This is our first post to open up the “Children, Youth and Families” portion of the blog. Children, Youth and Families is also known as CYF, OCY (Office of Children and Youth), C&Y (Children and Youth), or CYS (Children and Youth Services). This section is basically for anyone who’s ever had one of these organization help their family, or been in foster care or some other placement other than their home.
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Youth and family training institute meeting
November 24 & 25 2009 SOC kickoff
On the first day the group was brought up to speed on what the system of care grant was all about. I must say I was really excited about the concept! From the overview it appears to be revolutionary in in simplistic view of what the existing systems need, UNITITY! I think that the best part of the system of care for the person receiving services will be that all the systems will be tied together, meaning that cross system care will be easier than ever for the person to manage! On the agencies side it should eliminate duplication of services reducing costs so that more people can be treated. It seems like a win-win.
On the second day we discussed the implementation of the system of care. Once the general discussion was over we broke into workgroups to prioritize the different areas of implementation for the grant. In my group we discussed possible way for deciding county eligibility, along with methods for measuring the outcomes of the system of care. All in all I think it was a productive meeting and I can not wait for the next planning session.
Psychotropic Medication Family Education Subcommittee Meeting
This Meeting is for youth families who have known someone who has had taken Psychotropic Medication to speak about experiences with themselves or clients and others who have taken such medication please contact for any and all information about this meeting
Sacavage, Lydia lsacavage@state.pa.us
Gordon Hodas gordonhodas@hotmail.com