Service Array – The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services (MDCPS

Service Array – The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services (MDCPS or Agency) may provide any of the following services either through direct service provision, contract, collaboration with, or referral to other service providers: 1. Prevention of Child Abuse/Neglect Services - provided to families when support services are identified in the initial safety assessment. These services are not court ordered and the family’s progress on the Family Service Plan is monitored by MDCPS. 2. Family Preservation Program (FPP) - home-based prevention service that provides: parent education, child management training, creative and flexible scheduling, and assists families when there is an eminent risk of removal 3. Mississippi Centralized Intake & Assessment (MCIA) - Any person who has reason to suspect the abuse of a child must make a report by telephone to 1- 800-222-8000. Reports may also be sent to https://reportabuse.mdcps.ms.gov/. 4. Placement Services through Continuum of Care - available for children who cannot be safely maintained in their homes. a. Intake and Assessment Centers (Emergency Shelters) b. Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTP) c. Specialized Group Care for Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking (SGC) d. Supervised Independent Living (SIL) e. Teen Maternity Homes f. Therapeutic Foster Homes g. Therapeutic Group Home Services h. Traditional Foster Homes i. Traditional Group Home Services 5. Intensive In-Home Services - designed to provide therapeutic services to children who are in the state’s custody placed in MDCPS foster or adoptive homes who are experiencing behavioral problems. 6. Reunification Services - designed to provide services to children who can remain or return home to their immediate or extended family if they are participating in intensive in-home services. Children must be in the legal custody of MDCPS and be placed in licensed foster homes or adoptive placements prior to or after the adoption finalization to provide stabilization in order to prevent disruption. 7. Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock (MYPAC) - administered by Mississippi Medicaid through outsourced providers and designed to enable children to remain safely in their homes while providing needed therapeutic and residential services. 8. Regional Mental Health Centers - available statewide and provide assessments for children and adults and offer counseling, anger management classes, drug and alcohol screenings and treatment programs. 9. EPSDT - Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment ensures that all Medicaid eligible children receive comprehensive and preventative health care to the maximum extent allowable. 10. Independent Living Services (IL) – provides services to ensure that foster youth fourteen (14) years of age or older are provided an opportunity to acquire basic life skills which will enable them to live independently, responsibly, and to be self-sufficient by the time their foster care services are terminated. 11. Service to Promote Timely Adoptions (Adoption Services) - Contract agencies assist MDCPS in promoting timely adoptions by accepting referrals and attending adoption placement meetings in efforts to move children quickly into permanent homes. 12. Post Adoption Services (“Intensive In-Home Services”) - available to all adoptive parents to monitor and assist with any problems or disruptions that may arise and to stabilize the placement. 13. Language Interpretation Services and Deaf Interpretation Services - provide interpretation and translation of foreign languages and interpretation services for the hearing impaired.