Jim Martin, Commissioner

B. J. Walker, Commissioner Gwendolyn B. Skinner, Division Director

Georgia Department of Human Resources • Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases Two Peachtree Street, NW • Suite 22.224 • Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3171 • 404-657-7857

Training Announcement Child-Serving Organizations Transitioning from Residential To Community-Based Models

To: Child & Adolescent Level of Care Providers MHDDAD Child & Adolescent Mental Health and Addictive Diseases Core Providers MHDDAD State and Regional Staff

From: Dawne Morgan, Director, Office of Child & Adolescent Systems of Care, Division of MHDDAD Wendy Tiegreen, Director, Provider Network Management Section, Division of MHDDAD Neil Kaltenecker, Director, Office of Addictive Diseases, Division of MHDDAD CC: DMHDDAD Management Team Date: March 22, 2007 The purpose of this memo is to notify you of a seminar on strategies for transforming residential treatment to community-based services on April 11 and 12, 2007.

Title: Child-Serving Organizations Transitioning from Residential to Community- Based Services

Background: Georgia’s Level of Care (LOC) agencies are dealing with multiple changes this year. In addition to the transition from the policies and procedures of the Division of Family and Children Services to those of the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Diseases and Addictive Diseases (DMHDDAD), they are also examining strategies that create a broader spectrum of community-based services. During a recent meeting, LOC provider leadership asked DMHDDAD leadership for technical assistance regarding models of transition from residential treatment to community-based services. In response, the Office of Child and Adolescent Systems of Care was referred by SAMHSA to national models of successful transformation. DMHDDAD is pleased to bring William Martone and Debbie Manners of Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services to Georgia.

Hathaway-Sycamores has an impressive track record of managing the compelling and restraining forces of the transformation process. The organization moved from a 100-bed facility with an annual budget of $5 million in 1994 to a current budget of $50 million and a staff of 850, providing a full spectrum of community-based services, including billable mental health services. They evolved from campus based, congregate living to small group homes and then downsized to foster care treatment as the primary residential component. In 2005, Sycamores merged with Hathaway and expanded their geographic area to include all of Los Angeles County, which could be the nation’s eighth largest 2 state based on population. Please see Page 4 for further information about Hathaway-Sycamores. Description: The two-day seminar will include one day of formal presentation with questions and answers and a second day of technical assistance and consultation on specific strategies tailored to the participants’ interests. There will be a focus on family-driven and strengths-based philosophy and how to survive and thrive in a multi-funded, managed care environment, including factors driven by the EPSDT lawsuit and California’s Mental Health law reform. Systems change will be the focus: how to deal with philosophical and clinical shifts, navigating multiple funding streams and establishing successful business models.

Audience: The following are invited to attend the training and technical assistance. o CEOs, Clinical Directors, and key administrators of C&A LOC providers who have applied to become MHDDAD Core or specialty providers o CEOs of current MHDDAD C&A Core Providers o MHDDAD state and regional staff

Presenters: William P. Martone is President and Chief Executive Officer of Hathaway- Sycamores Child and Family Services, a not-for-profit multi-service agency serving children and families from Southern California. Mr. Martone has served in child welfare and behavioral health care in supervisory or administrative capacities for over 33 years. He has worked directly with children and adolescents and has provided direct service to families. Mr. Martone has been involved in presenting workshops on a variety of topics at national and international conferences. He has been very active in the area of childcare worker training as a curriculum developer and instructor. Bill’s involvement in professional associations and organizations includes serving on several association boards. Mr. Martone is the Immediate Past President of the American Association of Children’s Residential Centers (AACRC).

Debra Manners, LCSW, is the Executive Vice President for Programs of Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services and has worked with children and adolescents for over 26 years. Ms. Manners is a member of the National Wraparound Initiative (NWI) and is currently contributing to the Implementation Guide to the Wraparound Process, a web-based and DVD resource, funded by SAMHSA through Portland State University. She is also a contributing member of the Wraparound Process Users Guide from Portland State University. Debbie is a founding member of the Los Angeles Training Consortium (LATC), which provides training and consultation on wraparound skills and values throughout the greater Los Angeles area. She provides consultation on that process and has presented at several conferences. Her memberships in professional associations include NASW, CMAFT and UACC. In addition, Ms. Manners is a community advisor for the Junior League of Pasadena.

Date: April 11-12, 2007, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location: Association of Black Cardiologists Conference Center Ballroom A&B 5355 Hunter Road (Off South Fulton Parkway), Atlanta, 30349 Directions: http://abcardio.org/center/newdirections.html

Registration: REGISTER ONLINE: http://www.cviog.uga.edu/training/dhr 3  Please register online if possible – it’s quick and easy!

