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Next membership meeting: August 19, 2009, 8:30 a.m.
Program Highlight: Strategic Plan for Systems Cultural Competence
Guest Speaker: Lenora Reid-Rose, Monroe County, New York
Tarrant County Juvenile Services
2701 Kimbo Road, Fort Worth 76011
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| Welcome to the first issue of Mental Health Connection's e-newsletter. We hope to use this forum to provide you with information on our latest activities. We are also looking forward to your feedback, both on this newsletter and on all Mental Health Connection activities. Please send your comments to kbarkin@mentalhealthconnection.org. |
| Hand in Hand Names Facilitator Agencies |
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 Agencies to Hire, Supervise Wraparound Facilitators
Hand in Hand, the SAMHSA-funded System of Care grant for children ages 0 through 6, named five agencies to hire and supervise wraparound facilitators. The selections were based on responses to an RFP that Hand in Hand issued in early June. Recipients of funding for facilitators, who will begin implementing wraparound in October, and the areas they will cover are:
Ruth's Place Hood County
Promises Community Ministries Johnson County
Lena Pope Home Parker County The Parenting Center Tarrant County
Catholic Charities Palo Pinto County
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| Bridging the Gap Symposium Speakers Set |
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 Nationally Recognized Experts to Share Their Knowledge November 2-3 at TCUThe third Bridging the Gap Symposium will focus on early childhood mental health Attendees will hear from:
- Janice L. Cooper, Ph.D., Director of Child Health and Mental Health, National Center for Children in Poverty
- Peter Jensen, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, The REACH Institute
- Kelly King-Jackson, Outreach Director, Children's Defense Fund
- Allison J.R. Metz, Ph.D., National Implementation Research Network, FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Child Trauma Academy, National Implementation Research Network
For more information, call Donna Davis at 817-569-5326. |
| Trauma-Focused CBT PIlot Underway |
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 54 Providers Receive Training
Thirteen provider agencies, two hospitals and a private provider attended the initial training for Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in January. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has provided the resources for the training and nine months of bi-weekly consultation for the therapists. In addition, DSHS has provided the opportunity for our community to participate in a national research study conducted by the University of Texas at Austin through the State's Mental Health Transformation Grant. If you know a child between the ages of 8 and 18 who would benefit from TF-CBT, contact Carolyn Hanke at 817-538-7041.
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| Keller ISD to Pilot Alcohol Diversion Court |
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 Stay on TRAC offers Education, Intervention, Treatment
Keller ISD has stepped forward to pilot the Addictions Learning Community's pilot alcohol diversion court. The pilot will begin in September, and students at all four district high schools will be eligible. Services are being provided at no charge for the pilot by All Church Home for Children, Lena Pope Home, MHMR of Tarrant County Youth Recovery Campus and Santa Fe Youth Services. Students will have an option of completing a term in alternative school or participating in Stay on TRAC (Treatment, Responsibility and Accountability on Campus). For more information, contact Greg Sumpter at 817-838-4600, ext. 244.
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| CSMIS Becomes DataLink |
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Electronic Referral and Information System Grows 
As the Mental Health Connection online patient management tool moves out of its pilot stage, the name has changed from Community Solutions Management Information System (CSMIS) to DataLink. Five Mental Health Connection member agencies participated in the pilot, and the tool is now being rolled out to the entire mental health community. DataLink supports the No Wrong Door vision with a goal of providing quick, easy, seamless access to mental health services for children. Since January, the five participating pilot agencies have received 237 referrals through DataLink. As part of the expansion, the MHC Technology committee is also working to connect DataLink with other management information systems in a data-sharing federation. For more information, contact Tamra Walker at 214-850-4473. | |
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Mental Health Connection is a collaboration of public and private agencies, as well as individuals who need mental health care services and their caregivers. The organization works to revolutionize the mental health delivery system, with a vision of creating No Wrong Door to the Right Mental Health Resources.
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