Impact is INGHAM COUNTY’S SYSTEM OF CARE, a partnership of child- and family-serving agencies working in cooperation to provide coordinated services for children with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) and their families.

The main goal of Impact is to BUILD AND ENHANCE HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SED, who are at risk of out-of-home placement, and their families.

2012 CALENDAR

www.impactsystemofcare.org

January 2011 Shining Star WinnerMICHELLE SANCHEZClient Service Facilitator Wraparound

I am social and love meeting new

people. My self-esteem is at a normal level. I appreciate my differences and have many friends. I can’t imagine myself without them. I attend school and rarely miss a day. I’m graduating in a few weeks, and life is headed in a better direction.

SINTENESHA, IMPACT YOUTH

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Impact youth showcase their youth voice, leadership and advocacy through the Speak Your Mind youth group, Speak Up Speak Out speakers’ bureau and representation on the Impact Stakeholders Group and Impact workgroups.

“My child is better at handling daily life as a result of Impact Services.”

“ I’m better at handling daily life as a result of Impact Services.”

LADDER OF YOUNG PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION

MAXIMUM YOUTH PARTICIPATION

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9. Youth Initiated and Directed

8. Youth Initiated, Shared Decisions with Adults

7. Youth and Adult Initiated and Directed

6. Adult Initiated, Shared Decisions with Youth

5. Consulted and Informed

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3. Tokenism

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1. Manipulation The “Ladder of Young People’s Participation” was adapted from “Hart’s Ladder” from “Youth Participation in Community Planning,” a report of the American Planning Association Innovation Center for Community Youth Development. www.theinnovationcenter.org

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Better at handling daily life

February 2011 Shining Star WinnerAKIA BURNETTFoster Care Worker Ingham County Department of Human Services

I am not smoking, drinking, fighting or committing crimes. I have gone back to school

and I’m graduating this year. I am proud to announce that my life is completely switched around from the way it used to be.

THOMAS, IMPACT YOUTH

OUTCOME 1

Impact System of Care has allowed Community Mental Health to expand the

number of at-risk youth that we serve in Ingham County; become more aware

of what our partners – including the Department of Human Services, Ingham

County Circuit Court Family Division, schools, the community – need, and

integrate that into services; and to better uphold our core values of being family-

driven and youth-guided.

The family-serving agencies that make up Impact all have the same goals, but

our views are very different. So it is not always

easy to uphold all of the system of care values,

but there has been a real commitment to it as

a result of the system of care initiative. While

we will not be able to make all of the Impact

efforts that were federally funded for the past

six years sustainable, direct service to youth

and their families will continue. Our core values

have been integrated into service delivery.

The CAFAS data shows that youth in Impact are

far better off than they were before.

We address core family dynamics, family support

and community support.

ROBERT SHEEHAN, Executive Director of Community Mental Health Clinton-Eaton-Ingham

Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS). The eight domains that CAFAS measures are SCHOOL, HOME, COMMUNITY, BEHAVIOR TOWARD OTHERS, MOODS/EMOTIONS, SELF-HARMFUL BEHAVIOR, SUBSTANCE USE and THINKING.

Scores range from 0 to 240, with scores of 50 and above indicating SED. Youth with scores of 80 and above meet the criteria for Impact services, meaning they have Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) with a risk of out-of-home placement.

CAFAS Scores, 2007–2011October 2007–

September 2008

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FEBRUARY 2012Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

IMPACT VALUES FAMILY-DRIVEN. YOUTH-GUIDED. ACCESSIBLE & HIGH-QUALITY SERVICES. CULTURALLY & LINGUISTICALLY COMPETENT SERVICES. INDIVIDUALIZED CARE. COORDINATED CARE. COLLABORATIVE CARE.

We have discovered that through our system of care we could do more, and get

better outcomes, than any of us could on our own. After a few years of working

together, we saw a significant reduction in residential placements. There were

many fewer children being removed from their families and placed in foster

care. Many more families in Ingham County have been connected with needed

services to support their families. We have expanded

services, adding community-based respite and therapeutic

foster care.

We’ve had success in partnering with state agencies to

maximize and expand funding, which has allowed us to

serve more families than we could have otherwise. We

have demonstrated strong outcomes.

We have a great county, with committed leadership

and dedicated frontline staff committed to continually

challenging ourselves to improve the outcomes for our

youth and families.

MATT WOJACK, System of Care Project Director

You help me see that not everything is bad.

KAYLYN, IMPACT YOUTH

Increased community knowledge of the system of care and decreased stigma

OUTCOME 6

March 2011 Shining Star WinnerANGELA (DAVIS) JENKINSFoster Care Worker / MYOI Coordinator Ingham County Department of Human Services

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Reduced need for out-of-home placements

Efficient use of resources

April 2011 Shining Star WinnerTRACY HUFNAGELScheduling Clerk Ingham County Circuit Court – Family Division

I am doing really well. I have my own apartment, and I have my GED. I have learned that no

matter what happens to you in the past, you can always make it better.

