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Old 11-24-2008, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 1sttimeadoptingPA
I'm looking at the ACCESS web site and they say ACCESS is only for physical health. Our caseworker told us it was for physical and mental health. CW is gone this week so I thought I'd ask the question here. How does one get mental health services, like a psych. eval., therapy, etc., for a foster child?
Each county has it's own behavioral health side of Medicaid. But if you have Medicaid, you have behavioral health (kids under 21 that is). If you have the access card, look at the back of it and there should be a number to call for behavioral health services. If you don't have it, go to this website HealthChoices General Information
and follow the link to healthchoices. You should be able to get more info about the mental health services available in your county.
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