Louisiana DHH Fact Sheet On Elimination Of The Early Childhood Supports & Services (ECSS) Program

February 1, 2013
This brief document from February 1, 2013 is a Frequently Asked Questions fact sheet that answers questions regarding the elimination of the Early Childhood Supports and Services (ECSS) Program, which provides community-based specialized behavioral health services to children ages infancy to five years old who are at-risk for developing mental health conditions. The Louisiana Department of Social Services and the Department of Health and Hospitals eliminated the ECSS program due to reductions in the federally funded Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) program. The fact sheet explains that the 540 families enrolled in ECSS would . . .