The Child, Adolescent and Family Branch (CAFB), Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has initiated the National Workgroup to Address the Needs of Children and Youth Who Are LGBTQI2-S and Their Families to support and enhance services for children and youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, or two-spirit (LGBTQI2-S). The workgroup includes a diverse and knowledgeable group of recognized experts and consumers including youth, family members, clinical and human service providers, program administrators, technical assistance providers, evaluators and researchers, cultural and linguistic competence experts, and CAFB and SAMHSA project officers and staff.
Workgroup members help identify specific strategies and interventions that can be applied within the system of care program, and throughout communities across the country. The workgroup helps to guide CAFB efforts to develop policies, programs, materials, and other products that help address the needs of the population of focus. The workgroup meets during conference calls, which are typically bimonthly, in addition to an annual in-person meeting.
The workgroup developed a logic model, which provides the workgroup’s population of focus, purpose, vision, mission, principles, challenges, objectives, and tasks. The workgroup also now has a draft dashboard to facilitate its efforts, including planning and monitoring.
Population of focus: Children and youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, or two-spirit (LGBTQI2-S)
Links to resources:
- http://www.tapartnership.org/COP/CLC/lgbtqi2sWorkgroup.php?r44b=no
- Workgroup Logic Model
- Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 2: August 2012
- Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 1: March 2012
- Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 3: December 2011
Organization: The Child, Adolescent and Family Branch, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Date: 2010