Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Funded by: DCF SAMH Office
Population: Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA) clients, Family Safety clients (TCA eligible), and Temporary Diversion Families (TDF).
Director in charge and telephone number: Mary Johnson, MBA, 407-398-6673

Services: Core services offered by HSA’s partnership within the FRIENDS Network include assessment, authorization of services, case management, management of billing and invoicing, outreach and quality assurance of program requirements. HSA also issues memorandums of agreement to District 7 treatment providers in order to subcontract the purchase of service dollars. These cases are assessed for completeness and accuracy of need. The TANF Specialist will staff cases with providers to authorize services utilizing the TANF funding.

HSA will provide the fiscal requirements for TANF funds. This includes tracking and monitoring all authorizations and eligibility, receiving and reviewing all provider invoices, generating required statistical reports, invoicing the funding source and making payment to TANF providers who have submitted proper invoices.

Outreach will be provided to providers who have entered into a memorandum of agreement with HSA to be a qualified TANF provider. Outreach will include educating the new provider on the process and expectations involved with being a TANF provider.

Audits will be performed by the Quality Assurance Specialist to ensure that files contain all of the required documents.