Update from the Office of Children’s Mental Health (OCMH) for the September 9th, 2015 CST Statewide Project Directors’ Meeting Placement on Public Health Pyramid Action Item Activity / Outcome(s) Person(s) Responsible Time- frame Status Universal 1. Brighter Futures Lead: DCF (DHS) Prevent and reduce violence, AODA, CAN, and adolescent pregnancies Wendy Henderson Ongoing Portage, Kenosha, Dane, Washington, Barron, and Outagamie. Red Tribe. Services began in March of 2015. Universal 2. Safe Schools Healthy Students Lead: DPI (DCF/DHS/DOC/ OCMH) Promote early childhood social and emotional learning, positive behavioral health, link families, schools and communities and create safe and violent-free schools Christie Gause-Bemis (cross-department position) 2013 - 2017 Menominee Tribe, Racine, and Beloit implementing trauma sensitive schools, community engagement, SBIRT, and school mental health clinics. Workgroups for the state leadership team are developing products for use statewide on school mental health, school climate, and family engagement. Beth Herman-Ukasick Monica Wightman Universal 3. Project AWARE Lead: DPI (DCF/DHS/DOC/ OCMH) Enhance coordination, school safety and integration of mental and behavioral health services Beth Herman-Ukasick 2014 - 2019 Adams – Friendship, Ashland and Milwaukee This project is being run in tandem with the Safe Students project. Community teams drafted 4 year plans. Monica Wightman Christie Universal 4. School Climate Transformation/ Wisconsin School Mental Health Lead: DPI (OCMH/DCF) Support PBIS, develop a mental health training, enhance supports for social and emotional development Doug White 2014 – 2019 50 school-community teams selected. Professional development planned to begin 8/15, to include trauma sensitive schools. WI PBIS Network added 2 staff. Kathryn Bush Universal 5. SAAD Lead: OCMH (DPI/DOC/DCF/DHS) Identify state agency activities related to reducing disparities Kate McCoy Ongoing Held two meetings. Understanding Historical Trauma presentation scheduled for August. Courtney Jenkins Universal 6. ECAC Lead: DCF/DPI (DHS/OCMH) Promote cross-system coordination of efforts Jennie Mauer Ongoing Developing strategic plan Bridget Cullen based
Universal 7. RTTT-ELC Lead: DCF (DHS/DPI) Reinforce YoungStar, strengthen family engagement, create early childhood longitudinal data system Mandy Besner Mid-State Tech College, Milw Area Tech College, Moraine Park Tech College, North Central Tech College, Northeast WI Tech College, Waukesha Co Tech College and Western Tech College provide credits to 2 & 3 Star programs to complete credentials Universal 8. New! Leading Together Lead: DHS (DPI/OCMH) Support family leadership within state and county level policy, program, and quality improvement activities initiatives Barb Katz Ongoing Plans to bring together state agencies, family leaders and family supporting organizations Sue Latton Joann Stephens Universal 9. Family Foundations Home Visiting Lead: DCF (DHS/DPI/OCMH) Provide support to families from pregnancy to 8 yrs old with focus on parenting, school readiness, health and preventing child abuse and neglect Leslie McAllister Ongoing Fourteen programs Linda Benton Universal 10. New! Connections Count Lead: DCF (FF Policy Advisory Council) on families with children 0-5; a trusted community member connects families to resources Judie Hermann First year planning second year serve 1,000 families Secondary 11. Fostering Futures, Lead: First Lady Walker (DCF/DHS/DOC/DPI/OCMH) Implement TIC across Wisconsin with a focus on ages 0-5 Fredi Bove Ongoing Phase 1: complete Phase 2: planning stage Summits held May 20 & 21 Website launched: Elizabeth Hudson Secondary 12. Child Psychiatry Consultation Program Lead: DHS (DCF/OCMH) Provide consultation and education to primary care clinicians on children’s mental health needs Leah Ludlum Began January 2015 Medical College and Children’s Hospital Milwaukee: 23 clinics representing approx. 132 providers. Northern: 21 clinics presenting approx. 84 providers. 111 encounters with reasons for contact being: Medication Question (81), Diagnostic (19), Second Opinion (17). 2016
Secondary 13. SBIRT Lead: DPI (DHS) Scott Caldwell Secondary 14. InSPIRE Lead: DPI (DHS/DCF/UW Extension/Technical College) Assist school-age parents complete high school education; connect them to higher education; teach positive parenting and child development Emily Holder Funding through July 2017 13 school districts: Adams-Friendship, Bayfield, Beloit, CESA 3, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Janesville, Madison, Menominee, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth Consortium, West Allis – West Milwaukee Secondary 15. Childhood Comprehensive Systems Grant Lead: DHS (DCF/WIAIMH/ Fostering Futures) Train therapists in Child Parent Psychotherapy; parents, caregivers and case workers in effects of trauma on children; TIC introduction in the community Leah Ludlum Funding through July Waupaca, Rock, Kenosha Amy D’Addario Tertiary 16. Care 4 Kids Leads: DHS/DCF Coordinated care Fredi Bove Began January 2014 Enrollment started with new CPS entrants, existing children in the system started enrollment on July 1, 2014. 