“The mission of the Mental Health Division is to promote recovery and safety.”

Children's Treatment and Services Sub-committee

The purpose of this Subcommittee is to focus primarily on the impact of legislation, public policies, and practices particularly on affected children and their families, including in institutional, residential facilities, and/or community settings. This Subcommittee informs other Subcommittees utilizing the Council’s communication protocol and works in concert with the interested and appropriate Subcommittees in consideration of specific issues and to develop/strengthen relationships between systems and promote cross-system sharing. This subcommittee works in concert with the Legislative/Administrative and Program/Planning Subcommittees in developing their recommendations concerning such matters for consideration by the Council.

2008 MHPAC Children's Subcommittee Consultants & System Partners
Name	Affiliation
Gregoire, Sandy	Department of Social and Health Services - Mental Health Division State of Washington
Henderson, Tory	Department of Health – Office of Maternal and Child Health State of Washington
Hertel, Ron	Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction State of Washington
Kehl, Merja	Department of Social and Health Services – Children’s Administration State of Washington
Leonard, Ruth	Department of Social and Health Services – Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse State of Washington
Reddick, Sharon	Department of Social and Health Services – Health and Recovery Services Administration State of Washington
Winthur, Theresa	Sound Mental Health State of Washington

2008 MHPAC Children's Subcommittee Members
Name	Role	Affiliation
	Parent (Co-Chair) (509) 892-9241	Passages
Cox, Carolyn
Enns, Gary	Professional	Thurston-Mason Regional Support Network
Finn, Alicia	Parent	Treehouse
Gil, Linda	Professional	DSHS - Division of Developmental Disabilities
Grosz, Dawn	Parent	SAFE-WA
Hamner, Dorothy	Professional	Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Jaeger, Ronald	Parent	WADADS
	Professional (Co-Chair) (206)270-4939	Casey Family Programs
Lewis, Vanessa	Parent	Washington PAVE
Obermeyer, Donna	Parent	.

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