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*On Thursday, April 5, conference participants are invited to attend an informational and networking event from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm in the Gallery Room of the Ramada Inn conference center. Learn more about PaPSC, receive information about the move of Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) credentialing to the Pennsylvania Certification Board (PCB), and meet other CPS’s from throughout the Commonwealth!
The 20th Children’s Interagency Conference will bring together Pennsylvania’s Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) and System of Care (SOC) partners providing behavioral health. The conference will provide an excellent opportunity for providers, county administrators, youth, family members, practitioners, and educators to learn about changing trends, promising and best practices, resources and various system of care activities across Pennsylvania.
The conference will also add a national perspective on a variety of issues including government, family peer, early childhood, youth leadership, and school-based mental health.
ABFT training is being offered on the following dates:
We have been consulting with the model developers at Drexel University and our partners at OMHSAS Children’s Bureau to update the plan for making this a successful training. We have negotiated reduced fees for the total training package in hopes of attracting more trainees.
The clinical strategies of ABFT can be utilized in various child serving programs to include schools, outpatient clinics, and residential treatment programs. It is designed to treat depression and prevent suicide among adolescents and young adults, ages 14–24.
Download the registration brochure here. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Robena Spangler.
The Department of Human Services has been working in collaboration with Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), county oversight organizations, and RCPA regarding the concerns and challenges with implementing federal Ordering, Referring and Prescribing (ORP) requirements by the January 1, 2018 deadline. The Department of Human Services has informed RCPA of the following:
Contact your contracting BH-MCO for additional information.
The Commonwealth is transitioning to a new vendor for digital fingerprinting, IDEMIA. The first day you can register with IDEMIA, and be fingerprinted at an IdentoGO site, is Tuesday, November 28, 2017.
Appointments to be fingerprinted are not required, but pre‐registration is required. Once registered, you may walk in during a location’s posted hours of operation, but scheduling an appointment may lead to lesser/no wait times. In order to pre-register for an FBI background check and/or find a fingerprinting location, applicants should access this website. IDEMIA uses service codes when identifying the authorized purpose for why an applicant is being fingerprinted. This ensures applicants are processed for the correct purpose and agency.
Service codes are a required field for all pre-registrations, and the Department of Human Services’ (DHS) codes are provided below. If an applicant does not have a service code, this information will also be available online, under “GET A CLEARANCE.” In addition, a service code look-up tool will be available on the PASafeCheck website on November 28, by following the registration question prompts.
Below are the service codes available for applicants applying under the DHS:
| Service Code | Applicant Type | Department |
| 1KG6ZJ | DHS Volunteer | Department of Human Services |
| 1KG71B | Foster Parent | Department of Human Services |
| 1KG72V | Prospective Adoptive Parent | Department of Human Services |
| 1KG738 | Child Care Services/Program Employee or Contractor | Department of Human Services |
| 1KG74S | Family Child Care Home Provider | Department of Human Services |
| 1KG756 | Employee >=14 Years Contact w/ Children | Department of Human Services |
| 1KG76Q | Individual >=18 Years in Foster Home | Department of Human Services |
| 1KG774 | Individual >=18 Years in Prospective Adoptive Home | Department of Human Services |
| 1KG78K | Individual >=18 Years in Licensed Child Care Home | Department of Human Services |
| 1KG8TG | Individual >=18 Years in Family Living, Community, or Host Home | Department of Human Services |
Below you will find Service Code forms for each applicant type under DHS. These forms can be provided to applicants and/or used as instructions for agencies, employers, applicants, or websites. The documents also list the allowable valid, unexpired identification documents that applicants can bring as their proof of identity when getting fingerprinted. Please share this information with all affiliates, partners, contracted agencies, and respective applicants.
Service Code Forms:
In conjunction with the Department of General Services and the Pennsylvania State Police, IDEMIA continues to implement fingerprint locations across Pennsylvania, which is expected to be fully implemented in the coming months.
If you are an agency who was a previous fingerprint site through Cogent, and would like your location to remain a Commonwealth affiliated fingerprint site or become a fingerprint site, visit this web page. At the bottom of that page is a link to IDEMIA’s Partner Inquiry Form. You can express interest by providing them with your business’ information. Your inquiry will go to their Partner Team for follow-up. If there is no need in your specific area, you will be notified of this and IDEMIA will hold onto your information until a need arises. Private Partner agreements are also available if your agency would like the ability to fingerprint employees, but are not offering fingerprinting services to the public.
IDEMIA also offers employers the option to pay for services using a No Charge Authorization Code (NCAC), which is backed by a credit card provided during the account setup. To use this method for payment, the employer must complete and submit the IDEMIA NCAC Agreement. This document provides more information regarding this option, as well as the required forms. The forms will also be available on the IDEMIA website. The account must be established prior to sending applicants to the fingerprint site.
If you have additional questions, please contact IDEMIA by phone, toll-free at 844-321-2101.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) offers 14 self-paced online business courses to behavioral health organizations and providers through BHbusiness. The courses are available at no cost and participants can earn continuing education credits at their own pace.
New courses include Value-Based Purchasing and Bundled Payments. Other course offerings include:
The link to the registration page can be found here.
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