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Provider describes Fostering Change reintegration program for youth and urges more supports and reimbursement
Summary
A Fort Smith provider described Fostering Change's intensive community reintegration services for adolescents, said the program has treated 113 youth since 2018, urged increased provider capacity and noted applied behavior analysis is not billable for non‑autism diagnoses in Arkansas.
Abby Rendell, program director of Fostering Change in Fort Smith, told the Senate Children and Youth Committee that her program provides 24‑hour intensive therapeutic care for adolescents transitioning from higher-level psychiatric placements to community settings. She said Fostering Change opened in April 2018, has served 113 youth ages 13–17, operates with 27 employees across three shifts and currently manages 22 beds…
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