REGION IV MEETING • April 5-7, 2006 • Denver, Colorado
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For descriptions of these workshops, view the meeting agenda
WEDNESDAY• APRIL 5, 2006
Plenary Session: Financing Systems of Care: Issues, Opportunities, and Innovations
Presenters:
Sheila A. Pires, Human Service Collaborative
Stephany Bryan, Technical Assistance Partnership
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Creative Financing and Service Delivery for Child Welfare Populations – Making “Cents” of Child Welfare Funding
Anita W. Marshall and Stephany Bryan, Technical Assistance Partnership
Luanne Southern, National Mental Health Association
Financing Early Childhood System of Care Communities
Kay Johnson, Johnson Group Consulting, Inc.
Megan Floyd, Colorado Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
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Medicaid Maximization: Policy and Practice
Chris Koyanagi, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Mary Tierney, Technical Assistance Partnership
Critical Financing Strategies in Systems of Care
Sheila A. Pires, Human Service Collaborative
Mary Armstrong, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida
Pat Baker, Family Advocate and Consultant, Colorado
Content Café 6 -
Match and Other Funding Sources
Chris Koyanagi, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Mary Tierney, Technical Assistance Partnership
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THURSDAY• APRIL 6, 2006
Plenary Session: Building and Sustaining Relationships with State Medicaid Organizations: Partnerships for Mental Health Transformation
Vernon Smith, Health Management Associates
Denise Baker, Family Involvement Center, Arizona
Plenary Session: Building a Framework for Youth Involvement: Youth “MOVE” Speaks
Lorrin Gehring, Technical Assistance Partnership
Ashley Thornton, The Border Children’s Mental Health Initiative
Plenary Session: Financing Strategies to Support Youth Involvement in Systems of Care
Sue Smith, Georgia Parent Support Network
Angela Langford and Jonathan Davis, Transitional Youth Peer Center, Georgia Parent Support Network
Medicaid, Indian Health Services, and Tribes
Dolores Jimerson, National Indian Child Welfare Association
Peggy Nikkel, UPLIFT
The National Evaluation’s Service and Cost Study: Collecting and Using Your MIS Data
Ebony R. Montgomery, National Evaluation/ORC Macro
Sherwin A. Daryani, Children’s Voices, Family Choices, Community Solutions: Building Blocks for Healthy Families
John Fluke, National Evaluation/Walter R. McDonald & Associates
Utilizing Medicaid to Build Family Support Programs and Services
Denise Baker, Family Involvement Center, Arizona
Sue Smith, Georgia Parent Support Network
You Had Me at Hello: Recruiting and Retaining Families in the National Evaluation
Jennifer D. Dewey and Dimple V. Desai, National Evaluation/ORC Macro
Barbara Perry, Community Solutions, Fort Worth, Texas
Utilizing Juvenile Justice Funds to Sustain Investment in Systems of Care
Joyce Burrell, Technical Assistance Partnership
Pam Marshall, Family Advocate and Consultant, Arkansas
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Community and State Financing Partnerships for Best Practice Implementation
Keith Pirtle, Oklahoma State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Jeff Tallent, Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Oklahoma
Linda Alger, Fremont County Family Involvement Coordinator, Project Bloom
Claudia Zundel, Principal Investigator and State Liaison, Project Bloom
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