Child Adolescent Needs and Strengths - NY (CANS-NY)
The CANS-NY serves as a guide in decision making for Health Homes Serving Children, as well as to guide service planning specifically for children and adolescents under the age of 21 with behavioral needs, medical needs, developmental disabilities, and juvenile justice involvement. The purpose of the CANS-NY is to accurately represent the shared vision of the child serving system–child and families. As such, completion of the CANS-NY is accomplished in order to allow for the effective communication of this shared vision for use at all levels of the system. Since its primary purpose is communication, the CANS-NY is designed based on communication theory rather than the psychometric theories that have influenced most measurement development.
CANS-NY Institute Website: https://cansnyinstitute.org/
CANS-NY/HCBS Level of Care Policy & Guidance Documents
- A Guide to Edits chart
As of May 2022, the six-month requirement for completing the Child Adolescent Needs and Strengths – NY (CANS-NY) has been changed to an annual basis. CMs/HCBS providers/C-YES/MMCPs must revise their procedures and timelines. A Guide to Edits chart lists each of the documents revised as a result of this policy change, showing the prior and new language and location of each change made. - HCBS LOC Algorithms (PDF)
CANS-NY Announcements
CANS-NY Training
- CANS-NY Training Series Information and Current Training Calendar - (external link)
The NYS Department of Health and the CANS-NY Technical Assistance Institute continue to host the CANS-NY introductory and supervisory trainings in webinar format. This webinar format continues to meet the NYS DOH in-person training requirement, as there are processes in place during these webinar trainings to ensure accountability to training requirements. To register for these trainings:
- Log on to www.tcomtraining.com
- Currently, this web address will redirect you to our new platform that is temporarily accessed via www.schoox.com/login.php. For assistance with this platform, see this how-to document or reach out to support@tcomtraining.com
- On the home page, choose "New York" as the Category for the calendar
- Click on the training date that works best for you
- Click "Details" to view the training's registration page and register
- You will receive an email notification regarding your registration and a second email confirming that your registration has been approved.
CANS-NY Assessment Resources
The NYS Department of Health and the CANS-NY Technical Institute would like to announce training opportunities and resources for Health Home/C-YES Care Managers and their Supervisors in the continued effort to support and strengthen the collaborative practice when utilizing the CANS-NY assessment tool. The CANS-NY is a tool designed to support deeply collaborative practice from assessment to care planning to progress monitoring. The training will emphasize practice, role-play, and experiential understanding of youth and family engagement strategies, including the use of outreach contacts to develop engagement and begin assessment, an understanding of the importance of the assessment process in complex care coordination, and the ability to build a shared understanding of the purpose of the CANS-NY to youth and families during the assessment and care planning process. Strategies for using the CANS-NY action levels to develop a shared vision with youth and family, to negotiate disagreement and build consensus, and to talk about sensitive topics with youth and family will be presented and practiced. Throughout the training, a range of strategies to build, track, and sustain engagement with youth and their caregivers will be learned by participants. https://tcomtraining.com/
CANS-NY and the UAS-NY Resources
- Access to the UAS-NY and the CANS-NY Assessments for Health Homes Serving Children
- CANS-NY 2.0 Launch Announcement (PDF) - Effective November 2023
- CANS-NY 2.0 Launch - (Web) - (PDF)
Key Principles
- Assessing Needs and Strengths with Action Levels (PDF)
