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Nevada TANF State Plan P a g e | 4 1 Effective December 31, 2020

• Providing information to other service providers about the person’s history and level of functionality necessary to plan, deliver, monitor, and adjust services. • Monitoring progress and compliance with the plan of care by the family/consumer and by service providers. • With the consumer’s consent, informing members of the consumer’s family or service providers of changes in the person’s condition or of support necessary to obtain optimal benefit of services. • Revising the plan of care when necessary. • Recording the delivery of coordinated services. • Counseling to assist the household in getting needed services. • Preparing for and appearing in court on behalf of the consumer if such appearances will assist the consumer in gaining needed services. • Providing a monthly grant to assist the family with the higher cost of providing for a child with a profound or severe intellectual or developmental disability in the home. B. Clinical assessments are available for children that need assessments or evaluations by a social worker or psychologist. The assessments provide information that can be used to assist the individual’s team to develop a support plan to help the family remain intact. A rural clinic’s intake evaluation will meet the definition of assessment services unless special psychological testing is required to refine diagnosis. The intake evaluation is a comprehensive procedure that includes a demographic description, presenting problem, mental status examination, risk assessment (suicidal, homicidal), prior treatment, various histories such as employment, health, family, education, legal, drug and alcohol, and diagnosis (DSM-IV). C. Counseling services are available to children and their family members to provide support and guidance in problem identification and resolution in areas of personal adaptation, including interpersonal relationships, social-sexual issues, self-esteem, community participation, independence, families, friends, and work. It may include skill development in socialization, self-direction, and problem solving. This service does not have utilization limitations and is provided based on the recipient’s need to assure health, safety, and welfare in the community. A rural clinic’s outpatient counseling service includes individual, family and group therapy. These services can be provided in the mental health clinic, home, school, and detention centers for adults and youth, and other setting frequented by the recipient that might be considered a natural setting. These services are typically provided on a scheduled basis but might be provided in unscheduled or emergent situations. Thus, a rural clinic’s emergency services are a component of the general service commonly referred to as counseling.