This service is provided after a participant successfully obtains and becomes oriented to competitive and integrated employment. Ongoing follow-along is support available for an indefinite period as needed by the participant to maintain their paid employment position. Individual employment support services are individualized, person centered services providing supports to participants who need ongoing support to learn a new job and maintain a job in a competitive employment or self-employment arrangement. Participants in a competitive employment arrangement receiving Individual Employment Support Services are compensated at or above the minimum wage and receive not less than the customary wage and level of benefits paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by individuals without disabilities. The outcome of this activity is documentation of the participant's stated career objective and a career plan used to guide individual employment support.

Transition Management Services (discharge planning) programs provide support for improved community service linkages and timely filing of Medicaid applications for seriously and persistently mentally ill (SPMI) consumers being released from local correctional facilities. The TM focus will be in obtaining post-release services for these consumers. TM can only be used with funding source code 170B.

OMH-designated Specialty Mental Health Care Management programs, administered by Specialty Mental Health Care Management Agencies (SMH CMAs), provide services to the Health Home Plus (HH+) population. HH+ is an intensive level of Health Home Care Management provided to defined high-need adult populations with serious mental illness who are enrolled in a Health Home (HH) serving adults. To ensure the intensive needs of these individuals are met, SMH CMs must assure HH+ individuals receive a level of service consistent with the requirements outlined in the Health Home Plus for High-Need Individuals with Serious Mental Illness Program Guidance. The differential monthly rate for HH+ is higher compared to the Health Home High Risk/Need Care Management and Health Home Care Management rates, and is intended to appropriately reimburse for the intense and consistent support needed for this population.

Programs that provide screening, diagnostic and treatment planning services for people who are experiencing acute or chronic psychiatric problems. Included is a continuum of assessment services ranging from a comprehensive psychiatric or psychological evaluation to the administration of one or a combination of psychological tests to examine a particular personality variable. Services may be provided in a variety of settings including hospitals and community-based clinics.

Programs that provide screening, diagnostic and treatment planning services for people who are experiencing acute or chronic psychiatric problems. Included is a continuum of assessment services ranging from a comprehensive psychiatric or psychological evaluation to the administration of one or a combination of psychological tests to examine a particular personality variable. Services may be provided in a variety of settings including hospitals and community-based clinics.

A group-living designed residential program which focuses on interventions necessary to address the specific functional and behavioral deficits which prevent residents from accessing generic housing. These interventions are goal-oriented, intensive, and usually of limited duration. Staff is on-site 24 hours/day. This is a type of Licensed Housing/Community Residential program for adults as defined in 14NYCRR595.

OMH-designated Specialty Mental Health Care Management programs, administered by Specialty Mental Health Care Management Agencies (SMH CMAs), provide services to the Health Home Plus (HH+) population. HH+ is an intensive level of Health Home Care Management provided to defined high-need adult populations with serious mental illness who are enrolled in a Health Home (HH) serving adults. To ensure the intensive needs of these individuals are met, SMH CMs must assure HH+ individuals receive a level of service consistent with the requirements outlined in the Health Home Plus for High-Need Individuals with Serious Mental Illness Program Guidance. The differential monthly rate for HH+ is higher compared to the Health Home High Risk/Need Care Management and Health Home Care Management rates, and is intended to appropriately reimburse for the intense and consistent support needed for this population.

Programs that provide screening, diagnostic and treatment planning services for people who are experiencing acute or chronic psychiatric problems. Included is a continuum of assessment services ranging from a comprehensive psychiatric or psychological evaluation to the administration of one or a combination of psychological tests to examine a particular personality variable. Services may be provided in a variety of settings including hospitals and community-based clinics.

Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS) is a comprehensive recovery oriented program for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. The goal of the program is to integrate treatment, support and rehabilitation in a manner that facilitates the individual's recovery. Goals for individuals in the program are to: improve functioning, reduce inpatient utilization, reduce emergency services, reduce contact with the criminal justice system, increase employment, attain higher levels of education and secure preferred housing. There are four "service components" in the program: Community Rehabilitation and Support (CRS), Intensive Rehabilitation (IR), Ongoing Rehabilitation and Support (ORS) and Clinical Treatment. This program does not include the optional Clinic Treatment component.

As one of the six Medicaid Funded Children's Health and Behavioral Health Services, CPST services are goal-oriented supports and solution-focused interventions intended to address challenges associated with a behavioral health need and to achieve identified goals or objectives from the child's treatment plan. CPST is a face-to-face intervention with the child/youth (required), family/caregiver or other collateral supports. Service components include intensive interventions, crisis avoidance and management, rehabilitative psychoeducation, strengths-based service planning and rehabilitative supports. Please reference the Medicaid State Plan Provider Manual for Children's BH Early and Periodic Screening and Diagnostic Testing (EPSDT) Services for definitions of service components and staffing requirements.