This session will discuss the importance of collaboration in building and developing an effective CRCG. Discussing the ins and outs of managing and facilitating a CRCG, the importance of community commitments, processes and that it takes more than a Chair to maintain a CRCG. It will also discuss the similarities between System of Care Values and the reason/purpose CRCG's were created, the importance for counties and communities and how we are making a difference for the children, families, adults that are served. It will also provide an opportunity to discuss the strengths and challenges of maintaining a CRCG, and how there is one mandate but different formats for how that mandate is implemented across the state. The presentation will provide an example of how Travis County has embedded the values of System of Care in their CRCG and how they have been able to maintain long standing partnerships with Juvenile Justice, School Districts, DFPS, and the Local Mental Health Authority.
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Speaker:
Sonia Hartman
Director of Programs
TCHHS/The Children's Partnership