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Mental Health Connection
of Tarrant County

Next Membership Meeting
May 12 , 2008
8:30 a.m.

Update on the Fort Worth ISD's Family Resource Centers:
Programs and Outcomes
Presented by Michael Steinert

Tarrant County Juvenile Detention Center
2701 Kimbo Road
Fort Worth, Texas 76011

Future Membership Meetings
June 16, 2008
8:30 a.m.

Celebration of the Learning Communities
Continental Breakfast

Fort Worth Botanic Garden
3220 Botanic Garden Blvd.
Fort Worth, TX 76107

July 14, 2008
8:30 a.m.

A Conversation with JPS Health Network
JPS will provide breakfast

Tarrant County Juvenile Detention Center
2701 Kimbo Road
Fort Worth, Texas 76011

Minutes of previous meetings

Mental Health Connection of Tarrant County is a collaboration of public and private agencies as well as individuals who need mental health care services and their caregivers. The organization works to revolutionize the mental health service delivery system in Tarrant County, Texas. Its members develop plans for long-term changes in the system while addressing key issues and providing immediate solutions where possible.

Vision: No wrong door to the right mental health resources

Mission: To create and implement a system of care in which all providers are "connected" so services are not duplicated. People who need mental health services will be able to access them easily from a variety of providers in a seamless manner that is "hassle-free." They will not have to repeat the same story to numerous different agencies or fill out duplicate applications and forms. Instead, a seamless system of mental health care can be accessed with only one phone call that results in connection to the needed services in a compassionate and timely manner. Because there are immediate crises that face mental health care in Tarrant County, the Mental Health Connection works constantly to address issues that will enhance the current system, while developing and implementing its long-term goals.

The Mental Health Connection is supported through membership dues, sponsorships, grants, and private donations.

FWISD School-Based Health Centers Help with Medicaid, CHIP and CHIP Perinatal Applications
Information in English
Information in Spanish

Second Annual Bridging the Gap Symposium:
Research, Practice, Policy

Save the Date
September 29-30, 2008
Texas Christian University

Watch this site for more information and updates

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Bridging the Gap: Research, Practice and Policy

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Learning Communities Blog

Final Report: Addictions, Externalizing and
Internalizing Disorders

Blue Ribbon Committee
on Mental Wellness in the Workplace

Final Report Brochure

Detailed Final Report

Mental Health Coverage in Tarrant County

Community Solutions and Wraparound

Family Resource Centers

Kenneth Barr Award

Standards of Care

Grant-Seeking Process

News From
Mental Health Connection
of Tarrant County

Learning Communities Recommend
Tarrant County Pilot Programs
Three of the Learning Communitiies have recommended pilot programs for Tarrant County. The Mental Health Connection membership approved the recommendations in concept, and the organization is developing task forces to determine the best ways to implement each one. Key recommendations were:

Champion an Addiction Diversion Program that would offer students with alcohol violations an alternative to being removed from their home school and placed at alternative schools.

Quest for Competency, which focuses on gaining understanding and skill in implementing core components of proven practices, utilizing experts to train a broad range of practitioners in the use of these practices, and promoting consistent implementation across agencies and entities.

A county-wide Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Certification(CBT) /Training Program.

For the full reports, click here.