Events

Spring Training: Evaluation

Family Leadership in Systems Evaluation

Spring Training for System of Care Grant Communities Funded in 2008

March 23-24, 2010
(Travel dates March 22 and 25)

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REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED

WHAT? A FREE 2-day training event for eligible family-led teams

WHEN? March 23-24, 2010; 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day

WHERE? Fort Worth, Texas

WHO is ELIGIBLE & WHO should ATTEND?

• System of care communities funded by CMHS, SAMHSA in 2008
• 3-person family-led team (recommended being a family leader, youth leader, and evaluator)
• Other system of care communities may Email Elaine Slaton at eslaton@ffcmh.org to be put on the waiting list in case there is extra room.

WHY? SAMHSA funded system of care communities are required to engage stakeholders in their national and local evaluation activities .This event will help your system of care community move to the leading edge of culturally and linguistically competent family and youth leadership in national and local system of care evaluation activities.. Consider the following excerpts taken from the Request for Application No. SM-08-004:

“…family partnerships will occur and be demonstrated in planning, implementing and evaluating the initiative”

“…if there is a CMHS-funded Statewide Family Network grantee in your State . Involve them in the initiative (Tribes are excluded from this requirement.)”

“…provide financial support to sustain the family organizations as a means to ensure family involvement in the system of care throughout the duration of the initiative and beyond the Federal funding period”

“…support …to enable family members and family organizations to participate in activates related to the development, implementation, evaluation and sustainability of the system of care”

Trainers will be from the National Federation and the National Evaluation Team.  We will focus on practical strategies related to engaging stakeholders, families and youth in national and local evaluation activities; examination of evaluation processes with an eye on race, culture and ethnicity in order to help build cultural and linguistic competency; and examination of health disparities and how your data can inform strategies toward their elimination.

You may contact Tisha Tucker alyce.l.tucker@macrointernational.com or 646.695.8134 or Elaine Slaton eslaton@ffcmh.org or 240.403.1901 with questions.

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