North Carolina Collaborative for Children, Youth and Families

Announcements:

Happy New Year! Our next meeting will be held on Friday, January 13, 2012 from 9am till 11am at the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress in Durham. These are open meetings ALL are welcome!

Click Here for directions to The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress.

Click here to View 2010-2011 NC Collaborative Strategic Priorities 

ONLINE SYSTEM OF CARE TRAININGS LAUNCHED! 

The North Carolina Collaborative Training Institute is pleased to offer a full-range of high-quality online courses in System of Care and Child and Family Teams.  These courses will empower you to improve outcomes for youth and families. Through these trainings, you will:

  • Learn about System of Care principles and practices,
  • See how Child and Family Teams should operate, and
  • Gain knowledge, power and respect to strengthen families and improve lives.

The NCCTI online program offers courses that are powerful, convenient, high-quality, comprehensive, and state-approved. 

Log on and register for online training today: http://www.nccti.org/

 

Vision

Children, youth and families are healthy, safe and successful at home, in school and in their communities.

Mission

The North Carolina State Collaborative for Children and Families, through a System of Care framework, provides a forum for collaboration, advocacy and action among families, public and private child and family serving agencies and community partners to improve outcomes for all children, youth and families.

What is the State Collaborative for Children and Families?

The State Collaborative:

  • Provides a forum for the discussion of issues regarding how agencies and families can work together to produce better outcomes for children and families a "place" where decision makers from agencies can come to work collaboratively to better meet the needs of children and families.
  • Develops recommendations regarding the coordination of services, funding, training and local reporting requirements to eliminate duplication and make the system more consumer friendly.
  • Includes representatives of a range of state and local agencies, families and advocates.
  • Provides support for local Collaborative and Child and Family Teams.

Structure

 

  • Leadership:  Libby Jones, co-chair, family member, North Carolina Families United and Rebecca Wells, co-chair, The Department of Health Policy and Management at UNC-Chapel Hill.
  • Members
    • Family Members
    • Agency representatives from Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services (MH/DD/SAS), Division of Social Services (DSS), Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DJJDP), Exceptional Children's Branch at the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Medical Assistance and the Governor's Crime Commission, Administrative office of the Courts, Public Health
    • Professional Associations
    • Private Providers
    • Advocacy Groups
    • Representatives from local collaborative groups

Meeting Time and Place

The State Collaborative meets on the second and fourth Fridays of the month from 9:00am-11:00am at the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress 411 West Chapel Hill Street, Suite 200, Durham, NC 27701.

  • The small working group focuses on tasks at hand and local issues. Meetings are held the second Friday of each month.
  • The large group meets on the fourth Friday of each month which is reserved for reports and presentations.
  • Location of both meetings is subject to change. Contact Libby Jones at ljones3@bellsouth.net for more information.

 

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