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Other examples of services provided to youth with substance abuse include:<br />
CAHSD has twenty-two substance abuse prevention contracts that include services for adolescents.<br />
The Access to Recovery (ATR) electronic voucher program provides clients with freedom of choice<br />
for clinical treatment services and recovery support. Louisiana‟s ATR funds served all eligible<br />
citizens with special emphasis upon women, women with dependent children, and adolescents.<br />
The following projects serve pregnant women and women with dependent children ages 0-12:<br />
CENLA Chemical Dependency Council, Halfway House <strong>Services</strong> to Women and<br />
their Dependent Children<br />
Louisiana <strong>Health</strong> and Rehabilitation Options, Residential Treatment to Women with<br />
Dependent Children<br />
Odyssey House of Louisiana, Inc. - High Risk Pregnancy - The Family Center,<br />
Residential Treatment to Women and their Dependent Children as well as Pregnant<br />
Women<br />
Grace House of New Orleans, Residential and Halfway House<br />
Family House in Jefferson Parish<br />
Family Success Institute in Region VII, Shreveport<br />
Claire House in Morgan City - St. Mary Parish<br />
MEDICAL AND DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES<br />
FY 2011 – Child/Youth<br />
The Office of <strong>Mental</strong> <strong>Health</strong> attempts to offer a comprehensive array of medical, psychiatric, and<br />
dental services to its clients. As noted in the President’s New Freedom Commission Report Goal<br />
#1, mental health is essential to overall health, and as such, a holistic approach to treating the<br />
individual is critical in a recovery and resiliency environment.<br />
The location of the acute units within or in the vicinity of general medical hospitals allows patients<br />
who are hospitalized to have access to complete medical services. State-run hospitals all have<br />
medical clinics and access to x-ray, laboratory and other medically needed services. Outpatient<br />
clients are encouraged to obtain primary care providers for their medical care. Those who do not<br />
have the resources to obtain a private provider are referred to the LSU system outpatient clinics.<br />
Children and adolescents who are clients of state operated mental health clinics or Medicaid funded<br />
<strong>Mental</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Rehab services also benefit from health screenings with referrals as needed.<br />
Proper dental care is increasingly demonstrated to have an important role in both physical and<br />
mental health. Dental services are provided at intermediate care hospitals by staff or consulting<br />
dentists. Referrals for oral surgery may be made to the LSU operated oral surgery clinics. Some<br />
examples of low or no-cost dental services/resources available to OMH outpatient consumers<br />
include the Louisiana Donated Dental <strong>Services</strong> program, the David Raines Medical Clinic in<br />
Shreveport, the LSU School of Dentistry, the Lafayette free clinic, and the Louisiana Dental<br />
Association.<br />
The LSU School of Dentistry (LSUSD) located in New Orleans is now fully operational. It had<br />
sustained severe damage from flooding from Hurricane Katrina, and was forced to close, re-opening<br />
in the fall of 2007. In addition, various school-based dental clinics in MHSD that offered a full<br />
range of services also were destroyed but most have re-opened. As a result, dental clinics opened in<br />
PART C <strong>LOUISIANA</strong> FY 2011 PAGE 209<br />
SECTION III: CHILD/ YOUTH PLAN – CRITERION 1<br />
COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES -- SYSTEM OF CARE & AVAILABLE SERVICES
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