intervention services are voluntary and free to all residents of Clermont County. For more information, please go to Clermont County Board of Developmental Disabilities’ website www.clermontdd.org or Ohio Early Intervention’s website www.ohioearlyintervention.org. To make a referral, please call 1-513-434-3322 or fax the referral form to 855-418-3322.
Help Me Grow (HMG) Home Visiting is available for first time expectant mothers, as well as first time parents of a child up to the age of 6 months. Once your child is determined eligible for services, Help Me Grow Home Visiting can work with a family up to the that child’s 3rd birthday. Funded by the Ohio Department of Health, Every Child Succeeds provides Home Visiting services through CoStars by the Children’s Home in Clermont County.
The Help Me Grow Home Visiting program strives to: increase healthy pregnancies; improve parenting confidence and competence; increase family connectedness to community and social supports; and improve child health, development, and readiness. Home Visitors provide expectant or new parents with the information, support and encouragement they need through a voluntary, high-quality home visiting service.
Help Me Grow services are voluntary and free to all residents of Clermont County. To make a referral, please call 1-513-434-3322 or fax the referral form to 855-418-3322.