Declaration
of Chris Koyanagi, policy director of the Bazelon Center and
author of Making Sense of Medicaid for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance,
a comprehensive review of state programs, and numerous other publications
and articles on children's mental health services: Describes how Medicaid
covers
wraparound and therapeutic foster homes services.
Declaration of Bruce J.
Kamradt, director of Wraparound Milwaukee: Describes
the program cited as a model for providing services to children with serious
mental and emotional disorders.
Declaration of Timothy Penrod, president and CEO of Child and Family Support
Services in Arizona: Describes the wraparound service system in Arizona that
he has helped implement as part of a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of
all Arizona children seeking Medicaid mental health services, J.K.
v. Eden.
Declaration of Karl Dennis, former executive director of Kaleidoscope Chicago:
Describes one of the first programs to provide wraparound services and therapeutic
foster care.
Declaration of Robert Friedman, chair of the Department of Child and Family
Studies at the University of South Florida: Describes the development of wraparound
and therapeutic foster care as mental health interventions.
Declaration
of Patti Chamberlain, executive director of Social Learning Center,
Community Programs in Oregon: Describes the Multidimensional Treatment Foster
Care program, one of the most studied therapeutic foster care programs in the
country, often cited as a model.
Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite
1212
Washington, DC 20005
