August 2010

This month's updates come from:

• Building Bridges for Children’s Behavioral Health
• Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
• Colorado System of Care Collaborative 
• The Office of the Child’s Representative

 

For more resources on systems integration, including tools to guide you through planning to implementation to evaluation, please visit the Repository for Systems Transformation at http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/ps/ipsp/ReST/index.html

 

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Building Bridges for Children’s Behavioral Health

• On Saturday, August 28th, 9-12pm, the Mesa Building Bridges Initiative will be hosting a special event for parents (caregivers) of children whose lives have intersected with the education, mental health, substance use and or juvenile justice system.  Guest speaker Barbara Huff, CSW, LCSW, will speak on Building Trusting Relationships.  Building Bridges will be celebrating successes & continued community commitment to serve & support families & school aged children impacted by mental health, substance use, or juvenile justice.
• This free event is sponsored by the Colorado Federation of Families for Children Mental Health—CO Chapter, Building Bridges for Children’s Behavioral Health, Colorado School District 51, Models for Change, the MacArthur Foundation, Mesa Collaborative Management Program, and the Western Slope Affiliate of the Colorado Federation
• The location for this event is the Grand Junction Goodwill, 630 24 1/2 Rd.  Space is limited to the first 50 people, so call to reserve your spot early. A $50 stipend is available for adult family members. To register, call or email Kirsten Tyler at 970-333-8808, kirstentyler@yahoo.com

 

For more information about Building Bridges, please contact Barb Bieber at bieber_b@cde.state.co.us

 

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Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

• This coming fall, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing is presenting several Health Care Expansion Population Stakeholder Conferences throughout Colorado.  Family members, advocates, providers or staff members interested in learning about the new Medicaid expansion programs should join HCPF for an overview of the new Medicaid expansion programs and the current status of their development.  There will be opportunity for attendees to share their thoughts and feedback about the programs. The Medicaid expansion programs to be discussed at this conference are for adults without dependent children up to 100% FPL, working adults with disabilities and children with disabilities.  
• Dates and Locations:
  • September 22: Fort Morgan, Clarion Inn
  • September 30: Steamboat Springs, Sheraton Steamboat Resort
  • October 7: Montrose, Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
  • October 13: Lafayette, Imagine! Conference Center
  • October 21: Gunnison, Quality Inn
  • November 4: Trinidad, Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites
  • November 9: Colorado Springs, Double Tree Hotel
• To register, please go to http://hcpftraining.gosignmeup.com/

 

For more information, please contact outreach@hcpf.state.co.us

 

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Colorado System of Care Collaborative

• The Colorado System of Care Collaborative has recently launched a new website!  The website has the history and principles of the Collaborative, resources for new and potential members, links to its partner organizations, and information about the Blending & Braiding Your TANF Initiative. To access the website, please go to http://www.cosystemofcare.org/.
• The next meeting of the Colorado System of Care Collaborative will be on Friday September 3rd, from 9:30am to 11:30am, at the Jefferson County Juvenile Assessment Center, 11011 W. 6th Avenue, Suite 120, Lakewood, Colorado 80215.  All are welcome. 

 

For more information, please contact Gloria Blosser at gloriab@jeffcojac.org

 

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The Office of the Child’s Representative ~ Broomfield Cornerstone Conference, September 13&14, 2010

• The Office of the Child’s Representative invites child welfare stakeholders to attend the Broomfield Cornerstone Conference on September 13-14th to learn about the cornerstones of the Cornerstone Advocacy model.  This conference will focus on the cornerstones of Services and Education.
• The Cornerstone Advocacy model is dedicated to improved representation/advocacy for children involved in D&N proceedings.  It is comprised of four cornerstones—visits, placement, services, and conferences—and provides a framework for providing proactive and comprehensive advocacy throughout the entire dependency and neglect proceeding, with a special emphasis on intensive advocacy within the first sixty days of a case.  The Cornerstone Advocacy approach has shown promising results in the cases to which it has been applied, with greater numbers of children maintained in in-home placements, increased reunification rates, reduced lengths of stay in out of home care, and decreased reentry rates.
• To read more about the Office of the Child’s Representative or to register for the conference, visit http://coloradochildrep.org/

 

For more information, please contact Andrea Koo at andreakoo@coloradochildrep.org.

 

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