Policy Options: States can authorize and fund home and community-based services in accordance with either or both of the following service delivery standards:

· Evidence-based treatment programs for children, youth and parents with mental health problems are available within the child’s home and community as an alternative to out-of-home treatment.

· The state invests in supporting a statewide, community-based system of care that includes a range of services and supports for children and parents involved with the child welfare system when there is risk of out-of-home placement.

See Related Policy Areas :

2.1 Inventory of services and resources to keep families together

2.2 Intensive family preservation and reunification services

2.3 “Flex funds” to support families in crisis

2.4 Shared family care

2.5 Substance abuse treatment that allows children to stay with their parents

2.6 Home and community-based services for children and parents with mental illness

2.7 Supportive housing programs

2.8 Removal of the perpetrator in cases involving domestic violence