​​​​Through state general revenue and Medicaid funding, Targeted Case Management (TCM) services are available to children/youth with a serious emotional disability in all 120 Kentucky counties. Within Kentucky’s community mental health centers (CMHCs), these services are offered under the auspices of Kentucky IMPACT (see Related Links). Other providers across the state also offer Targeted Case Management (TCM).

Within Kentucky IMPACT, TCM services for children/youth are referred to as Service Coordination, and Targeted Case Managers are referred to as Service Coordinators. A primary goal of Kentucky IMPACT is to reduce the utilization of inpatient mental health hospital days and other out-of-home placements. Due to the intensity of services, each Service Coordinator is limited to serving 25 children/youth at a time. Service Coordination under the Kentucky IMPACT model is based on the Wraparound process, a strengths-based, youth and family-driven, and individualized plan of care for children/youth with a serious emotional disability and their families.​

Kentucky IMPACT can access limited,​ flexible funds to purchase necessary goods and/or services for children/youth that are served by the program and for which no other resources are available to access the goods and/or services.​

All Kentucky IMPACT Service Coordinators must attend and successfully complete the twelve-hour core components of the Targeted Case Management curriculum, as well as the six-hour specialized curriculum for children with a serious emotional disability (SED), as required by 908 KAR 2:260 (see Related Links).

For more information about Targeted Case Management services for children/youth, and Kentucky IMPACT, please visit the relevant sections of this website through Related Links, or use the information in the Contact Information box.