Implementing Systems Of Care
System of care implementation is about transformation. It is about transforming the current child-serving system into a system that is culturally and linguistically competent, family driven and youth guided. Bringing about system transformation requires community members, families, youth, and key stakeholders from all child-serving agencies to embrace new values and principles, collaborate and partner in new ways, and redefine service delivery models.
To ensure the successful implementation of systems of care, stakeholders must be strategic in developing the structure of their system of care, must be effective in building collaborations and relationships, and must ultimately ensure that the system of care will be sustained and will continue to meet the mental health needs of children, youth, and families in the community. The following resources discuss issues faced in designing, growing, and sustaining a system of care:
- Structuring
Learn about the process and role of structure in systems of care and its consequential impact on sustainability, practice, and outcomes. - Building
These resources offer steps and benchmarks associated with effective system building.
Featured Publications
Crosswalk to Your Cooperative Agreement (PDF)
A planning tool and useful guide to help communities achieve their desired outcomes through use of the collective knowledge and experience of communities, families, youth, technical assistance providers, researchers, and consultants who have been deeply immersed in this transformation effort.
System Implementation Issue Brief: Critical Factors in System of Care Implementation (PDF)
Describes cross-site patterns of system implementation and identifies four factors critical to implementation: values and beliefs, goals, structures, and information sharing.