Objective: To prevent internalizing and externalizing conduct behaviors and associated problems; and promote of healthy child adjustment Description: Based on the Parent Management Training–Oregon Model (PMTO), Parenting Through Change (PTC) is a theory-based intervention that provides recently separated single mothers with 14 weekly group sessions to learn effective parenting practices including skill encouragement, limit-setting, problem-solving, […]
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Atlantic Cape Family Support Organization: Hospital Companion Program
Objective: Provide peer support for parents while they are in psychiatric screening with their child. Description: Taking your child to the hospital due to a psychiatric emergency can be very confusing and scary. The process is long, there are many people asking questions and terminology can be difficult to understand. Families can also be very anxious […]
Utilizing Peers to Assist Families with Children Experiencing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Challenges
Objective: To assist families with children experiencing mental, emotional, and behavioral challenges by providing support, connection to resources, education, advocacy, and assistance with navigating systems Description: The Mental Health Association of Rochester’s Community Care program utilizes Family Resource Mentors (FRMs) to assist families with adolescent or transition-aged children who are experiencing mental, emotional and behavioral […]
Use of a Community Needs Assessment Evaluation for Increasing Medicaid Enrollment
Objective: To determine state insurance eligibility for Medicaid and enroll clients who cannot and will not obtain insurance from their employers. Description: North American Indian Alliance (Butte) (NAIA) has used its patient services representative, front desk staff, health coordinator, and nursing staff to determine eligibility and enroll patients into health insurance, through the use of […]
Integration of Medicaid Enrollment in Health and Other Services through Staff Education
Objective: To increase the number of Medicaid enrollments among eligible, uninsured American Indians/Alaskan Natives; to provide Medicaid education at the community, individual, and family level to increase understanding of eligibility requirements and Medicaid benefits; to integrate Medicaid enrollment and education in health and other services by training and educating all care providers, including support staff, […]
E-Learning Course: Safety at Home – Intimate Partner Violence, Military Personnel, and Veterans
The Battered Women’s Justice Project has released four modules of the e-learning course, Safety at Home-Intimate Partner Violence, Military Personnel, and Veterans. The course is designed for advocates (military and civilian) who provide services to military-related families experiencing intimate partner violence. The course will also be helpful for other practitioners who are working with these […]