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for Systems of Care Communities

Resources to Develop and Assess Your Community-based System of Care

New Narrated Presentations:

• Lansing, MI
  Ingham County System of Care Initiative
  Ingham County has embarked upon a comprehensive goal to develop an integrated system of care for children with serious emotional disturbance (SED) and their families. They are designing a sustainable family driven & youth guided system of services and supports that allows families the benefit of accessing the type and amount of services they need, when families need them.
• Tampa, FL
  Technical Assistance for Theory of Change Logic Model Development
  Sandra Dwinell, Project Coordinator for the USF Logic Model Team, highlights resources available to SOC communities and how to access them, as well as technical assistance offered free of charge to the sites.

Upcoming Webinar:

Building Local Systems of Care with a Plan: One Community's Strategy
November 10, 2009 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM, Eastern Time (ET)
The USF Logic Model Team provides technical assistance on theory of change and logic model development. This presentation will offer an overview of the theory of change concept and use of logic models as a tool in articulating a community's theory of change. Presenters will describe TA resources available to SOC communities. Matt Wojack, Project Director of Impact, Ingham County System of Care, will present on his community's theory of change and strategy for building an effective SOC, including the concept of "Plan the work, then work the plan."

Read All About It!

Serving Everyone at the Table: Strategies for Enhancing the Availability of Culturally Competent Mental Health Services
This monograph aims to increase awareness of the impact of culture on the availability of mental health services with the goal of improving services for culturally/racially diverse families in ways that reduce mental health disparities. The monograph is second in a series outlining successful strategies for increasing access, availability, and utilization of services at the organizational and direct service levels. Availability strategies were identified through interviews conducted with personnel from 12 organizations that met study criteria.

Effective Financing Strategies for Systems of Care: Examples from the Field
A Resource Compendium for Financing Systems of Care: Second Edition
The Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health (RTC) at the University of South Florida conducted several five-year studies to identify critical implementation factors that support states, communities, tribes, and territories in their efforts to build effective systems of care to serve children and adolescents with or at risk for serious emotional disturbances and their families. One of these studies examined financing strategies used by states, communities, and tribes to support the infrastructure, services, and supports that comprise systems of care.

Need More Info?

For more information on the technical assistance offered by the USF Logic Model Team, please contact Sandra Dwinell at (813) 974-0342 or via email at sdwinell@fmhi.usf.edu

With funding provided through the CMHI National Evaluation and SAMHSA, the USF Logic Model Team provides technical assistance to funded system of care communities at no charge.