2,762 children enrolled. Rachel Currens-Henry Deb Rathermel Tertiary 17. Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative Lead: DHS (DCF, OCMH, DPI) Analysis of prescriber practices; Identify possible Medicaid interventions; Increase education and awareness of non-pharmaceutical interventions Faith Russell Ongoing Division of Public Health developed a data base on the use of psychotropics; Data review underway to identify therapies children receive in addition to medications DHCAA reviewing strategies that could be implemented in the Medicaid program; DPI data now available to be linked; Further exploration of trends in diagnosis Tertiary 18. Systems of Care Transformation Lead: DHS (DCF/DPI/DOC/ OCMH) Expand the comprehensive, individualized system of care for children with complex behavioral health needs Joanette Robertson Ongoing 35 tribes and counties are implementing. Burnett County and possibly Taylor County will implement in 2015.Bayfield, Rusk, Outagamie and Winnebago have not applied. Karen Bittner Rebecca Wigg-Ninham Tertiary 19. PATHS Grant Lead: DCF Permanent Connections, Academics, Wendy Henderson Christina Lenske Allen
(DPI/DHS/DOC/ OCMH) Training and Employment, Housing, Social and Emotional grant with possible Sheboygan, Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties. Implementation began in August of 2014. Fredi Bove Tertiary 20. Post-Reunification Support Program (PS) Lead: DCF (DHS) Use IV-E funds more flexibly and reduce re-entry to foster care by providing case management, Vaughn Brandt Thru Sept 2018 To date the PS Program had served 360 children. 154 of those children were new enrollees in 2015, 212 are being actively served. 31 counties have children enrolled this year. 75 children have successfully reunified for the 12 month period with another 33 on track to complete in the next 60 days. The IV-E Waiver in the “balance of state” Tertiary 21. Now is the Time Healthy Transitions Grant 16 – 25 old. Lead: DHS (DCF/DPI/OCMH) Increase awareness of signs of serious mental health concerns; Identify action strategies to use when a serious mental health concern is detected; Enhance peer and family supports; Develop effective services and interventions for youth, young adults and their families as they transition to adulthood Sally Raschick 2014 - 2019 Two pilot counties: Outagamie and Jefferson State level includes: Project director, Youth coordinator, Social media specialist County level includes: Project director, Youth coordinator, Parent peer specialist Help needed to facilitate school involvement Tertiary 22. New! Collaborative for Change: Mental Health Training Initiative for State and Local Juvenile Justice Systems Lead: DOC (DHS/DCF/OCMH) 20-40 trainers participate in a train the trainer process Joyce Allen June 2015- Jun 2016 First train-the-trainer will be held in March of 2016; trainers have been identified. The co-trainer training teams include one juvenile justice and one mental health professional Paul Westerhaus Tertiary 23. New! Policy Academy on Justice Involved Youth with Behavior Health Disorders Create a school-based diversion from juvenile justice on the local level; address policies on the Joyce Allen 2015 - 2016 Core team is established (five and three local members); Building the home team (other stakeholders);
Universal School Safety Research DPI Ongoing Study the impact of PBIS plus bullying prevention in middle schools John Bowser 2015 - 2017 31 middle schools recruited. Evaluation planned. Secondary DCF Trauma Project DCF Train mental health clinicians in TF-CBT; Train parents, caregivers and case workers in effects of trauma on children; TIC training in the community Bonnie MacRitchie Approx three to four sites per year 2015 sites: Rock/Walworth/Jefferson Existing sites: Barron/Burnett/St. Croix Tribe; Kenosha; Outagamie/Oneida Tribe; La Crosse; Grant; Crawford; Green; Lafayette; Iowa; Polk; Jackson Tertiary Expansion of In-home Counseling for Children DHS Provide children’s in-home counseling Funding provided in budget DHCAA issued a provider bulletin to certified outpatient clinics in Oct/Nov; Current data is from 2013 when expansion was introduced halfway through the year. 2014 should be available soon. Tertiary Comprehensive Community Services Expansion DHS Provide programming to reduce reliance on high-end services such as emergency rooms and in-patient stays Cheryl Lofton Ongoing 39 counties are certified as of Oct 2014. 11 counties do not intend to provide CCS as of July 2015. Tertiary New! WI Juvenile Justice Network Provide best practice for juvenile justice Jim Moeser Ongoing Launching a website with best practices Joann Stephens Tertiary Tele-psychiatry Consultation Mendota Mental Health Institute DHS Provide tele-psychiatric services to clients Dr. Rowley Ongoing Established rates of $225/hr Adams and Winnebago counties have signed contracts. Wendy LaBine