Healthy Children and Youth Program (HCY)
The Healthy Children and Youth Program provides service coordination and authorization for medically necessary services for MO HealthNet fee-for-service recipients with special health care needs from birth to age 21. Service coordination includes assessment through home visits and links to services and resources that enable individuals to remain safely in their homes with their families. Authorized services may include in-home personal care, in-home nursing care and skilled-nursing visits.
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Healthy Children and Youth Program!
Program Eligibility Requirements
- Be a Missouri resident
- Be birth to age 21
- Need medically necessary services
- Be enrolled in MO HealthNet (fee-for-service, not managed care)
Services Available through the Program
Service Coordination is provided through Special Health Care Needs and includes:
- Evaluation and assessment of needs
- Identifying and accessing service providers
- Service plan development and implementation
- Coordination of services through resource identification and referral
- Family support
- Assisting in establishing a medical home
- Transition planning
Services authorized by Special Health Care Needs include the following and are provided by Medicaid providers:
- Private duty nursing
- Advanced personal care
- Personal care aide
- Skilled nursing visits
- Authorized Registered Nurse visits
- Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care
How to Apply
Contact the Regional Office in your designated region to make a referral or complete and submit the Application for Enrollment form provided in the links below:
Information For Providers
Services provided by Medicaid providers.