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What does CFASS stand for and what is the intent of this service? Caregiver/Family Advocacy and Support Services (CFASS) are short-term interventions to train, coach, and educate the enrolled participant's caregivers and family related to the medical, physical, developmental, or behavioral health condition that otherwise puts a child or youth at risk of hospitalization or institutionalization. Caregiver/Family Advocacy and Support Services enhance the participant's ability to

What are Prevocational services and what is the intent of these services? Prevocational Services are individually designed to prepare a youth (age 14 or older) to engage in paid work, volunteer work, or career exploration. The service is intended to be directed to teaching skills rather than explicit employment objectives. Prevocational Services assist with facilitating appropriate work habits, acceptable job behaviors, and learning job productivity requirements. B. Service

What is Respite and what is the intent of this service? Planned Respite services provide planned short-term relief for the participant or family/primary caregivers to enhance the family/primary caregiver's ability to support the participant's functional, developmental, behavioral health, and/or health care needs and maintain the participant in the home and community. The service is direct care for the participant by individuals trained to support the participant's needs. This

What is Community Habilitation services and what is the intent of this service? Habilitation Services are designed to assist participants to acquire, retain, and improve skills necessary to reside successfully in home and community-based settings. Activities are designed to foster the acquisition of skills, building positive social behavior and interpersonal competence, greater independence, and personal choice. Community Habilitation is an in-person service intended to suppo