Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families

Idaho 

Building on Each Other’s Strengths

Building on Each Other's Strengths bolsters the work of the Idaho Council on Children’s Mental Health and family advocates by bringing children with SED and their family members to the system of care as full partners from the beginning. They will be equally valued partners in the development, implementation, and sustainability of the system. Access to care, service planning, and support becomes adaptive to the constantly changing cultural and linguistic diversity which is increasingly evident in Idaho, through inclusion and relevant training. Information critical for guiding decisions on the effectiveness and efficiency of, and priorities for, resources is limited and scattered within multiple networks and across several agencies. Building on Each Other's Strengths begins with the merger of children's mental health services information, care management, billing, and payment into a single family oriented community user system. In addition, a statewide evaluation process, working in tandem with the national evaluation efforts, will provide outcome data critical for effective benchmarking and identification of opportunities for continuous quality improvement.

Elizabeth Sweet
Grantee Project Officer
1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 6-1050
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 240-276-1925
Fax: 240-276-1990
E-mail: elizabeth.sweet@samhsa.hhs.gov 

Chuck Halligan
Principal Investigator
Department of Health and Welfare
450 West State Street, 5th Floor
Boise, ID 83720
Phone: 208-334-6559
Fax: 208-334-6699
E-mail: halligan@idhw.state.id.us 

Decker Sanders
Program Director
Department of Health and Welfare
450 West State Street, 5th Floor
Boise, ID 83720
Phone: 208-334-5777
Fax: 208-334-6699
E-mail: sandersd@idhw.state.id.us