California Children's Services (CCS)

This pub tells you about EPSDT. EPSDT stands for Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment. It is a Medi-Cal benefit. Medi-Cal gives health care to people with low income and limited ability to pay for health care. If you are under age 21 and have full-scope Medi-Cal, you get EPSDT. It gives you with a number of health care benefits. This pub tells you about those benefits. It tells you what to do if you are not happy with a Medi-Cal decision.

This pub tells you about the Whole Child Model Program. This program is for children getting CCS (California Children’s Services) and Medi-Cal. Not all counties will have this program. The pub tells you if your child will keep the same services and doctors if they are in the program. If the program denies your child a service, the pub tells you what to do.