Family Case Management Program

Family Case Management Program. The Department shall establish and administer a family case management program. The purposes of the program shall be to reduce the incidence of infant mortality, very low birthweight infants, and low birthweight infants and to assist low-income families to obtain available health and human services needed for healthy growth and development, including but not limited to prenatal care, early periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment (EPSDT) services, immunizations, lead screenings, nutritional support, and other specialized services for families with additional challenges and needs. Under the program, case management shall involve individualized assessment of needs, planning of services, referral, monitoring, and advocacy to assist a client in gaining access to appropriate services. Under the program, case management shall be an active and collaborative process involving a qualified case manager, the client, the client's family, and service providers in the community. Priority shall be given to ensure that Targeted Intensive Case Management, as defined in this Act, is available to each qualified participant as defined within the Department's rules and program standards. (Source: P.A. 94-407, eff. 8-2-05.)