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Community-Based Services Flashcards

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  1. Multi-systemic Therapy (MST) delivered in a CAASP community setting targets which population?

    Answer: Adolescents with serious antisocial behavior and their families

    MST is an evidence-based community intervention designed for youth ages 12–17 with serious antisocial or delinquent behavior, delivered primarily in the home.

  2. According to CAASP principles, which agency should lead care coordination for a child involved in multiple child-serving systems?

    Answer: A designated lead agency or care coordinator identified in the service plan

    CAASP emphasizes a designated lead entity to coordinate across child welfare, mental health, education, and juvenile justice to avoid fragmented care.

  3. Peer support specialists in a children's community behavioral health system are individuals who:

    Answer: Have lived experience with mental health challenges and are trained to support others

    Peer support specialists use their own recovery or lived experience to model hope and provide practical support to youth or families navigating the system.

  4. A family advocate in a system of care primarily helps families by:

    Answer: Navigating service systems, understanding rights, and accessing entitlements

    Family advocates empower caregivers to navigate complex systems, understand their child's rights, and connect with needed resources.

  5. School-based mental health services are considered community-based because they:

    Answer: Meet children in a setting they already attend, reducing access barriers

    Placing services in schools removes transportation and stigma barriers by delivering care where children naturally spend most of their day.

  6. In a CAASP system, 'natural supports' refers to:

    Answer: Informal relationships such as extended family, neighbors, coaches, and faith communities

    Natural supports are unpaid community relationships that sustain families long after formal services end, integral to the wraparound model.

  7. Which federal legislation most directly funded the development of community-based systems of care for children with serious emotional disturbances?

    Answer: The Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) initiative through NIMH and later Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grants

    CASSP, initiated through NIMH in 1984 and expanded via SAMHSA's Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services grants, was the primary federal driver of systems-of-care development.