ILCHF's Children's Mental Health Initiative Building Systems of Care, Community by Community
Updates and Resources
CMHI UPDATES
Selection of Consultant and Evaluator Oak Brook, IL(January 28, 2010) -The Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation (ILCHF) announced the selection of the consulting and evaluation firm of NTI Upstream (NTI) , Chicago, IL to help guide its Children’s Mental Health Initiative, Building Systems of Care, Community by Community.NTI is a community solutions firm that focuses on the healthy development of children and their families.
Leading the team is NTI’s President Dr. Ira Chasnoff, MD.Dr. Chasnoff is a professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of Illinois’ College of Medicine, and is the President and Medical Director at the Children’s Research Triangle in Chicago.Dr. Chasnoff led one of five federally funded sites conducting research in the integration of behavioral and mental health interventions with primary health care services for high-risk children and their families.Dr. Chasnoff has also led in the development and evaluation of systems of care in over 50 communities in 19 states. Partnering with Dr. Chasnoff is Dr. Richard McGourty, PhD.Dr. McGourty has over twenty years experience providing assistance with strategic planning, program evaluation training and consultation services to a wide range of organizations and governmental bodies.Dr. McGourty has successfully implemented extensive training from the time community teams are first formed and the initial planning is undertaken to later stages of implementation and evaluation.For over 10 years, Dr. McGourty has collaborated with Dr. Chasnoff in addressing the mental health needs of children and their families. ILCHF’s Children’s Mental Health Initiative, Building Systems of Care, Community by Community, is a multi-year, multi-million dollar initiative to improve children’s mental health services in Illinois.Applications for the initiative were submitted in early January, 2010 with final selection of the first round of Community Teams set for May, 2010.
CMHI RESOURCES
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Logic Model Resources
There is no single logic model that we require for the grant application. You may use whichever model you are most comfortable with that enables you to most fully describe your initial plans for the development of your community’s mental health system of care for children.These are 2 resources that you might want to look at for background:
The communities that are funded for the CMHI will revise and expand their logic models during the Planning Phase of the funding period.ILCHF will work with the Evaluation Team to identify a logic model that will be used as a common tool by all of the CMHI-funded communities.
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University of South Florida Research & Training Center for Children's Mental Health
The Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health at USF's Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute was initiated in 1984 to address the need for improved services and outcomes for children with serious emotional/behavioral disabilities and their families.
Since that time, the Center has conducted research, synthesized and shared existing knowledge, provided training and consultation, and served as a resource for other researchers, policy makers, administrators in the public system, and organizations representing parents, consumers, advocates, professional societies, and practitioners.
Please note: ILCHF's RFP is seeking to address systems for all children. The Foundation staff find the research papers and tools on this site useful. http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/default.cfm
Resources/Websites of Interest updated 12.14.09
Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation, 1200 Jorie Boulevard, Suite 301, Oak Brook, IL 60523 (p) 630.571.2555 (f) 630.571.2566