§52.2. Service integration delivery model; pilot

A. In cooperation with local governmental and community organizations, the state leadership group as identified in R.S. 46:52.1(E) shall establish a Neighborhood Place implementing the service integration delivery model developed under R.S. 46:52.1 in one of the nine regional service areas defined in R.S. 46:2600 by the end of Fiscal Year 2008-2009. Local governmental and community organizations shall be engaged with the state to expand the Neighborhood Place model to additional sites in multiple regional service areas.

B.(1) Working with local governmental and community organizations, a management model for each Neighborhood Place shall be established by the state leadership group in accordance with R.S. 46:52.1(C).

(2) Each Neighborhood Place shall operate with shared accountability that citizens realize faster, lasting results of safety, educational security, independence, and self sufficiency.

(3) The goals of this human services integration model shall include the following:

(a) To provide economic self-sufficiency among families who receive services.

(b) To provide citizens with timely access to an array of health care, education, employment, and human services.

(c) To improve the level of student participation and achievement in the school among children who receive services.

(d) To prevent fraud and abuse to ensure funds are appropriately utilized.

(4) Each Neighborhood Place shall demonstrate better results for citizens through collaboration, coordination, and co-location of multiple human service systems. Services delivered shall, at a minimum, address the following:

(a) Student achievement.

(b) Truancy intervention and dropout prevention.

(c) Family safety and stability.

(d) Foster care and adoption.

(e) Prenatal and early childhood care.

(f) Preventative health care.

(g) Behavioral health.

(h) Adult education and job training.

(i) Vocational rehabilitation.

C. Targeted and measurable outcomes at the baseline of implementation shall be identified and tracked during quarterly periods throughout the life of integrated human service delivery operations.

Acts 2008, No. 775, §1, eff. July 6, 2008.