Orchards Children’s Services (Orchards) will implement the Healing in Wayne project to expand access to the evidence-based treatment model, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for children in foster care who experience trauma. EMDR is a...
Holy Cross Services (HCS) will implement the Parent Partner program, a behavioral health intervention designed to help children in foster care reunify safely and more quickly with their families. The project will train parent partners, adults with lived experience as...
This project will explore innovative approaches to developing and disseminating electronic health records (EHR) for foster youth served by both public (state) and privately run child-caring agencies. Information garnered will provide a solid foundation for the...
This project will optimize the structure and delivery of behavioral health services to children and youth to promote growth, opportunity, and wellness. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will identify opportunities for refinement in Medicaid-funded...
Building Resilience in Substance Abusing Families (BRISA) will create an integrated family model that addresses parental substance use and the underlying trauma related causes, while simultaneously building familial resiliency. This project will engage primarily...
This project will address the significant challenges women with accompanying children face in accessing and sustaining long-term residential substance abuse treatment and recovery by creating overnight residence availability for both mother and child. The...
This project will support workforce training in infant mental health (IMH) for dependency court staff by transitioning content to an online, self-paced format. The online training will be more efficient and will make this proven model more easily replicable beyond...
This project will implement strengths-based supervision training for the child welfare workforce in order to reduce workforce turnover and increase core competencies of the workforce. The train-the-trainer model will ensure that child welfare agencies of all sizes are...
This project will improve outcomes for children in foster care by increasing access to mental health treatment and providing additional supports to families at the onset of a placement. A new Placement Support Specialist will work with each child and family to ensure...