- Ratings Describe the Individual, Not the Individual in Care (PDF)
- Developmentally Appropriate Rating (interactive version on training site) (PDF)
- Rating the "What", Not the "Why" (interactive version on training site) (PDF)
- Rating Within the 30-Day Window (interactive version on training site) (PDF)
- Caregiver Strengths & Needs (interactive version on training site) (PDF)
- Strengths Based Care Planning (PDF)
- Care Planning Worksheet (PDF)
Webinars
- MCO CANS-NY Support Session Part 1 of 3 - Slides (PDF), Recording (MP4 Video)
- MCO CANS-NY Support Session Part 2 of 3 - Slides (PDF), Recording (MP4 Video)
- MCO CANS-NY Support Session Part 3 of 3 - Slides (PDF), Recording (MP4 Video)
- Rating Multiple Caregivers - Slides (PDF), Recording (External Link) - April 5, 2019
- Conducting the CANS-NY and HCBS Assessments Via Telephone or the Web (PDF) - May 2020
- Video Recording - (YouTube- External Link)
HCBS Eligibility Resources Series
Fair Hearing/State Review Appeals in the HCBS/LOC
- Fair Hearing/State Review- Comprehensive Guide (PDF)
- UAS-NY 1.9 Fair Hearing State Review HCBS LOC FAQ (PDF)
- The 1.9 Release Fair Hearing/State Review Node in the HCBS/LOC - Slides (PDF), Recording (MP4 Video)
- Webinar #1: TCOM, Collaborative Assessment and the Application of the Six key characteristics to HCBS eligibility determination - June 2020 (YouTube- External Link)
- Webinar #2: Assessment of the CANS-NY HCBS determination-related items and TCOM strategies for care coordination - June 2020 (YouTube- External Link)
- Webinar #3: Q&A and available learning supports - June 2020 (YouTube- External Link)
Additional Information and Support
UAS-NY Support Desk
uasny@health.ny.gov
518-408-1021, option 1
Monday - Friday
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
CANS-NY Training
support@CANSTraining.com
www.canstraining.com and click on contact us
CANS-NY Policy
hhsc@health.ny.gov
MAPP Customer Care Center
MAPP-customercarecenter@cma.com
Phone: 518-649-4335
Commerce Accounts Management Unit (CAMU)
866-529-1890
1915 Children's Waiver Home and Community Based Services Resources
- Children's Waiver Home and Community Based Services resources and guidance can be found here.
Archive
- AMENDED CANS-NY In-Person Training Requirement Standard - (PDF) - March 17, 2020
- Announcement - Launch of the CANS-NY Training & Technical Assistance Institute - (PDF) - January 30, 2018
- Announcement - Launch of the CANS-NY Institute Website - (PDF) - June 26, 2018
- Children's Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Enrollment Policy (PDF) - April 1, 2021
- HCBS/LOC Eligibility Determination Finalized Outcomes Guidance (PDF) - October 20, 2020
- HCBS/LOC Eligibility Determination ability to Link the CANS-NY (PDF) - August 2019
- How to complete the LPHA Risk Factor item in the UAS, HCBS/LOC Eligibility Determination (PDF) - August 2019
- CANS-NY Algorithm for HHSC (PDF)
- HCBS LOC Reassessment Eligibility Extension Guidance - July 31, 2023
- HCBS LOC Reassessment Eligibility Extension Request Form (PDF) - July 31, 2023
- 1.6 Release CANS-NY and HCBS/LOC changes and enhancements presentation (PDF) - August 2019
- Quick Reference Guide to Ensure matching of the Health Home within MAPP HHTS and UAS (PDF) - August 2019
CANS-NY - Training Course
- CANS-NY - MODULE 1 of 8: Foundation of CANS-NY (External Link)
- CANS-NY - MODULE 2 of 8: Six Key Characteristics of CANS-NY (External Link)
- CANS-NY - MODULE 3 of 8: Administering CANS 6-21; Items, Definitions & Domains A-F (External Link)
- CANS-NY - MODULE 4 of 8: Continuing Items, Definitions & Domain G; Administering CANS 0-5 (External Link)
- CANS-NY - MODULE 5 Of 8: Review of Michael Vignette for Practice (External Link)
- CANS-NY - MODULE 6 of 8: Supervisory Training and Using CANS to Measure Outcomes (External Link)
- CANS-NY - MODULE 7 of 8: Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management (External Link)
- CANS-NY - MODULE 8 of 8: Practical Implementation & Strategies for Supervisor Responsibilities (External Link)