Louisiana Coordinated Systems of Care (CSoC)
Northwest Family Support Organization
Serving Louisiana Region 8
Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Bienville, Red River, Natchitoches, DeSoto and Sabine
What is CSoC?
The Coordinated Systems of Care (CSoC) is a research-based model that is
part of a national movement to develop family- and youth-driven care and
keep children with severe behavioral needs at home, in school, and out of the
child welfare and juvenile justice system.
What State agencies are involved?
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Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ)
Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)
Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH)
Department of Education (DOE)
What are the CSoC’s goals?
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Reduction in the number of targeted children and youth in detention
and residential settings
Reduction of the State’s cost of providing services by leveraging
Medicaid and other funding sources
Improving the overall outcomes for these children and their caregivers
Who will CSoC serve?
Children and Youth with significant behavioral challenges what are at
imminent risk of out of home placement defined as:
 Addiction Facilities
 Alternative Schools
 Detention
 Developmental Disabilities Facilities
 Foster Care
 Homelessness as identified by DOE
 Psychiatric hospitals
 Residential treatment facilities
 Secure Care Facilities
Louisiana’s CSoC
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Incorporate a broad, flexible array of services and supports
Organized into a coordinated network
Integrates care planning and management across multiple levels
Is culturally and linguistically competent
Builds meaningful partnerships with families and youth to ensure the
best method of care
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