Saturday, April 20, 2024
4/20/2024
In response to higher levels of underserved, minority populations than State averages, higher percentages of children in poverty, higher levels of uninsured households, higher mental health professional shortages, and documented involvement with Department of Child and Family Services, Preferred Family Healthcare’s (PFH) proposed Arkansas Infant Child Youth Wellness Initiative (AWI) project will serve, infants, children, and youth aged 0-12 years who experience or at risk for serious emotional disturbance (SED), and/or other mental illness and co-occurring disorders, as defined by the state Division of Outpatient Behavioral Health Services in two regions in Arkansas, which includes 6 counties in Northwest Arkansas and 4 counties in North Central Arkansas, at 9 performance sites. AWI will establish, enhance, and increase a wraparound continuum of treatment and support services to respond to the growing need for increased opportunities for access to mental health treatment for infants /young children through the following goals and objectives: Goal 1: Increase the number of individuals in mental health and related workforce trained in Play Therapy, Child-Parent Relationship Therapy, CBT/TF-CBT for youth aged 0-12 years: Obj. 1.1-24 individuals from mental health and related workforce will be trained in Theraplay; Obj. 1.2-20 individuals from mental health and related workforce will be trained in CPRT; Obj. 1.3-50 individuals from mental health and related workforce will be trained in DC: 0-5 by Zero to Three; Obj. 1.4-24 individuals from mental health and related workforce will be trained in CBT/ TF-CBT; Obj. 1.5-36 teachers and clinicians working in school-based settings will be trained in Sunshine Circles; Obj. 1.6-100% of partners will be given professional development opportunities in trauma-informed care; Goal 2: Increase number of youth and families receiving evidence-based mental health services; Obj. 2.1-365 infant-children-youth and family members screened for mental health or related intervention(s); Obj. 2.2-365 individuals will be referred to mental health or related services; Obj. 2.3-123 individuals in year 1 and 183 individuals annually (years 2-5) will receive evidence-based mental health or related services through AWI; Goal 3: Children and caregivers served through AWI will experience improved global functioning: Obj. 3.1-100% of infants and children assessed will be screened for developmental delay, intellectual and learning disabilities, referral to appropriate services; Obj. 3.2-75% of children served will experience reductions in externalizing behavior concerns such as aggression and hyperactive behavior from baseline to 6 months; Obj. 3.3-50% of children served will experience improved social-emotional skills and functioning from baseline to 6-months; Obj. 3.4-50% of children served will experience improved developmental and language functioning from baseline to 6-months; Obj. 3.5-100% of parents/caregivers will be instructed in appropriate parenting and/or caregiver techniques learned to improve responsiveness, nurturing, and positive discipline from baseline to 6-months.Goal 4: Providers trained/served will demonstrate improved competencies in mental health service provision through AWI; Obj. 4.1-100% of trained clinicians will take lessons learned and implement practice modifications as a result of training and/or mental health consultation to carry out continuous quality improvement.
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