The State of Nevada's Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS), as part of the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), provides a wide range of services for children, youth and families in Nevada. Program areas include Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, as well as Youth Behavioral Health Services, DCFS also provides children direct services as well as oversight for the programs administered at the state and county level. In recognizing the important role the State has to protect and provide services to Nevada's vulnerable children, the Governor and Legislator passed Nevada Revised Statute (NRS) 433B to provide additional provisions related to children. This mandated that any county, whose population is 100,000 or more, establish a Mental Health Consortia. Nevada's vast geographic area required that one be created in Washoe County (Reno/Tahoe), Clark County (Las Vegas and area), and Rural Nevada (15 counties in rural/frontier Nevada). The consortium is mandated to include partners from the local, county and regional level including school districts chamber of commerce and business community, state agencies, juvenile probation, mental health care, foster care provider, a parent or guardian of a child with emotional disturbance, substance abuse agencies, advocates and provider organizations. DCFS serves as Nevada's Mental Health System of Care (SOC) expert and manages Nevada's Children's Mental Health System of Care Subcommittee as part of the Governor's Wellness and Behavioral Health Council. As evidenced by the letters of Commitment (attachments), Nevada is committed to statewide implementation to create sustainable infrastructure and services as part of the Children's Mental Health Initiative (CHMI). Nevada's focus on SOC Expansion and sustainability is to improve mental health outcomes for children and youth (birth to 21 years of age) with a serious emotional disturbances (SED) and their families.