Content by Keyword: Primary Prevention

Many concerned parties, including policy makers, tax payers, parents, scholars and program providers, want to identify programs that could bring about large reductions in unintended adolescent pregnancy and parenthood. For at least two decades now, varied approaches to prevention and intervention have been tried in the United States. As suggested

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Overview In South Dakota, adult day care is administered by the South Dakota Department of Social Services Division of Adult Services and Aging (ASA), which provides the service through Older American Act (OAA) funding, the In-Home Services Program, and the State Medicaid Elderly Waiver. The regulations for adult day care apply to providers wh

Overview New York State (NYS) law provides general standards under which some adult day programs operate, and the NYS Department of Health (DOH) is responsible for quality assurance of adult day programs. The standards to which the services must adhere relate to admission, assessment, staffing qualifications, and patients rights. There are thr

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Overview Adult day health care (ADHC) providers in New Jersey (NJ) are licensed by the state Department of Health and Senior Services Division of Long Term Care Systems under  NJ Administrative Code (NJAC) , Chapter 8:43F, whose provisions are summarized in this profile.

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Overview Montana statues require adult day care licensure through the Department of Health and Human Services. Regulations for licensing are described in this profile. The Department of Health and Human Services provides adult day care under the Physically Disabled and Elderly Waiver and the Developmentally Disabled Waiver through licensed p

Overview The Mississippi Department of Human Services, Division of Aging and Adult Services, administers and monitors adult day care centers that wish to enter into an agreement to provide services through the Area Agencies on Aging under Older Americans Act funding under a set of Quality Assurance Standards described in this profile.

Overview Maryland licenses two types of adult day services--day care and medical day care--through the Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ) in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Day care services are offered and managed by the Department's Office of Health Services (OHS) through state-funded contracts, and are subject to the state's

Overview The Division of Licensing and Certification, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), promulgates regulations in accordance with Title 22, Maine Revised Statutes Annotated, governing the licensing and functioning of adult day services (ADS) programs. All providers are required to be licensed by the DHHS Community Services Progr

Overview Adult day care and adult day health care (ADHC) are regulated by the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The Division of Aging Services certifies facilities for the Adult Day Care and Alzheimer's Respite program, which is governed under Kentucky  Administrative Regulations  910 KAR 1:160 and 1:230.

Overview The Kansas Department on Aging licenses adult day care facilities under  Kansas Department on Aging Regulations  28-39-275 - 28-39-291. Some requirements for adult care homes (39-144, 145a, 147, and 148) apply to adult day care providers. The Kansas Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) enrolls providers for adult day care authori

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Overview The Hawaii Department of Health licenses adult day health centers (ADHC) under the state administrative rules for freestanding adult day health centers, and also under the state administrative rules for skilled nursing/intermediate care facilities (for nursing facility-based adult day health centers).

Overview The state's adult day services licensing standards, developed after the legislature approved licensing authority in 2003, are currently voluntary due to lack of funding for the licensing agency to administer the licensing process. However, the Division of Aging Services has standards that must be met by providers in the statewide agin

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Overview The Department of Health Services licenses adult day health care facilities. The Arizona  Administrative Code  R9-10-501 to 514 serves as the basis for the licensing requirements. Tribal providers need approval from the tribal government or the Bureau of Indian Affairs to operate an adult day care/adult day health care facility. Med

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