Initiatives

 

 

Nassau County Family Support

System of Care

Nassau County, in partnership with Nassau University Medical Center and Families Together in New York State
has established the Nassau County Family Support, System of Care. The program is funded through a six year, $8 million federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

The program’s goal is to create and sustain a community-based, familydriven, youth-guided, and culturally and linguistically competent system of care for children with serious mental health needs and their families in Nassau County.

 

View the Nassau County Family Support, System of Care

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Parent Empowerment Program  (PEP)

A Training Program for Family Peer Advocates

 

We hope to resume PEP training in the Fall 2011. Check back for updates!

 

Over 300 advocates from across the state hacve completed PEP Basic Training to date ! .  This includes 40-hours of in-person training and 12 hours of consultation calls over a six month period. 

Click here for a brief overview of the PEP Training

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If you are a family advocate waiting for PEP training, please complete and submit this form so we know who you are and how to contact you.

Completing this form will help us document training need and schedule future trainings. 

It is not a registration form. Training Need Form

 

 

For more information, please contact Anne Kuppinger akuppinger@ftnys.org or Christine Navojosky cnavojosky@ftnys.org at FTNYS.

 

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Families Together of NYS is a primary partner in the ENGAGE initiatives managed by the NYS Council on Children and Families. ENGAGE - NYS Commissioners working across systems together with youth and families! - is a branding that encompasses the following four initiatives:

1) The Children’s Plan Initiative;

2) The Commissioners' Committee on Cross-systems Services for Children and Youth Initiative;

3) The Coordinated Children's Services Initiative (CCSI); and

4) The Systems of Care Initiative

 

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