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Meetings are typically held from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m on the third Tuesday of each month at the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health in Austin. Meetings are free and open to all interested persons.
To receive copies of resources shared at prior meetings, please use the links below or contact Josette Saxton.
Our Next Meeting:
State Collaboration and Coordination Efforts for Kids
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 from 9:30 - 11:30AM Hogg Foundation for Mental Health * 3001 Lake Austin Blvd. * Austin
Past Meetings and Topics:
November 2011 - All Things Are Not Equal in Texas: Addressing Disproportionality and Disparities Across Systems
September 2011 - Project Updates: Revising Children's Mental Health Service Packages in RDM; Texas Mental Health Code Project; System of Care; MHPAC
August 2011 - Identifying Priorities to Advance Children's Mental Well-Being
June 2011 - Youth Voice in the Policy Making Process
April 2011 - Obesity and Children's Mental Health
March 2011 - Mid-Session Report on Mental Health
February 2011 - Bullying Prevention and Intervention
January 2011 - The 82nd Legislature and Texas Children
November 2010 - State Agency Budget Requests for 2012-2013: CHIP/Medicaid; Juvenile Justice
October 2010 - Special Event - Promising Practices in Serving Children with Complex Behavioral Health Needs and Their Families
- Event Agenda - co-sponsored by the Texas Children's Mental Health Forum, the Texas Systems of Care Collaborative, the Texas Funding Initiative, and the Texas Mental Health Transformation Project's Child and Adolescent Workgroup
- National Perspective: Presentation by Dr. Gary Blau, Chief of Child, Adolescent and Family Branch of the Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA
- State Perspective: Presentation by Mike Maples, Assistant Commissioner for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Texas Dept. of State Health Services
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- Incorporating System of Care Concepts into Services for Children, Youth and Families - testimony provided by Texans Care for Children to the Texas Council on Children and Families
- Family Driven Care: Working definition of Family Driven Care from the National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
September 2010 - State Agency Budget Requests for 2012-13: Children's Public Mental Health and Early Childhood Services
Additional Resources:
- MEETING NOTES
- Systems of Care - presented by Sherri Hammack, Office of Program Coordination for Children and Youth, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- The Children's Partnership: Austin/Travis County - presented by Laura Peveto, Prevention & Intervention Manager, Travis Co. HHS & Veteran Services; & Christy Kuehn, Quality Assurance Coordinator, The Children's Partnership
- Hand in Hand Project: Hood, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, and Tarrant Counties - presented by Sean Allen, Project Director; and Jamie Souders, Lead Family Contact.
- Border Children's Mental Health Collaborative: El Paso - presented by Rita Ruelas, Project Director
- Policy Priorities to Advance Children's Mental Health in the 82nd Texas Legislative Session - Opportunity to Sign On - presented by Josette Saxton, Texans Care for Children
- October Summit Event at the Capitol - Promising Practices in Serving Children with Complex Behavioral Health Needs and Their Families: System of Care in Texas
Additional Resources:
May 2010 - Increasing Children's Access to Mental Health Services
Additional Resources
April 2010 - Improving the Workforce that Serves Children and Youth with Mental Health Concerns
March 2010 - Mental Health Services for Children and Youth Involved with Child Protective Services
Additional Resources
February 2010 - Addressing the Issue of Parental Relinquishment
December 2009 - Supporting Trauma Informed Care Across State Systems: Mental Health, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice
November 2009 - Services and Supports to Youth Transitioning Out of State Systems: Mental Health, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice
October 2009 - Texas School-Based Behavioral Health
September 2009 Supporting Children & Youth in the Public School System
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MEETING NOTES Forum participants learned about and discussed disciplinary practices in public schools, using the positive behavior support (PBS) approach in responding to student behavior, and ways schools can partner with community resources and supports to help students succeed.
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Youth Service Mapping Website designed to help youth service professionals, educators, policy-makers and funders understand what services for children and youth are available, and where they are offered, in Austin/Travis County.
July 2009 - Children's Mental Health in Texas: Identifying Priorities and Opportunities in the Upcoming Year
- MEETING NOTES - Forum participants discussed priorities and opportunities to advance children's mental health in the upcoming year.
June 2009 Texas 81st Legislative Session Recap
May 2009 - Youth and Family-Driven Mental Health Services in Texas
April 2009 The Status of Children's Mental Health Policy in the U.S. and Texas
March 2009 Children in Military Families
- Project Home Front at Fort Hood, Maxine Trent, Project Home Front
February 2009 - Early Childhood Mental Health Resources and Issues
January 2009 - Integrated Children's Health and Mental Health
- SUPPORT Program - Services Uniting Pediatrics and Psychiatry Outreaching to Texas - presented by Dr. Emilie Becker, Texas Department of State Health Services
November 2008 Legislative Outlook
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Troy Alexander, Senior Policy Analyst for Health and Human Services for the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, provided his perspective on health and human services policy and budget issues for the upcoming 81st Legislative Session. No presentation or handouts provided.
- Forum participants reported on the projects, issues, and priorities their organizations were working on in the upcoming months relating to children's mental health.
October 2008 State Agency Legislative Appropriations Requests (LARs)
September 2008 Texas Mental Health Transformation Project
July 2008 Child & Adolescent Public Mental Health Services in Texas
June 2008 Overview of Children's Mental Health
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Systems of Care - Presented by Sherri Hammack, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Program Coordination for Children & Youth
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