General
Information on EPSDT and the EPSDT Expansion in Alameda County
EPSDT
(Early and
Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment)
is a federal and state Medicaid health care program.
Alameda County
Behavioral Health Care Services has contracted with many community based
organizations to expand mental health services for children and youth
who qualify for EPSDT.
EPSDT eligibility
requires that a client have full-scope Alameda County Medi-Cal coverage,
be under the age of 21, and have a
qualifying mental health diagnosis.
The First Round
Vision and Priorities
When the decision
was made to expand EPSDT-funded services in Alameda County, the
Children’s Advisory Committee identified four new priorities for the
first round, and a workgroup made up BHCS staff and community
stakeholders was established for each.
Click on the links
below to see information from each workgroup.
·
Co-occurring disorders
Refers to a primary mental health diagnosis along with a secondary
problem with alcohol or other drug (AOD).
·
0–5
Focusing on Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) with infants and
children from birth to age five.
·
Foster care For innovative services to children who are a part of the child welfare system.
·
School based Meeting the mental health needs of school-age
children by providing services in the school setting.
The first round of expansion began in January, 2003. Seventy-nine
percent of the expansion funding was targeted to the four priority
groups identified above.
The Second Round
The second
round of EPSDT expansion began in September, 2004. A review committee
which included topic experts from the community was established for each
of the second round priority groups. Each committee established the
criteria for scoring proposed programs.
The links below
will take you to the evaluation forms used by each of the review
committees, as well as the fiscal review form:
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