INTRODUCTIONS
What is your name? What is your role professionally or in the community?
What is the mission that guides your work? Or what do you see as the purpose of your
work?
What is one trend you see emerging for the youth of St. Joe County? and
What are your words?
FUN FACTS ABOUT SYSTEM OF CARE
Began 28 years ago and initially applied to support children with serious emotional
disturbances
Evolved over time
 Any population of children
 Who require an array of services and supports
 From multiple entities
1983 – recognition that interagency involvement was critical
2003 – President’s New Freedom Commission reaffirmed principles of SOC and introduced
PH approach
DEFINITIONS
1986 – A comprehensive spectrum of mental health and other necessary
services which are organized into a coordinated network to meet the
multiple and changing needs of children and their families
Primer – a broad flexible array of effective services and supports for a
defined multi-system involved population, which is organized into a
coordinated network, integrates care planning and management across
multiple levels, is culturally and linguistically competent, builds
meaningful partnerships with families and with youth at service delivery,
management and policy levels, has supportive management and policy
infrastructure and is data driven.
SAMHSA DEFINITION
A coordinated network of community-based services and
supports that are organized to meet the challenges of children
and youth with serious mental health needs and their families.
Families and youth work in partnership with public and private
organizations to design mental health services and supports that
are effective, that build on the strengths of individuals, and that
address each person’s cultural and linguistic needs. A system of
care helps children, youth and families function better at home,
in school in the community and throughout life.
FAMILY DRIVEN AND YOUTH GUIDED
Families have a primary decision-making role in the care of their
own children as well as the policies and procedures governing
care for all children in their communities, states, tribes territories
and nation.
Young people have the right to be empowered educated and given a
decision-making role in the care of their own lives as well as the
policies and procedures governing the care of all youth in the
community, state and nation.
INDIANA STATE DEFINITION OF SOC
The local and regional community takes responsibility for building a
comprehensive system that leads to sustainable success for youth and
families. The system is characterized by:
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Respect, compassion and values throughout the system;
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Efforts to be responsive and tailor effective services and supports to the
unique, whole person;
•
Services and supports are created and maintained based upon
community data by multiple, varied stakeholders who
•
work in committed, visible partnerships characterized by honest
communication, a shared philosophy and approach and shared
resources;
THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA BINDS OUR SYSTEM
Definition Event(s) are Experienced by individuals as harmful and
have Effects that are adverse and lasting
On-going significant trauma has a negative impact on developing
brains.
Children and youth behave in ways that are adaptive to them and
inappropriate/criminal to adults
Adults in systems can unintentionally re-traumatize young people
When the conversation shifts from Mental
Health to trauma, what happens for you?
A TRAUMA INFORMED SYSTEM
Realizes the impact of Trauma
Recognizes signs and symptoms
Responds through policy and practices
Resists re-traumatization
PRINCIPLES
Safety
Trustworthiness
Peer Support
Collaboration/Mutuality
Empowerment, Voice and Choice
Cultural, Historical and Gender Issues
GRANT ACTIVITIES OVER THE 6 MONTHS
Digital Stories
Family and Youth Summit
Provider Summit
Law Enforcement Training
Web Design
Evaluation
SO HOW WILL THIS HAPPEN?
What is the process for getting the work done?
Who is not here?
What is the pace of the work? (Hint: Fast)
What will we call thing thing?
A VISION
Indiana SOC Vision
All young people, surrounded by supportive adults,
achieve wellness, engage in their community, and
together, promote wellness for generations to come
(Proposed) St. Joseph County Trauma Informed SOC
Vision
A connected and compassionate St. Joseph County:
Children, Youth and Families thrive
MISSION (PROPOSED)
The TI SOC (or other catchy name) is both a physical
and virtual network of services and supports that
consistently use a trauma informed, interdependent
and coordinated, approach, understands and meet
the needs of children, youth and families so that they
reach their self-defined potential.
WORKGROUPS
Collaborative
Leadership
Group (this is
you)
1. Family and Youth
Engagement
2. Workforce
3.Social Marketing
4.Evaluation and
data
CONTACT INFO
Elizabeth Waetzig
Change Matrix, LLC
ewaetzig@changem
atrix.org
574-217-7561
www.changematrix.
org
Emily Robinson
Oaklawn
Emily.robinson@oak
lawn.org