FaCES Program Design

Design Focus

The FaCES program was designed to address three problems:

• Non-compliance with state and national recommendations for health screenings and exams for children in foster care
• Absence of integrated case management by providers to ensure prompt evaluation and referral follow-up; coordination and information exchange with previous providers; and ongoing communication with DSS and foster families
• Lack of uniformity in both care delivery and provider understanding of complexity of the medical and developmental issues among these children

Program Components

A treatment team of individuals experienced in dealing with the needs of the foster care population was assembled to provide the following:

• Coordinated intake process
• Communication with existing or past medical providers
• Facilitated Access
• Timely completion of screening evaluation and comprehensive medical exam. (View Visit Components)
• Initial coordination of follow-up/referrals
• Coordinated intake process
• Case management
• Resource Linkages
• Interagency Coordination
• Training/Education
• Evaluation (View Evaluation Plan)

Learn More!

View the detailed description of each program component
View FaCES program illustration