Administrative Outreach Program
Under the Administrative Outreach Program, schools with staff who provide activities to assist the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) in "finding" potentially Medicaid eligible students, are reimbursed for their administrative costs associated with these activities.
The Administrative Outreach Program receives partial reimbursement for the administrative costs to identify and help students who are considered "at risk" for various health problems. The goal is to direct these students and their families to the proper resources for help.
This program generates revenue by tracking the time spent on Outreach activities by school personnel, and by factoring the district's expense for staff providing these services.
School personnel chosen in the random moment sample are expected to complete their time study. Failure to do so affects the administrative portion of the state-wide reimbursement.
The following school personnel may participate in the Outreach portion of the School Based Services program:
- Audiologists
- Speech Pathologists
- Social Workers
- Occupational Therapists
- COTA's
- Physical Therapists
- PTA's
- RNs and LPNs
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Orientation and Mobility Specialists
- Teacher Consultants
- Counselors
- Early Identification/Intervention Personnel
- Hearing Impaired Interpreters
- Special Education Administrators
- Program Specialists