About the In-Home Behavior Support Service Grant Program

To have success with this, we are a team. Full participation is required. By working together we will help you and your child make improvements at home. Everyone’s part is important.

Family members. You are a big part of this service. The more effort you put into this with your behavior specialist, the more results you will see. The Behavior Specialist will work directly with family members to give them the tools they need to make changes at home.

Key providers. Your behavior Specialist will maintain communication with your child’s providers as needed and/or requested. These may include physicians, psychologists, service coordinator, and any school officials that may help contribute to behavior plans.

Behavior specialists. Your behavior specialist will set up visits with you as needed and will call to remind you of these appointments. There may be times when a crisis situation with another family, bad weather or traffic will force us to reschedule a visit. Your behavior specialist will contact you directly if this occurs and will reschedule the visit as soon as possible.

Parent/Guardian-prior to beginning services, you will sign a contract with your behavior specialist, outlining goals and expectations. We understand that things do come up unexpectedly. It is important that in the event that you cannot be available for a scheduled visit, you call your behavior specialist to cancel at least 2 hours ahead of time. Understand that this service is in high demand and with frequent cancelations, you will be moved to the waiting list until your circumstances change and you can make appointments routinely.

As part of your behavior plan you will be keeping track of your child’s behaviors. In addition to this you will fill out a parenting-stress survey monthly to assess the level of behaviors that are presented at home and the way you are coping with stress associated with the behavioral difficulties at that time.

This service is time limited. Initially visits will be weekly and then you and your behavior specialist will decide how often they are needed. The visits will gradually fade as you begin to utilize new approaches to improve behaviors at home. Typically the service is provided to you for 6 months depending on your need.

If there are additional supports at home or at school, your behavior specialist can assist you in providing and making referrals to appropriate services.

If, once this service is completed and a few months go by, you feel you need more behavioral support at home, please feel free to contact us. We will assist you as much as we can until a spot opens up to resume visits.

Families can apply using the application found here or your care management contact can refer your family for this program.