This Annual Report to the Community provides an overview of progress toward the initiative’s six outcomes.
• Youth involved in the Impact System of Care are showing unprecedented improvement in their Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS®) score. • Satisfaction with family life improves for caregivers and youth involved in Impact.
Impact, Ingham County’s System of Care initiative, has had a transformational year in its support of 127 youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED).
• The support provided by Impact reduces the need for out-of-home placements for youth with SED. • Community resources are used efficiently for home – and community-based services that help youth stay in their homes. • More families and youth are involved in substantive ways in the development of the Impact System of Care. • Caregiver and youth satisfaction with services is very high. • Materials have been developed to help spread the word about Impact and the transformation of services for youth and families. • Impact established a partnership with Michigan State University to incorporate the System of Care philosophy within the MSU School of Social Work curriculum. • Twenty Impact managers completed a unique, yearlong Change Management leadership training experience that will serve as a model in System of Care communities across the country. • The initiative gained national recognition at the National System of Care Training Institutes in Anaheim, California, with family members and staff presenting or co-presenting 10 workshops and winning two Honoring Excellence in Evaluation Awards.
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