The Texas Department of State Health Services has been
having some issues to roll out a new program, the Youth Empowerment Services(YES) Wavier, which helps parents get care for their children that have SERIOUS
emotional disturbances. The program will not only help these parents get
medical treatment for their children but, it will also help the parents deal
with their children to keep them in their homes. This new program will in the long run keep the
children from going to long term or permanent medical facilities. The YES Waiver
could cut down on state cost to support these facilities.
The Texas Department of State Health Services has started
rolling the program out to the counties within Texas but has been facing some
barriers from some counties. I believe we need to get the program pushed
forward and knock down these barriers. If we do not address these issues we will
just be adding more children to the Mental Health System. If that becomes the
case, it could mean more State Funding will be given to the Mental Health
Facilities. This could cause for more taxes for the residents of Texas or less
funding for other things. With the YES Waiver, it would address the problems
within the children, keeping them from these Mental Health Facilities. This
could keep the cost down and also keep families from having to be separated for
a long period of time or possibly forever. All children of any color shape or
condition deserve to be treated fairly, and we have to find the way to suppress
our medical priorities at any cost.
1 comment:
Youth Empowerment Services Waiver is the post of the blog Govern Us wrote. The post makes a brief summary of what the Youth Empowerment Service waiver is, which is a program set to help parents get care for their children that have advanced emotional disturbances and how to help them cope while still staying at their own homes, as opposed to going to a mental hospital. The author supports the push for this program to be implemented in Texas Counties for numerous reasons.
I found the post to be very interesting, yet I feel that it lacked in some areas. For example, the author could have elaborated more on the conditions the children have to have in order to qualify for this program. Would children of Autism/Asperger's Syndrome qualify? Also, the requirements for the parents financially or if there are any. Lastly, what are the barriers that the Texas counties have been experiencing? The title, if i may make a recommendation, was straight to the point, which is not bad but lacks that quality to grab your attention. I would recommend something along the lines of "Say YES to the waiver for the kids."
Overall, I found the post to be good and look forward to researching how this could help the youth of today.
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