Statewide Training Strategies for Families and Communities

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Statewide Training Strategies for Families and
Communities

• New Hampshires Experience in Collaborative
  Training within a Systems of Care and Education
  Context

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Brief History of Systems of Care and Education in
NH

• Family Movements and Organizations in New
  Hampshire
• Early CASSP initiative
• Systems of Care and Education- evolution
• CARE NH and the DOEs SIG grant- alignment

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Systems of Care and Education Mission Statement

• To ensure access to a full array of effective and
  efficient community-based services and supports
  for families with children and adolescents, ages
  birth through 21, who have or are at risk of
  serious emotional disturbance, developmental or
  educational disabilities, substance abuse issues,
  or special health care needs. These services and
  supports will be culturally competent, family
  centered, strength focused, and available in the
  context of regional, multi-agency systems of care
  bringing together both public and private
  providers with natural supports. Services and
  supports are designed to promote healthy growth
  and development, independence and active
  involvement of families as members of their
  chosen communities.

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Infrastructure- Essential System Components

• Childrens Care Management Collaborative
• Regional Collaboratives and Interagency Teams
• State Level Commitment to Family and Youth
  Involvement
• State Level Walking the Walk-
  family/professional partnership and funding

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Childrens Care Management Collaborative
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Training and Technical Assistance Overview - NH

• All training and technical assistance is aligned.
• Family, youth, and community agency reps sit on
  management teams for all initiatives.

DDS
MCH
FAMILY
CCMC
DJJS
DOE
YOUTH
DBH
DCYF
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The New Hampshire Advantage

• We are very small. Less than one degree of
  separation
• We all hang together
• S of C and Ed MOA draft
• Family agencies responsible for training
• Family agencies responsible for QA/UM
• All grants issued will require a family/youth
  involvement component and proof of interagency
  collaboration.

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Beyond the Red Zone- Training Wraparound
Facilitators

• Cross-agency and family participants
• Theory (Values and Principles)
• Practice (Facilitation Skills)
• 30-35 hours
• CEUs and Credits
• Stipends, child care, mileage

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Wraparound FacilitationContent

• 1- Orientation
• 2- Pre-planning and strengths
• 3- Needs, Goals, and Futures Planning
• 4- FBAs and Crisis Prevention Planning
• 5- Cultural Competence and Natural Supports
• 6- Facilitation Skills Training
• 7- Resource Planning (Benefits)

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Lessons Learned

• One is the loneliest number
• Roles must be well-defined
• People need a purpose
• Training needs to be multi-level
• Some training needs to be for one group, some
  training requires multi-group participation to be
  effective.

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Contact Information

• Kathleen Abate
• Granite State Federation of Families for
  Childrens Mental Health
• GSFFCMH_at_aol.com