WVDHHR Bureau for Behavioral
Health and Health Facilities (BHHF)
and
WV System of Care (WVSOC)
Accessing state/local resources to improve service
delivery and build local partnerships to better serve
WV children and their families.
Joining Forces for Healthy Kids
2011 Kids Strong Conference
June 9, 2011
Charleston Civic Center
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Learning Objectives
• To increase knowledge of priorities and programs
supported by BHHF
• To increase knowledge of the coordinated statewide
efforts of the WV Expanded School Mental Health
Initiative and the WV System of Care
• To increase knowledge of state/regional/local resources
to assist communities to better serve students and their
families
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WV Department of Health
and Human Resources
Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities
• Behavioral Health is ESSENTIAL to Health
• Prevention Works
• Treatment is Effective
• People Recover
Improving the quality of life for West Virginians with behavioral health needs
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Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health
Goal:
To improve the service delivery system for children and adolescents
with serious emotional disturbances (SED) and their families.
• Increase Access
• Increase Service Capacity
Priority Initiatives:
• WV System of Care
• Statewide Parent and Youth Support Network
• Expanded School Mental Health (ESMH)
• Transitioning Youth
• Suicide Prevention
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What is Expanded School Mental Health?
• A framework that builds upon the core services typically
provided by schools
• A shared responsibility between schools and community
• Provides the continuum of mental health care from
prevention, early intervention and treatment
• Recognizes the critical link between academic success
and social and emotional well-being
• Focuses on reducing barriers to learning
• Develops school connectedness
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WV’s Expanded School
Mental Health (ESMH) Initiative
 Partnership between WVDE and WVDHHR
 Cross-systems State Steering team consisting of local/state level
education, families, behavioral health and social service providers
and public health
 Statewide network
Mission
To develop and strengthen policies, practices and services that
promote learning and social- emotional well-being for all of WV’s
youth through a collaborative process that engages schools,
families, and community-based agencies.
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The West Virginia System of Care is a
public/private/consumer partnership dedicated to
building the foundation for an effective
continuum of care that empowers children at
risk of out-of-home care and their families.
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WV System of Care
Organizing Framework
A System of Care is, first and foremost, a set of
values and principles that provides an
organized, integrated framework for systems
reform on behalf of children, youth and families.
• It is: a different way of doing business that improves
the way we all interact with community, families and
other child-serving systems
• It is not: an agency, program, grant funding
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Why a System of Care?
• Nationally recognized practice model for serving
children with mental, behavioral, and
intellectual/developmental disabilities and their
families.
• Reduces duplication, coordinates efforts, builds
long lasting partnerships that improves
outcomes
• Passed by Legislation: Spring 2010-SB 636
• WV Code: Chapter 49-7-34
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WV System of Care
No One System Controls
Everything
Every System Controls Something
“Creating a Win-Win”
Moving from
fragmented to
integrated
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WV System of Care
Guiding Core Values
1. Family driven and youth guided, with the strengths and
needs of the child and family determining the types
and mix of services and supports provided.
2. Community-based, with a locus of services as well as
system management resting within a supportive,
adaptive infrastructure of structures, processes and
relationships at the community level.
3. Culturally and linguistically competent, with agencies,
programs, and services that reflect the cultural, racial,
ethnic, and linguistic differences of the populations
they serve to facilitate access to and utilization of
appropriate services and supports and to eliminate
disparities in care.
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Synergy Initiatives Nationally
• Nationally
– Child & Family Services Plan (Child Welfare)
– No Child Left Behind
– Preventing & Reducing Juvenile Crime in WV (Criminal Justice
Services)
– WV Suicide Prevention Council (Mental Health)
– Children with Special Health Care Needs (Public Health)
– Integration of Public Health and Behavioral Health in Primary
Care Clinics
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Synergy Initiatives in West Virginia
Integration of WVSOC Guiding Principles/Values
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Family Advocacy, Support & Training (FAST) Program
Wellness, Recovery, Action Plan (WRAP) for Youth
Expanded School Base Mental Health (ESMH)
Commission to Study Residential Placement of Children (SB 636)
Statewide Needs and Gaps Assessment aka: WV Service Array
Best Practice Community Forums
Child Serving Agencies integrating core values and principles into policy
and practice
Building Bridges
Jacob’s Law
WV CANS (Child, Adolescent, Needs & Strength Assessment)
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Questions
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FOR MORE INFO...
Jackie Payne @ 304-356-4785 or jackie.f.payne@wv.gov
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Resource Information
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WV System of Care & Regional Clinical Review Process
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WV DHHR online application for CHIPS/Medicaid/School Clothing Allowance
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www.wvcbhc.org
Melanie Swisher at (304) 558-0109 or 304-859-2989
melanieswisher@wvdhhr.org
Family Advocacy, Support & Training (FAST) Program
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Linda Dalyai at 304-558-7980
www.residentialplacementcommission.org
Service Array
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www.wvinroads.org
WV Comprehensive Behavioral Health Commission
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Contains links to other resources, screening and programs
WV Commission to Study Residential Placement of Children
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Linda Watts at 304-437-5911
www.wvsystemofcare.org
Bill Albert at 304-343-4481; Referrals 1-866-255-4370
http://www.wvsystemofcare.org/FamiliesYouth/tabid/448/Default.aspx
www.lawv.net
Service Delivery/Development Work Group
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Susan Fry at 304-429-2297; Fax: 304-429-8365
Stepupsrf@aol.com
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Resource information
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Expanded School Mental Health
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Family Support Program, DHHR
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www.wvdhhr.org/bcf/eces_coordinate.asp
Bureau for Children and Families
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www.wvsbha.org
FRN – each has their own website, the directory is here
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1-800-273-8255 (TALK)
WV School Based Health Assembly
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www.wvaspen.com
WV Suicide Prevention Hotline
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www.wvdhhr.org/bhhf/famsup1.asp
ASPEN (suicide prevention)
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www.schoolmentalhealthwv.org
www.wvdhhr.org/bcf
Public Health – Office of Maternal and Child Health
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www.wvdhhr.org/mcfh
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Thank You!
www.wvsystemofcare.org
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