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Acronyms
In Home Services for Youth
Mental Health
Education
Did you know?
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HRI
What is Healthy Returns Initiative?
100
Counselor meets w/youth & family - DTI & DTI w/supplemental services also available.
What is Family Preservation?
100
DMH's most intensive mental health program.
What is Full Service Partnership (FSP)?
100
Program that provides comprehensive services for youth 16-21 who were in placement after their 16th birthday.
What is YDS?
100
Mobile program that goes to homeless shelters, etc to tutor homeless youth.
What is LAUSD's "School on Wheels"?
200
SPA
What is a Service Planning Area?
200
Targets youth w/problems in community & school. Works to empower parents/puts them in charge.
What is MST?
200
Hotline that provides linkages to consumers for mental health services in the community 24/7.
What is ACCESS hotline?
200
Program provides occupational, vocational or technical training.
What is ROP?
200
A guide (red book) that provides information on health, welfare and other ppublic & social services benefits.
What is the "People's Guide to Welfare"?
300
SAAC
What is a Service Area Advisory Committee?
300
Behavior aide works 1:1 with youth w/severe behavior problems. Primary mental health services must be place.
What is TBS?
300
An initiative that provides for increased funding for mental health services by imposing 1% tax on income over 1 million.
What is MHSA?
300
Online completion of high school FREE to all California residents that include free use of a laptop.
What is Insight Schools of California?
300
Assesses and analyzes the FUNCTIONING (hints) of a special ed youth exhibiting aggressive or delinquent behavior.
What is an FFA?
400
PMRT
What is Psychiatric Mobile Response Team?
400
Needs driven, strength based team approach. Team links family to formal and informal resources.
What is WRAP?
400
Center where SPMI individuals 16-25 can receive support w/basic needs.
What is a TAY drop in Center?
400
Website provides complete informaion on preparing and taking the GED for $49.
What is GEDtest.org?
400
Attorney assigned by Court to represent youth regarding education rights, special ed isses, IEPs etc.
What is an Educational Rights Attorney?
500
FCCS
What is Field Capable Clinical Services?
500
Intensive short term therapy that includes crisis intervention & coordination of psychotropic meds?
What is IHFS?
500
Agency that can provide placement for youth found mentally incompetent to stand trial.
What is Regional Center?
500
A state of California website that lists hundreds of apprenticeships.
What is www.dir.ca.gov?
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Assembly bill that provides for immediate enrollment of foster youth in school when transitioning home regardless of missing documents, etc.
What is AB490?