AMBER, IMPACT YOUTH

OUTCOME 2

OUTCOME 3

One of the benefits of Impact is that we work with the family and siblings of any referred youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED). Working with entire families helps reduce the number of youth removed from their homes to foster care, which is a huge benefit to the youth, the family and taxpayers. Impact and other resources combined have saved the Ingham County Child Care Fund $1.1 million. With six years of federal grant support, we have built up capacity to sustain services to youth with the most severe mental health challenges. Partners have cooperated and have open mindedness. There remain differences between the partners, including mindsets on the time it takes to reach positive outcomes, but ongoing communication is the key to making the system of care successful.

RANDY RAUCH, Director Ingham County Department of Human Services

Ingham County averages 540 youths in foster care. IMPACT HAS HELPED THE INGHAM COUNTY CHILD CARE FUND SAVE $1.1 MILLION by reducing the number of youth in foster care.

Any child can have these signs for a short time, but over a longer time such signs can indicate a mental health concern like SED. Impact can help determine if your child has an SED.

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IMPACT PARENT SUPPORT PARTNERS are parents of children who experience emotional, behavioral or mental health challenges. Advocates partner with families to support, educate and empower them to use their voice, develop positive relationships with service providers, and develop skills to navigate the systems with which the youth and family are involved. Parent support partners are provided by ACMH, Michigan’s statewide family organization.

Increased participation of families and youth

May 2011 Shining Star WinnerMARY STEWART-THORNTONProtective Services Worker Ingham County Department of Human Services

I get my homework done, and I’m on time to class. My mom and sister make sure of that.

I enjoy writing in class. I am doing better in school, and getting caught up on my grades. I will graduate next year, and I have two jobs.

SCOTT, IMPACT YOUTH

OUTCOME 3

Impact System of Care has increased the ability for community agencies to work

more collaboratively on behalf of youth and their families. That has resulted in

better service delivery and more individualized family-centered services. It has

provided an opportunity for the Association for Children’s Mental Health (ACMH)

to increase the amount of parent-to-parent support service as well as increased

our ability to partner with parents.

Going into the next year, we anticipate continuing Parent Support Partners

service delivery, primarily through Child Welfare. We will continue to support

caregivers with one-to-one service.

Impact was successful in increasing the

family and youth voice in the services.

There were mechanisms put in place that

provided more opportunities for them to

weigh in on family support structures. We

will have to see how that looks in the future.

MALISA PEARSON, ACMH Executive Director

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MAY 2012Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Being part of Impact System of Care gives the Lansing Police

Department opportunities to better understand SED and establish

relationships with Impact youth in noncrisis situations. Working

with youth and caregiver groups helps the police gather information

on community perceptions that the department needs to address.

CAPT. MICHAEL YANKOWSKI, Lansing Police Department

I have learned that because of how severe

the abuse was, I developed a mental illness that I am not allowing to control my life. Because of the abuse I was put into 10 different foster homes and three different residential. I have learned to cope with my mental illness, and I am a lovable person.

“A” IMPACT YOUTH

June 2011 Shining Star Winner

KYLE ANDERSONClient Services Specialist Ingham County Department of Human ServicesWraparound

Increased community knowledge of the system of care and decreased stigma

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Annual caregiver and youth discussion groups

provide Impact with data for measuring

continuous quality improvement (CQI) indicators

as specified in workgroup plans. The 2011 fiscal

year discussion groups found that participants

have a positive opinion of

Impact services overall

and see them as being

supportive and helpful

for their family.

LADDER OF CAREGIVER PARTICIPATION

MAXIMUM PARTICIPATION

MINIMUM PARTICIPATION

6. Participating in leading efforts

5. Facilitating

4. Active participant

3. Attendee

2. Interested party

1. No involvement

I am staying home, and I am staying out of jail. I am going back to school.

CHRIS, IMPACT YOUTH

July 2011 Shining Star Winner

KATHY O’NEILLSupervisor ACMH Parent Support Partners

THE IMPACT FAMILY COUNCIL WAS FORMED IN APRIL 2006 TO PROVIDE FAMILY MEMBERS RAISING CHILDREN WITH EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIORAL AND/OR MENTAL HEALTH

CHALLENGES A PLACE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES, CONNECT WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, SHAPE THE FUTURE OF SERVICES IN INGHAM COUNTY, AND LEARN SELF-ADVOCACY SKILLS. MEMBERS SERVE ON IMPACT WORKGROUPS AND SPEAK LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES.

A unified, family-driven, youth-guided and culturally and linguistically competent system of care for children with SED.

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IMPACT FACTS SIGNS THAT A CHILD HAS SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED):• Has a hard time learning

• Has a hard time making and keeping friends

• Is angry for no reason

• Often seems sad or hopeless with no reason

• Seems to feel worthless or guilty for no reason

• Seems to have more fears than others

• Has lost interest in things he or she used to enjoy

• Avoids friends or family and wants to be alone all the time

• Often hurts others, destroys things or breaks the law

As it pertains to supporting permanency for

special needs children in foster care, the success

of Impact has been profound – and as a result

is now an integral part of our local child welfare

system.

JIM PAPARELLA, Executive Director Child and Family Charities (formerly Child & Family Services)

I am on medication to help me deal with the feelings

from the (bullying). I am very social with my peers and have many clubs and activities that keep me going.

