The Pulaski County Board for the Handicapped provides Targeted Case Management (TCM) services to qualifying individuals with disabilities. A plan is developed that outlines the goals of the planning team for the year. Goals may be short term or steps to achieve a long term goal. They can be a combination of needs or wants. It is the individual and planning team’s job to work towards goals, wants and needs that the individual would like for their life. The Service Coordinator works to facilitate the planning process and ensure critical elements are put into place per state and federal guidelines. The Service Coordinator also works to gather resources for the person. The job of the Service Coordinator is not to do for the person, but to assist in developing relationships with natural supports, link individuals to resources who provide expertise in desired areas and developing a plan that moves a person forward in their life. Additionally, when an individual receives paid supports that are contracted through the Department of Mental Health, the Service Coordinator will monitor the services. We only provide Case Management services to those individuals who are determined eligible for TCM services through the Regional Office and who reside in Pulaski County.
Eligibility is determined by what's known as a functional assessment as opposed to linking eligibility to a specific diagnosis. A developmental disability is a disability which is attributable to mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, head injury, autism, or a learning disability related to a brain dysfunction, or any other mental or physical impairment which occurs before age 22. It must be determined that this disability is likely to continue indefinitely and that it results in a substantial functional limitation in two or more of the following six areas of major life activities: self care, receptive and expressive language development and use, learning, self-direction, capacity for independent living or economic self sufficiency and mobility.
A referral can be made by contacting the Rolla Regional Office at 573-368-2200 and request to speak with an intake coordinator. They will complete an initial contact over the phone and if they make a determination to proceed they will send an application packet to you or schedule a time to assist you in filling it out if requested.
When an individual has an eligible MoHealthNet insurance, TCM services are billed to the individual’s MoHealthNet insurance. If the individual does not have MoHealthnet services are based on the ability to pay as per a Standard Means Test.