Arizona To Implement Mobile Response & Stabilization Services For Foster & Adoptive Youth & Families

The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) plans to implement new grant-funded Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) for children and youth in the custody of the Department of Child Safety (DCS) or who have been adopted. MRSS will be delivered at the child's location and is provided based on the caregiver’s identification that the child/youth has an urgent need. For this contract, the child and family define what constitutes an urgent need, and their definitions may vary from those used by clinical professionals. Urgent needs are situations, events, and/or circumstances that cannot be . . .