Announcements:
Members of the State Collaborative on Children, Youth and Families look forward to your attendance at the next meeting on Friday, March 12 from 9:00am until11:00am at the Mental Health Association, 1331 Sunday Drive, Raleigh, NC.
On March 12th we will continue our review of our strategy and operations. Our focus will depend on who participates. Possible topics are:
· Identifying another parent or youth to participate in our meetings;
· Ongoing efforts to include funding for more parents and youth in grant proposals;
· A review of State Collaborative work groups;
· The process of connecting with local collaboratives around the State;
· The feasibility of using calls to mental health hotlines to show where in the State additional support may be most useful in actualizing System of Care principals;
· Whether the State Collaborative should evaluate Child and Family Team training; and
· Whether the State Collaborative should advocate for ways of ensuring that behavioral health care medical records are maintained when providers close.
We look forward to your participation!
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.
Click Here to View the Current Year Strategic Planning Document 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 Mental Health Association, 1331 Sunday Drive, Raleigh, NC.
- 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 or Rebecca Wells at rwells@unc.edu for more information.
- Work Groups
- Co-Chairs
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Libby Jones
North Carolina Families United, Inc.
Federation of Families Children's Mental Health -
Statewide Family Network
ljones3@bellsouth.netRebecca Wells
Department of Health,
Management and Policy
UNC-Chapel Hill
rwells@unc.edu
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