09 Jan Children’s Mental Health Initiative Symposium
Children’s Mental Health in Illinois – the Impact of Systems of Care Symposium
This symposium proved to be an innovative, groundbreaking, full day of insightful actionable content for primary care and mental health providers, educators, funders, community leaders, parents and more.
Click on each item below to access the symposium presentations as well as audio recordings complete with searchable transcripts.
Heather Alderman, JD, President, Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation
- Philanthropic Support for Children’s Mental Health Systems of Care
Shannon Robshaw, MSW
- Senior Advisor for System Design & Implementation
Panel: Outcomes from the Children’s Mental Health Initiative 1.0
Panel
Moderator: Amy Starin, PhD, LCSW, Senor Program officer for Mental Health ILCHF
Adams County
- Cindy Vahle, Project Director
- Sharon Bearden, LCSW Quincy Public Schools
Carroll, Lee, Ogle and Whiteside Counties
- Gloria Martin, LCPC, Director, Child & Adolescent Services, Sinnissippi Centers
- Connie Davis, MSW, CTC Program Administrator, Sinnissippi Centers
Livingston County
- Brenda Huber, PhD, Director, Livingston County Children’s Network, Illinois State University
Springfield
- Jan Gambach, LCSW President Memorial Behavioral Health
Panel: CMHI 2.0 – the Next Generation of Systems of Care
Moderator
- Amy Starin, PhD, LCSW Senior Program Officer for Mental Health
Kane County
- Michael Isaacson, MPH, Assistant Director for Community Health, Kane County Health Department
Kankakee County
- Deb Baron, PhD, Director, Project SUN, Community Foundation of Kankakee River Valley
Perry, Franklin, Jackson, and Williamson Counties
- Niki Grajewski, LCSW Clinical Manager – Community Based Services, Centerstone of Illinois
Homeless Youth and Families in Chicago
- Nancy Radner, Director of Development, Primo Center for Women & Children
Macon and DeWitt Counties
- Jessica Smiley, LCSW Director of Children & Family Based Programs, Heritage Behavioral Health Center
Facilitated Discussion: Identification of Public Policy Barriers to Children’s Mental Health Services in Illinois
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
- Stephanie Altman JD, Director of Health Care Justice
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