Children's IDD Specialist

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Title: Children's IDD Specialist

$66,539.20 - $99,320 / Posted Thru: 11/14/2025

Location: Remote, Virtual - Must live and work in the state of Michigan.

In-Person Meetings and Conferences Required - Lansing, MI

Purpose: Assist the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services in determining eligibility and appropriate service provision options for children and youth with complex behavioral health needs who are at risk for admission to an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) and/or other out-of-home treatment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Complete screening reviews and make eligibility determinations based on applicable requirements for children's behavioral health services including Home Care Children (Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA)).
• Support Children's Waiver Program Specialist and Analyst with reviewing applications for children and families applying for the Children's Waiver Program (CWP) to verify compliance with federal and state requirements, and complete the approval process
• Utilize the Waiver Support Application (WSA) to track enrollment pool for waiver applications.
• Complete level of care documentation gathering and review for ICF/IID placement.
• Assist with consultation on referrals for CWP, TEFRA, 1915(i), Habilitation Supports Waiver and other State Plan services, as needed.
• Contact families, as needed, to address questions related to eligibility for applicable behavioral health waiver programs and ICF/IID.
• Assist with response to inquiries about Waiver Support Application (WSA), CWP, Habilitation Supports Waiver (HSW), and TEFRA eligibility and benefit requirements.
• Consult with Community Mental Health Services Program (CMHSP) staff, Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan (PIHP) staff, and other partners as necessary to address questions related to waiver and/or TEFRA eligibility and ICF/IID.
• Participate in site review preparation and follow-up activities to support waiver programs and ICF/IID.
• Participate in applicable research activities and/or program and policy workgroups/initiatives to support program functions.
• Prepare reports, as requested, regarding status of screening processes and enrollment pool for eligibility.
• Provide training, technical assistance and/or presentations, as requested, to partners to present information about processes for eligibility determination and available resources.
• Determine when technical assistance (TA) is necessary and refer to appropriate area within MDHHS to support the necessary TA.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support bureau goals.
• Attend meetings, as necessary to support job functions.
• Always represent the best interest of MPHI and MDHHS.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements:

Education: Minimum of a graduate degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Nursing, Public Health, or other human services discipline. Possession of professional licensure is preferred.

Experience: Two or more years of related work experience in the public behavioral health system; public/behavioral health care service delivery; customer service and quality assurance; consumer relations; Medicaid program policy or operations; project management; strategic planning; public (including federal) grant and contract oversight and coordination; behavioral health integration; health information technology systems and associated data; analysis of policies, procedures, regulations, and laws pertinent to public/behavioral health; leading small and large groups or meetings of subject matter experts, and a record of successful project implementation.

Important Skills and Characteristics:

• Knowledge of and experience with Michigan's specialty behavioral health care system, including Medicaid.
• Knowledge of programs administered through Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans (PIHPs) and CMHSPs.
• Analysis of policies/programs/laws related to public/behavioral health.
• Knowledge of Medicaid Provider Manual, including programs and policies related to Michigan's public behavioral health system.
• Effective interpersonal skills, including efficient written and oral communication.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office applications (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Ability to facilitate meetings with internal and external partners/subject matter experts.
• Ability to manage projects and meet competing deadlines.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements: Standard office environment. Minimal travel may be required.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WORK OF OTHERS: No assigned responsibilities.

IMPACT ON PROJECTS, SERVICES AND OPERATIONS: This position has a direct impact on the quality of services provided by MPHI to MDHHS.

REQUIRED COMMUNICATION

Contact Person/Group	Frequency	Purpose
Supervisor	Daily	Supervision
Internal Partners	As Needed	Collaboration
External Stakeholders	As Needed	Collaboration

"For purposes of employment standards, this classification is "Exempt" from overtime provisions of the fair Labor Standards Act."

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