Saturday, August 13, 2022
8/13/2022
New York State System of Care Abstract The New York State Office of Mental Health will improve the outcomes of children and transition aged youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance from birth through 21 statewide. The Project, known as the New York State System of Care will expand the SOC county infrastructure and the use of High Fidelity Wraparound in Health Homes Serving Children throughout NYS for 1,650 new and unduplicated children with SED and their families beginning in two rural counties, Yates and Essex, and adding more counties each year. The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene on behalf of the New York State Office of Mental Health and in partnership with multiple state, local, and county stakeholders, will build on the successes and lessons learned from the initial System of Care (SOC) Grant received in 2016. This initiative has helped to change the service delivery system and outcomes for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) and their families throughout NYS and in specific counties in need of strengthening their coordinated system of care. New York State System of Care (NYS SOC) will foster the statewide adoption of High Fidelity Wraparound within the Health Home Serving Children model to enhance family and youth voice and support the highest quality care planning for those children and youth with the highest acuity levels of clinical and service need, and will integrate Family and Youth Peers working with Care Managers in the coordination and delivery of support and services to children with SED and their families. The NYS Cross Systems Committee and local SOC county and regional governance bodies will work to address barriers to coordinated care and will expand as this project reaches more children and families throughout NYS. By the end of the grant period, it is anticipated that each county in NYS will be in the process of developing, or will have already established, a local SOC, and be utilizing High Fidelity Wraparound practice model. Working with their partners, NYS will provide training and technical assistance to counties, family and youth peers, Health Home Care Management Agencies and throughout the state via the provision of evidence-based, culturally and linguistically competent, family-driven and youth guided practices within a strengthened, responsive, and sustainable community infrastructure. NYS SOC recognizes that NYS is a large jurisdiction with great diversity across counties and therefore will afford counties, beginning in Essex and Yates, flexibility to outline a county specific path to building out the SOC infrastructure. Additional county cohorts will be engaged during the four-year period. Evidence-based and evidence informed practices will be incorporated throughout the project and at all levels- state and county. These include High Fidelity Wraparound, Health Homes Serving Children, Health Habitus Motivational Interviewing, Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR), Nurturing Parents, and Transition to Independence (TIP).
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
