Purpose of the Daylight Project

The Daylight Project is a statewide effort to provide training and technical assistance to increase the capacity of public mental health and substance abuse providers to serve deaf and hard of hearing clients.

 

Background

The Action Plan (available below) was developed in 2008 by the Colorado Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to address the barriers to access experienced by deaf and hard of hearing Coloradans.  With support from the Colorado Division of Behavioral Health and a grant from the Statewide Strategic Use Fund, the Daylight Project is implementing the action plan's four goals to increase access:

• Goal #1: Governance Structure
• Goal #2: Statewide Capacity
• Goal #3: Consistency in the Availability and Quality of Services Statewide
• Goal #4: Consumer and Family Leadership

 

Colorado's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Mental Health and Substance Abuse Action Plan

• Executive Summary
• Complete Action Plan

 

Minutes from Daylight Project Implementation Team Meetings

• July 1st, 2009 ~ Implementation Team Meeting
• August 4th, 2009 ~ Implementation Team Meeting
• September 2nd, 2009 ~ Implementation Team Meeting
• October 7th, 2009 ~ Implementation Team Meeting
• November 4th, 2009 ~ Implementation Team Retreat
• December 2nd, 2009 ~ Implementation Team Meeting
• January 6th, 2010 ~ Implementation Team Meeting
• February 3rd, 2010 ~ Implementation Team Meeting
• March 3rd, 2010 ~ Implementation Team Meeting
• April 7th, 2010 ~ Implementation Team Meeting
• May 5th, 2010 ~ Implementation Team Meeting
• June 2nd, 2010 ~ Implementation Team Meeting
• No meeting of the Implementation Team in July 2010
• August 4th, 2010 ~ Implementation Team Meeting

Daylight Project Plan & Work Groups

The Daylight Project Plan and Organizational Chart are available here:

• Project Plan
• Organizational Chart

A number of work groups have been established to carry out the work outlined in the Project Plan.  They are:

• Sustainability Work Group (combined with Core Team)
• Assessment Work Group
• Standards Work Group
  • Notes ~ July 8, 2010 Meeting
• Consumer and Family Leadership Work Group
  • Notes ~ February 3rd 2010 Meeting
  • Notes ~ May 5th 2010 Meeting
  • Notes ~ June 2nd 2010 Meeting
• Technology Work Group
• Training Work Group
• Evaluation Work Group (See Evaluation Section below)

 

Daylight Project Members

• List of Members

 

Quarterly Reports to the Statewide Strategic Use Fund

• First Daylight Project Quarterly Report to SSUF

 

Daylight Project Evaluation

• Daylight Project Evaluation Plan
• Daylight Evaluation Work Plan
• Daylight Project Draft Evaluation Timeline
• Notes from Call with Rochester Prevention Research Center
• Notes from March 25th Evaluation Work Group Meeting
• Notes from July 22nd Evaluation Work Group Meeting
• Literature
  • Participatory Evaluation
  • Cultural and Linguistic Barriers to Mental Health Services: The Deaf Consumer's Perspective

 

For more information about the Daylight Project, please contact Mary Sterritt at Mary.Sterritt@mhcd.org or visit http://www.coloradodeafcommission.com/advocacy/mhsa.aspx