Substance Abuse Treatment Enhancement and Dissemination (SAT-ED) project

The Washington State System of Care grant funded (SAMHSA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) project will expand systems of care statewide with family-driven, youth-guided core values fully integrated in all parts of the SOC Governance Structure, the Statewide Family, Youth and System Partners Round Table - FYSPRT.

This governance structure has been adopted as the infrastructure for Children's Behavioral Health and is comprised of four regional FYSPRTs in addition to the statewide FYSPRT. Local FYSPRTs are in development. Each FYSPRT reviews and approves policy, program and practice changes at the local, regional or state levels.  The SOC expansion will focus primarily on youth ages 13-18 with serious emotional disturbances - SED, out-of-home placement, or juvenile justice/child welfare histories. For more information on the grant, system of care values and principles and the Governance Structure please see Systems of Care - SOC.

PURPOSE:

  1. Infuse SOC values in all systems for children, youth and families
  2. Ensure services are seamless for children and youth who are the population of focus
  3. Build access and availability of home and community based services
  4. Develop and strengthen workforce that operationalizes SOC values
  5. Build strong data management systems to inform decision making and ensure outcomes

For more information on the grant, system of care values and principles and the Governance Structure see Systems of Care - SOC.

REPORTS:

Reports will be developed through a collaborative effort between DBHR and RDA and include both programmatic and administrative data. The Children's Behavioral Health System of Care Data Quality Team, comprised of representatives of DSHS child serving systems, is developing Measures of Statewide Performance to provide a monitoring and evaluation framework for the System of Care. This outcomes-based report is intended to be relevant to all children and youth with emotional and behavioral health needs and their families served by DSHS and HCA.

For more information, contact Kathy Smith-DiJulio: smithkl1@dshs.wa.gov.