Healthy Baby Healthy Child (BPHCBoston Public Health Commission The Boston Public Health Commission, the oldest health department in the United States, is an independent public agency providing a wide range of health services and pr...)

The HBHCHealthy Baby Healthy Child (BPHC) The HBHC program provides home visiting to pregnant and parenting families with a child under the age of five who reside in Boston.  All services are free, voluntary... program provides home visiting to pregnant and parenting families with a child under the

age of five who reside in Boston.  All services are free, voluntary and confidential

Healthy Baby Healthy Child, is a free and confidential home visiting program, allows public health nurses, community health workers, and social workers to provide families of young children with tools to strengthen parenting skills and to foster schoolEmergency Services Program (CBHI) The Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI) is an interagency initiative of the Commonwealth’sExecutive Office of Health and Human Services whose mission i... More readiness for kids.

Learn more: https://www.bphc.org/whatwedo/new-expecting-parents/Pages/New-and-Expecting-Parents.aspx 

Health and Human Services

The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHSHealth and Human Services The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human se...) is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services. 

Learn more: https://www.hhs.gov/about/index.html

 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that requires the creation of national standards to protect sensi...) is a federal law that requires the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient’s consent or knowledge. 

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHSHealth and Human Services The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human se...) issued the HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that requires the creation of national standards to protect sensi... Privacy Rule to implement the requirements of HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that requires the creation of national standards to protect sensi.... The HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that requires the creation of national standards to protect sensi... Security Rule protects a subset of information covered by the Privacy Rule.

Learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/publications/topic/hipaa.html 

Intensive Care Coordination (CBHIChildren’s Behavioral Health Initiative CBHI partners with child and family serving state agencies, providers, and payers to ensure that services meet the individual needs of the child and family, a...)

Intensive Care Coordination is a care planning service for youth under the age of 21 who have serious emotional and behavioral needs. ICCIntensive Care Coordination (CBHI) Intensive Care Coordination is a care planning service for youth under the age of 21 who have serious emotional and behavioral needs. ICC coordinates care when a you... coordinates care when a youth is receiving or needs multiple services. Services may come from mental health providers, state agencies, and/or special education.

ICCIntensive Care Coordination (CBHI) Intensive Care Coordination is a care planning service for youth under the age of 21 who have serious emotional and behavioral needs. ICC coordinates care when a you... teaches families and caregivers how to support the youth and coordinate the services and supports the youth needs. ICCIntensive Care Coordination (CBHI) Intensive Care Coordination is a care planning service for youth under the age of 21 who have serious emotional and behavioral needs. ICC coordinates care when a you... will help the entire family create social support systems.

Learn more: https://www.mabhaccess.com/CBHI.aspx 

International Classification of Diseases

The International Classification of Diseases (ICDInternational Classification of Diseases The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is the classification used to code and classify mortality data from death certificates. The International Cl...) is the classification used to code and classify mortality data from death certificates.

The International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification is used to code and classify morbidity data from the inpatient and outpatient records, physician offices, and most National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) surveys.

Learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/index.htm

 Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Infant early childhood mental health is synonymous with healthy social and emotional development. It is developing the capacity of the child from birth to age 5 to: form close and secure interpersonal relationships, experience, regulate and express emotions; and explore the environment and learn in the context of family, community, and cultural expectations from young children.

Learn more: https://www.pakeys.org/iecmh/

Individualized Education Plan/Program

This is a plan or program developed to ensure that a child with an identified disability who is attending an elementary or secondary educational institution receives specialized instruction and related services. The IEPIndividualized Education Plan/Program This is a plan or program developed to ensure that a child with an identified disability who is attending an elementary or secondary educational institution recei... is developed by a team of individuals from various educational disciplines, the child with a disability, family members, and/or designated advocates.

Learn more: ​​https://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/what-individualized-education-plan

Intensive Foster Care (DCFDepartment of Children and Families The Department of Children and Families (DCF) works in partnership with families and communities to keep children safe from abuse and neglect.  In most cases, DCF ...)

Foster care provides a safe, loving home for children until they can be reunited with their families.Children are sometimes temporarily placed in foster care because their parents aren’t able to give them the care that they need. The Department of Children & Families (DCFDepartment of Children and Families The Department of Children and Families (DCF) works in partnership with families and communities to keep children safe from abuse and neglect.  In most cases, DCF ...) first tries to place children with relatives. When that’s not possible, they enter foster care. 

There are all kinds of foster parents. You can be single or married, own a home or rent one. There’s a need for foster parents across Massachusetts, from all diverse backgrounds.

Learn More:

https://www.mass.gov/foster-care

Individualized Family Service Plan (EIEarly Intervention Is the term used to describe the services and supports that are available to babies and young children with developmental delays and disabilities and their families. Through Early I...)

The Individualized Family Service Plan, or IFSPIndividualized Family Service Plan (EI) The Individualized Family Service Plan, or IFSP, is a written plan that will be specially designed for you, your child, and your family that outlines and explai..., is a written plan that will be specially designed for you, your child, and your family that outlines and explains the EIEarly Intervention Is the term used to describe the services and supports that are available to babies and young children with developmental delays and disabilities and their families. Through Early I... services your child and family will receive.

IFSPs are covered by special education law, or the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). They’re created for eligible kids from birth to age 3 who need extra help with physical, communication, self-help, cognitive, or social-emotional skills.

Learn more: https://www.understood.org/articles/en/ifsp-what-it-is-and-how-it-works

 In-Home Behavioral Services (CBHIChildren’s Behavioral Health Initiative CBHI partners with child and family serving state agencies, providers, and payers to ensure that services meet the individual needs of the child and family, a...)

IHBS is appropriate when specialty skills or additional clinical expertise are needed in applying behavioral principles, or when less specialized services and strategies have not been effective. Sometimes it is difficult, for example, to determine the cues that set off a problem behavior or the re-enforcers that keep it going. Sometimes the obvious interventions are unacceptable, such as ignoring a problem behavior when it is seriously disruptive or dangerous 

Learn More:

https://www.mass.gov/doc/in-home-behavioral-services-ihbs-practice-guidelines/download