JESSICA, IMPACT YOUTH

August 2011 Shining Star Winner

CHRISTINE SAYERSJuvenile Court Officer Ingham County Circuit Court – Family Division

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Impact has been very valuable for all of St. Vincent children services – foster care, adoption and residential care. When child-serving agencies collaborate, we can get so many more services for kids. Impact has stepped in to help in cases where adoptions for children with mental health challenges have fallen through and they have been returned to foster care. Impact services help new foster parents stabilize kids in those circumstances. Impact also has reduced out-of-home placement. Therapists and Wraparound teams provided by Impact help us keep youth in foster homes so that they don’t have to go to residential placement. We couldn’t do that without Impact’s extra support. It is very beneficial to the Ingham County community to keep the collaborative going.

GINA VILLAS SNOEYINK, Child Welfare Program Director for St. Vincent Catholic Charities

It’s been a year since I was hospitalized and I’ll graduate high school next year.

NEICEY, IMPACT YOUTH

September 2011 Shining Star WinnerBETSY PENNINGTONSubstance Abuse Counselor Prevention & Training Services (PATS)

THE IMPACT SYSTEM OF CARE STAFF created a SHINING STAR AWARD to recognize individuals at partner agencies who go the extra mile to ADVANCE THE INITIATIVE. Award winners are nominated based on the recommendations of the recipient from the previous month. The monthly award consists of a traveling trophy and notebook, in which peers write words of praise and encouragement. Winners from October 2010 through September 2011, the initiative’s fiscal year, are featured in this calendar. All of the winners and some of the comments from their colleagues are posted under the media tab at WWW.IMPACTSYSTEMOFCARE.ORG.

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Impact provides the Lansing School District with another tool to use instead

of student suspension. Wraparound meetings held in schools help involve

school personnel who are key to the student’s life in their improvement plan.

JAMES DAVIS, Lansing School District Deputy Superintendent

I don’t smoke or drink, and I am

trying to get my grades up so I can pass my classes. I’m on the church and dance team and part of Impact, so I can stay out of trouble.

ZACK, IMPACT YOUTH

October 2011 Shining Star WinnerREBECCA STOWELLJuvenile Court Officer Ingham County Circuit Court Family Division

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November 2010 Shining Star WinnerCHRIS MOORELead Behavior Specialist Highfield’s Inc./Ingham Academy

I am sitting back and

looking at my life and all the things that I have going on – my daughter, my mom, school, finding a job. It makes me feel stressed, but when it is all done, I feel accomplished.

LELAH, IMPACT YOUTH

OUTCOME 2

OUTCOME 3

The Ingham County Board of Commissioners thought the initial financial

commitment to Impact System of Care would be worth it in the long run – and

it has been. Not only has the county saved $1.2 million by keeping our children

in Ingham County and out of residential care – we have data to show that the

Wraparound intervention is helping them stay out of trouble, communicate

better and stay in school.

Additionally, because of the way the program involves

families, Impact is having a ripple effect benefiting everyone

in the family. The Impact initiative has truly been a win-win

for our county’s citizens and finances.

REBECCA BAHAR-COOK, Ingham County Commissioner

175 YOUTHS WERE ACTIVE IN SERVICES IN FY 2011. IMPACT HAS SERVED 566 YOUTHS SINCE 2006.

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NOVEMBER 2012Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

IMPACTSYSTEMOFCARE.ORGImpact Parent Support Partners are parents of children who experience emotional,

behavioral or mental health challenges. They partner with families to support,

educate and empower them to use their voice, develop positive relationships

with service providers, and develop skills to navigate the systems with which

the youth and family are involved. Parent support partners are provided by

the Association for Children’s Mental Health (ACMH), a

statewide family organization and Impact partner.

The Impact website provides a wealth of information

about the system of care initiative, including a

brochure, meeting and event calendar, a directory of

Impact partner staff members,

annual reports, Theory of

Change and workgroup reports,

videos and photo galleries. Visit

impactsystemofcare.org.

I get really good grades. I am involved in after school

activities. I have next to perfect attendance. I have a lot to care about, and I’m graduating with my class.

DOMINIQUE, IMPACT YOUTH

Increased community knowledge of the system of care and decreased stigma

OUTCOME 6December 2010 Shining Star WinnerYASHEEMA MARSHALLJuvenile Court Officer (FSS Program) Ingham County Circuit Court–Family Division

DECEMBER 2012

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WE ARE IMPACT• Association for Children’s Mental Health• Boys & Girls Club of Lansing• Child and Family Charities (formerly Child & Family Services)• Community Coalition for Youth• Community Mental Health Authority, C-E-I• Cristo Rey Community Center• Highfields, Inc.• Ingham County Circuit Court – Family Division• Ingham County Department of Human Services• Ingham Intermediate School District• Lansing Police Department• Lansing School District• Lutheran Social Services• Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency• St. Vincent Catholic Charities• Youth and Families from Ingham County

The art featured in this Report to the Community was created by Ingham County youth in recognition of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. To see all of the art that the youth have created since 2008, go to the media page at .www.impactsystemofcare.org