The Bureau of Children’s Services (BCS) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) has developed a library of resources for staff of the various BCS programs. The library of resources are available in Cornerstone, the learning management system used by DHS. Each BCS program has its own TAC Library in Cornerstone, along with access to a General Knowledge TAC Library.
Below is a current list of resources available in each library.
Birth to 3 Program TAC Library| Library topic | Resource titles |
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| Analyzing Data | - Analysis of Child Outcomes Data
- Analysis of Data Quality Completeness and Compliance Data
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| Approved Tools List | History, Purpose, and Use of Tool List |
| Evaluation | Birth to 3 Program Evaluation Process |
| Implementation Planning and Measuring Progress | Implementation Planning and Measuring Progress |
| Low Incidence | - American Printing House for the Blind Resource
- Babies Count
- Functional Vision Screening Tool
- Wisconsin Deaf-Blind Technical Assistance Project
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| Medicaid | - Act 119
- Co-Treatment
- How to Find the Birth to 3 Program Handbook in ForwardHealth
- Interpretation Services Benefit
- Joint Visits and Cotreatment
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| Parental Consent | When Do You Need Parental Consent |
| Parental Cost Share | Annual Parental Cost Share Process |
| Program Administration | Transferring Data from Ind. 3 Child Outcomes Report to the Analytic Calculator |
| Program Participation System (PPS) | - Avoiding Duplicate Records in PPS
- Basics of Using PPS
- Documenting Services on the Service Planning Page
- "Eligible for Birth to 3" Field Requirements
- Multiple Referrals to the LEA and Referral Sent to the Wrong LEA
- PPS Security Officer Training: Fixing WISA Error
- Service Start Date Requirements
- Services, Initial IFSP and Closing Date and Reason Errors
- Tutorial on Important Fields
- Two Evaluations Requirements
- Using the Child & Referral Info Page of PPS
- Using the Screening/Evaluation Page of PPS
- Using the Service Planning Page of PPS
- Using the Transition/Program Exit Page
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| Referrals to the Local Education Agency (LEA) | Requirements for an LEA Referral |
| Rights | Mediation |
Children's Long-Term Support (CLTS) Program TAC Library| Library topic | Resource titles |
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| CLTS Program Overview | - The CLTS Program
- Foundations and Values
- Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) and Waiver Information
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| Coordination of Benefits | Deciding Together and Specialized Medical and Therapeutic Supplies: Navigating Coordination of Benefits |
| Deciding Together | Updates to Deciding Together |
| Eligibility and Enrollment | - EES Auto Disenrollment/Re-enrollment Clarification Regarding Level of Care
- Eligibility and Enrollment
- Recertification
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| Health and Safety | - Behavior Support Planning Policies and Use of Restrictive Measures
- Guiding Principles of Restrictive Measures
- Health and Safety
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| Medicaid Fraud | Fraud: What is It and How to Report It |
| Notice of Adverse Action | - CLTS: Notice of Action Technical Assistance Session Handout
- Disenrollment Process: Not Functionally Eligible
- Issuing Timely and Quality Notice of Actions
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| Participant Rights, Responsibilities and Appeals | - CLTS Program Appeals Process: What to Expect during Appeal and Hearing
- CLTS Program Decisions that are Appealable
- Overall Appeal Process
- Participant Rights and Responsibilities
- Participants Who Fail to Meet Responsibilities
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| Providers | Providers |
| Service Descriptions | - Assistive Technology: Service Animals
- Benchmarks and Assessment of Level 5 Foster Homes
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| Service Planning and Development | - Deciding Together
- Service Planning
- Individual Service Plan (ISP) Development
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| Services Alignment | Services Alignment FAQs |
| Support and Service Coordination | - Support and Service Coordination
- Roles and Responsibilities
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| Systems and Resources | - Common EES Error Messages and Tips on How to Resolve
- Systems and Other Tools
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| Transitions | Transitions |
| Use of Funding in Substitute Care | Use of Funding in Substitute Care |
Children with Medical Complexity (CMC) TAC Library| Library topic | Resource titles |
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| Care Plans | CMC Care Plan Goal Development |
| Medicaid | Operational Reference for Medicaid-Funded Services |
General Knowledge TAC Library| Library topic | Resource titles |
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| CORE Conversations | Community, Opportunity Relationship, and Enjoyment |
| Goal Writing | Goal Cards for Families |
| Medicaid | - Katie Beckett Medicaid 101
- Medicaid (MA) Field Reps
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| TAC Inbox | TAC Inbox and Personally Identifiable Information/Protected Health Information (PII/PHI) data |
| Think Possible! Employment Training | - Think Possible, Part 1: The Case for Competitive Integrated Employment
- Think Possible! Part 2: Creating Future CIE Success
- Think Possible! Part 3: Coordinating Employment Services and Support
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| Typical and Atypical Child Development | - Introduction
- Birth to 3
- Early Childhood
- Middle Childhood
- Adolescence - Transition to Adult Life
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