 If you are unable to access the Internet to register online, you may FAX the Registration Form to UGA/CVIOG at 404-463-6808. For FAX registration, please use the form on page 4.

 Please register either online or faxed before the deadline of April 6, 2007.

 Confirmation of registration will be provided prior to the training by the Division of MHDDAD Training staff via e-mail.

 The Carl Vinson Institute of Government (CVIOG) at UGA will coordinate this series.

CEUs: No CEUs will be given for the training, but certificates of attendance will be provided to those who attend the full seminar.

Please Note: While there is no fee for this training, participants are responsible for their own meals, snacks and lodging arrangements. You may want to bring a lightweight jacket or sweater as trainers have no control over room temperature.

Contact: For more information:  About the content of this training, please contact Valerie Tuttles, Office of Child and Adolescent Systems of Care, at 404-657-6412 or by e-mail at [email protected]

 About registration, please e-mail your questions to [email protected] 4

More about Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services

In 2005, two of California's leading child-welfare organizations merged to form Los Angeles County's largest mental health and welfare agency. With 189 years of combined experience and a history of helping and healing, Hathaway-Sycamores (HSCFS) provides a comprehensive compendium of services to abused, neglected and emotionally troubled children and families throughout Los Angeles County. The HSCFS comprehensive programs are designed to meet individual needs and facilitate independence with a treatment philosophy that provides the foundation for programs, which include: • Foster Care • Group Homes • In-Home Services • Outpatient Services • Mental Health Diagnostic Services • Mentoring • Parent Partnerships • Residential Care • School-Based Mental Health Services • Therapeutic Behavioral Services • Transitional Independent Living Services • Wraparound Care The treatment philosophy provides the foundation for programs. It guides and supports the goals and objectives, including the methods of service delivery and staff composition. Each child and family is viewed as unique. Their participation, strengths, views and needs are essential in the development and implementation of each plan. The result is a one plan towards a common goal, through which the child and family gain a sense of hope, competence, and joy.

Self Determination: Services are designed to involve individuals in their care, to have a voice and to feel heard. We encourage individuals to make choices and to gain a sense of progress and achievement.

Family Focused: A primary focus is the family; accepting wholeheartedly the family’s definition of their family. We work with family members as “family experts” in the change process and provide supports that are respectful of each individual’s culture.

Community Collaboration: Hathaway-Sycamores is a member of a larger community with complex and varying needs. As these needs are continually assessed, changes may occur in the various programs, in the allocation of resources and in our relationships with other agencies.

Strength Based: Strengths are identified to develop plans and interventions that build on each child and family’s strengths to meet their needs, as determined through a strength discovery process. All plans are designed to help individuals achieve their desired goals and level of functioning in the community.

Needs Driven: Supports and interventions are individualized to address unmet needs. If the plans for care are not achieving the desired outcomes, the assumption is that this is a result of an unmet need not a lack of commitment to the change process.

Unconditional Care: Appropriate services are available to all who meet each program criteria and are not ejecting from the program for displaying the behaviors that qualified them for the program.

Culturally Sensitive: Services shall be accessible and available to all clients, who shall be treated with dignity, respectful of their culture, traditions, values and beliefs.

Outcome and Evaluation: The treatment programs are systematically and continually improved. The various assessments, interventions and outcomes are carefully coordinated, documented and evaluated. They serve to inform the individual’s progress towards improved competency, independence and participation in the community. The goal is to provide services that result in outcomes sooner that last longer. 5 Excerpts from: http://www.hathaway-sycamores.org 210 South DeLacey Avenue, Suite 110, Pasadena, CA 91105-2074, 626-395-7100

B. J. Walker, Commissioner Gwendolyn B. Skinner, Division Director

Georgia Department of Human Resources • Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases Two Peachtree Street, NW • Suite 22.224 • Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3171 • 404-657-7857

Child Serving Organizations: Transitioning from Residential To Community-Based Services April 11-12, 2007

CONTACT INFORMATION Please Date: ______

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PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION  Mental Health DHR Region  Region 1 Program  Developmental Disabilities Your  Region 2 Area You  Addictive Diseases Organization  Region 3 Work In  Mental Health & Addictive Diseases Serves  Region 4  All Program Areas  Region 5

 Direct Service  Social Work  Licensed Prof Counselor  Supervisor/Management Area of  Registered  Certified Addiction Counselor Your Role  Administration Licensure Nurse  Licensed Marriage/Family  DHR State or Regional office  Psychologist Therapist  Consumer Advocate  Other  Other  Not Applicable Please Register by Friday, April 6, 2007

Please Register Online at http://www.cviog.uga.edu/training/dhr ONLY IF NO INTERNET ACCESS, FAX this form to 404-463-6808. 6 If you have questions, please e-mail to [email protected]