IYS accepts all forms of payment—Medicaid, insurance and self pay. With the assistance of funds provided through the Mental Health Levy, Greene County parents will have the opportunity to meet with a billing specialist to work out the cost and a payment plan designed to meet the family’s financial ability to pay prior to starting the Partial Hospitalization Program. Out of county residents who do not have Medicaid will be informed of the current cost prior to starting services so that they can make the best decision for their child. In some cases, families from other counties were assisted through their county’s levy dollars when the services are not otherwise available to them within their own county.
(**”Mental Health Levy” could be a link to a site that details the importance of the levy and to vote for it.)
In Greene County, most of the schools transport their students to the PHP program when they are open. Parents may be responsible to arrange for transportation under the following circumstances: If the school is closed.—such as during holidays, winter or spring breaks.- When school transportation isn’t running—due to weather related closings. If the child does not attend a school in Greene County. If the child lives in a different county.
Yes. We will need to meet with you and your child to assess their need for the program and will expect to be granted permission to discuss the case with the child’s current provider. However, if the child is appropriate and would benefit from the program, admission would be arranged.
Yes, usually. The answer to this question will vary depending upon the child’s grade level and the school the child attends. Most youth will receive credit for their work. The teachers at IYS assign the work for the elementary and middle school classes and the home high schools send the work for the high school age youth attending. This will be an important question to ask during the initial assessment. Typically, we know prior to enrolling a youth whether there is any problem with the youth’s school accepting the credits.
Most children referred to PHP are already falling behind due to their significant mental health problems. While it is likely that upon return to school, your child will be missing some work and may not capture all their credits while in PHP, it has been the case that the children, once back in school, catch up very quickly and often exceed their previous performance simply because they feel better, can focus on their work more efficiently, and can manage their mental health symptoms more effectively.
Yes. The Partial Hospitalization Program operates Monday through Friday from 8 am to 2 pm. The schedule matches a typical school day start and end time.
Youth seen in PHP typically are experiencing severe symptoms of depression, anxiety, bi-polar affective disorder, hallucinations, suicidal thinking, anger, poor interpersonal skills, poor attention/concentration, and/or hyperactivity. The symptoms of their disorders frequently are causing them difficulties in more than one of their major life areas, such as at home and at school. The program is designed to stabilize these symptoms and improve the child’s ability to manage them.
The typical length of stay is between 8-12 weeks. It is designed to stabilize the symptoms and return the child to the least restrictive setting as soon as possible, given their level of functioning and mental health issues. Some youth have returned to the PH program 2 or 3 times over the course of their school careers due to the severity of their disorders. However, most of our clients stabilize well after discharge and benefit from what they learned during their stay with us.