State Courts

How Medicaid and Juvenile Court Overlap & Update on PRTF/RTC Designation

The Children's Justice Project's next internet training is scheduled for Thursday, May 13 at noon. The topic is "How Medicaid and Juvenile Court Overlap & Update on PRTF/RTC Designation". The presenters are Eydie Trautwein, Interagency Coordinator, Wyoming Department of Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Services and Sara Walk, Program Manager, Medicaid, PRTF.

Training participants will:

• Obtain a basic understanding of Medicaid and its resources, including how to find "medically necessary" Medicaid services;
• Know about APS HealthCare and Children's Mental Health Waiver and understand services for children with serious emotional disturbance;
• Understand the difference between a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility and Residential Treatment Center and admission criteria;
• Understand importance of discharge planning;
• Know Wyoming Statute about requirements for out of state placement.

CLE approval for one hour is pending.

If you are interested in listening to this training please log onto:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/childrens-justice-project

Once at the site, click the 'play' button. Please note: This button will not show up until exactly at noon.

We recommend that you download the training material prior to the session. The material is available at our website: www.courts.state.wy.us/CJP.

If you participate, please complete the short survey afterwards at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HDD5R53

If you experience technical difficulties:

1. Make sure your speakers are on and the volume is up.
2. Refresh the internet and press play again.
3. Completely exit the internet and log on again.
4. Contract Tara at tackerman@courts.state.wy.us

Full post as published by Law Library Letter on May 12, 2010 (boomark / email).