IMPACT Plus is a collaborative effort of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Departments for Medicaid Services, Community Based Services and Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services. This program is designed to help provide community-based services for Kentucky's Medicaid/KCHIP eligible children with complex mental health treatment needs.
IMPACT Plus is an innovative program based on the service team approach. The program is built on the principles of the Kentucky IMPACT program and is available for Medicaid eligible children only. Children being served by IMPACT Plus must also be identified as having severe emotional disability and complex treatment needs. These children are at risk of institutional, hospital or other, out-of-home placements.
Children eligible for these services must display a persistent, diagnosed, severe mental health condition for six (6) months, have a Medicaid card, and must be at risk for removal from their home due to hospitalization or institutionalization.
Care decisions are made at service team meetings, where team members collaboratively address the client's needs and agree to their role in the Care Plan in fulfilling the Goals/Objectives specified in the Plan. The members meet monthly to report back to the team on the success toward their Care Plan Goals/Objectives. At this time, any adjustments to the Care Plan are also addressed.
Parent involvement is the cornerstone of the IMPACT Plus Program. The purpose of IMPACT Plus is for parents or caregivers to understand both their child’s needs and the systems involved, so they will gain knowledge that will empower them to advocate for their child and to utilize the service systems as their child's needs dictate.

The Diversion Project is a collaborative effort between Croney & Clark, Inc. and Fayette County DCBS. The program provides intense services for children in Out-of-Home Care who are preparing to reunite with their family, or children who may be placed in Out-of-Home Care if stabilization does not occur in the home environment. DCBS makes the referrals for the children and their families to Croney & Clark, Inc.
As a key to providing services, our Master's level clinicians complete a thorough psycho-social assessment at the onset of treatment with the clients and their families. The psycho-social assessment aides the clinician in developing a treatment plan that will address the family's needs. From the treatment plan, the other members of the treatment/service team can meet and devise an intervention plan that will target and address immediate family needs/behaviors. The process is designed to provide the wrap-around approach to the delivery of services.
The program contains several outcomes focused on the child's well-being. These critical outcomes include: Children are safely maintained in birth homes upon reunification; with safety planning processes in place. Children will be maintained in least restrictive settings. A plan that is in report form provides the family with action steps for sustaining access to community supports that enhance child safety, permanence and well-being.
Croney & Clark, Inc. provides Case Management, Parental Therapy and Therapeutic Child Support services for the family. The services are time-constrained with up to four (4) months as the typical service period. Under some circumstances, DCBS may authorize an additional two (2) months for the family.

The service coordinator is the person who will partner with the family to identify child/family's strengths and needs. In order to do this, initial paperwork and periodic paperwork will have to be completed. The information you provide will be tracked and maintained by the service coordinator while following your child/family's progress and well-being.
The service coordinator will chair the monthly Team Meeting that the parent/foster parent/guardian and, if appropriate, the client will attend with the therapist, school personnel, and other identified role-players in the client's life.
At the monthly team meeting, the service coordinator will assist the writing of the Care Plan. This plan involves the family and all team members in targeting and addressing specific goals and objectives that are well-matched with the identified needs and strengths of the child/family. By following the plan, each member provides support and guidance for the family to meet their needs and the needs of the child. Eventually, the plan will address how the family/child will take this basis and begin to address issues, use resources on their own.
Each month the service coordinator will make regular visits with client and the family to monitor the Care Plan's usefulness or discuss any additional needs they may have.
Usually the service coordinator is not a therapist, but is a trained professional with experience in handling matters for families of children with emotional/behavioral problems. Croney & Clark, Inc. believes many families can provide for their own children's needs. Our role is to help families improve day-to-day skills so that they have the support they need now and can plan for the resources they may need in the future.

Our individual therapists are experienced certified or licensed master's level clinicians. Our clinicians have specific training and experience in areas directly involved with your family's needs. Therapy sessions can be provided in the community, in school, in home or in other settings. The sessions usually last from 45 minutes to two (2) hours weekly depending on the client's needs. Most children respond positively to these one-on-one sessions and benefit greatly from this individual treatment.

Collateral/parental therapists are experienced certified or licensed master's level clinicians. They, like individual therapists, also have experience and training in areas concerning a family's needs. They provide family therapy, parent education and school support. Typically the therapist will meet with the family to assess their needs. After the assessment, the therapist will work with them to create a schedule for weekly appointments. If the client has issues at school that should be addressed, the therapist will also work with the client, the family and the school to develop a plan that works for the child. In some cases, the Collateral/Parental Therapist fills the role of Individual therapist as well.

Psychiatry residents at Croney & Clark, Inc. provide services to agency clients through the agency's contract with the University of Kentucky's Department of Psychiatry. The residents are in the agency's office two and a half days per week. In addition to psychiatric counseling, the residents also provide Medical Evaluations and Psychiatric Evaluations as needed.