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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 112953" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Ok...had a sit down with some people who handle kids like your son in my county and got the following advice.</p><p></p><p>Your Piedmont Behavioral is one of these agencies that was branched off when local mental health went defunct. I go to one of these same type of places for my therapy. Had to use them for almost two years when I had no insurance so I had to figure out how they work. </p><p></p><p>Your agency has a ton of brochures on their website that you can download for information. I am attempting to see if any of them have valuable info pertaining to what you need.</p><p></p><p>Basically what I was told was that if your son was in a Level 4 and the only reason he was removed was because of abuse by staff and not because he was ready to be moved down to a lower level...which would mean level 3 and then on to the in home interventions...well then they should have found another level 4 placement. It sounds like Value Options (medicaid) is messing around and not doing their job. You can go over their heads and appeal their ruling. </p><p></p><p>Have you tried simply taking him to Umstead and refusing to take him home? Or Butner? Or take him to the local ER...dont worry if they have a child ward there, they can hold him at his age until they can get him transferred to the state hospital. This was what did with my son when he was 15. I refused to take him home from my local ER and they dont have a child unit anywhere close to me. They threatened me with sending him to the state hospital and I jumped at it. Best move we made. </p><p></p><p>Be adamant with these people. Tell them to show you in writing where it says that they cant do something. If you feel he needs to be in a hospital or a placement and they wont do it, tell them to show you in writing that medicaid wont pay for it and then tell them that you want THEIR names signed to it, head of Children and Family services name signed to it and Gov. Easley to sign it so that when your son hurts himself or someone else you have a record of who refused to give you help. That should make them take notice. If they refuse to do any of that...get their names and email and snail mail the head of children and family, DHHS, and the governor. SOMEONE will call you! They did me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 112953, member: 1514"] Ok...had a sit down with some people who handle kids like your son in my county and got the following advice. Your Piedmont Behavioral is one of these agencies that was branched off when local mental health went defunct. I go to one of these same type of places for my therapy. Had to use them for almost two years when I had no insurance so I had to figure out how they work. Your agency has a ton of brochures on their website that you can download for information. I am attempting to see if any of them have valuable info pertaining to what you need. Basically what I was told was that if your son was in a Level 4 and the only reason he was removed was because of abuse by staff and not because he was ready to be moved down to a lower level...which would mean level 3 and then on to the in home interventions...well then they should have found another level 4 placement. It sounds like Value Options (medicaid) is messing around and not doing their job. You can go over their heads and appeal their ruling. Have you tried simply taking him to Umstead and refusing to take him home? Or Butner? Or take him to the local ER...dont worry if they have a child ward there, they can hold him at his age until they can get him transferred to the state hospital. This was what did with my son when he was 15. I refused to take him home from my local ER and they dont have a child unit anywhere close to me. They threatened me with sending him to the state hospital and I jumped at it. Best move we made. Be adamant with these people. Tell them to show you in writing where it says that they cant do something. If you feel he needs to be in a hospital or a placement and they wont do it, tell them to show you in writing that medicaid wont pay for it and then tell them that you want THEIR names signed to it, head of Children and Family services name signed to it and Gov. Easley to sign it so that when your son hurts himself or someone else you have a record of who refused to give you help. That should make them take notice. If they refuse to do any of that...get their names and email and snail mail the head of children and family, DHHS, and the governor. SOMEONE will call you! They did me. [/QUOTE]
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