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As one of the six Medicaid Funded Children's Health and Behavioral Health Services, YPS services are formal and informal services designed to support youth who are experiencing social, medical, emotional, developmental, substance use, and/or behavioral challenges in their home or community.áThe service provides the support necessary to encourage engagement and active participation of the youth in the treatment planning process and with the ongoing implementation and reinforcement of skills. The service is delivered by a Credentialed Youth Peer Advocate (CYPA), who must be 18 to 30 years old and has self-identified as a person who has first-hand experience with social, emotional, medical, developmental, substance use, and/or behavioral challenges. The need for this service must be determined by a licensed practitioner and included within a treatment plan. Service components include activities to help the youths to achieve functional improvement, including skill building, coaching, engagement, bridging and transition support, self-advocacy, self-efficacy and empowerment, and community connections and natural support. 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.