Orange County Youth Mental Health Implementation Team Report

1. Orange County Youth Mental Health Implementation Team Final Report August 25, 2015

2. Presentation Outline • Commission Purpose & Objectives • Committee Recommendations • Initiated Recommendations • Next Steps

3. Commission Purpose & Objectives NATIONAL STATISTICS* • 1 in 5 children ages 13-18 have, or will have a serious mental illness • The average delay between onset of symptoms and intervention is 8-10 years • Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in youth ages 10 to 24 • Approximately 50% of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14 and 75% by age 24. *National Alliance on Mental Illness; www.nami.org and National Institute of Mental Health; www.nimh.hin.gov

4. Commission Purpose & Objectives ORANGE COUNTY DATA (2013 to Present) • 2,283 psychiatric hospitalizations ages 0-17 • 15,273 school suspensions and 27 students expelled • 1,148 children in child welfare out-of-home care • 20 suicides ages 11-24 (2014) • 8% of children reported thoughts of suicide • 7,520 arrests for children under 17 y/o • 2,250 felony arrests • 84 children were less than 10 y/o

5. Commission Purpose & Objectives • Current system is fragmented and disjointed • Difficult to navigate for parents and young adults • Mental health problems often co-exist with other social factors such as poverty and substance abuse • Data collection is fragmented making incidence, prevalence and outcomes hard to measure

6. Commission Purpose & Objectives FRAMEWORK FOR SYSTEM OF CARE (SOC) SEAMLESS AND COORDINATED Family Driven Community- Based Youth Guided Culturally Competent Natural Supports Individualized Services Service Intensity Matches Needs

7. Orange County Youth Mental Health Commission Established on August 26, 2013 Implementation Team – April 2014 • ORIGINAL COMMISSION OBJECTIVES: • Determine state of mental health system for children and youth and families • Develop effective strategies and initiatives to improve the mental health of children and young adults in Orange County • Identify financial sustainability options for an optimized system of care • Identify attitudes towards youth mental health IMPLEMENTATION TEAM OBJECTIVES: • To determine how to implement the Commission’s recommendations within Orange County IMPLEMENTATION TEAM CHAIRS: Richard Morrison – Florida Hospital William Sublette – Orange County School Board

8. Implementation Team Members • Maria Bledsoe (Central Florida Cares) • Sara Brady (Sara Brady Public Relations) – Chair of Public Education Committee • Glen Casel (Community Based Care of Central Florida) • William D’Aiuto (Florida Department of Children & Families) • Muriel Jones (Federation of Families of Central Florida) • Cathy Lake (Florida Department of Juvenile Justice) • Dr. Mike Muszynski (Florida State University) • Dr. Michael Frumkin (University of Central Florida) – Chair of Systems Design Committee • Dr. Vickie Cartwright (Orange County Public Schools) • Ray Larsen (Heart of Florida United Way) • Dr. Ron Piccolo (Rollins College) – Chair of Finance Committee • Barbara Meeks (Nemours Hospital for Children) • Dr. Ana Leon (University of Central Florida) • Honorable Frederick Lauten (Chief Judge, Ninth Judicial Circuit Court) • Beth Nunnally (Centene Corporation) • Linda Sutherland (Healthy Start Coalition) • Dr. Alicia Homrich (Rollins College)

9. Presentation Outline • Commission Purpose & Objectives • Committee Recommendations • Initiated Recommendations • Next Steps

10. Committee Recommendations COMMITTEES: • Systems Design/Finance and Sustainability • Public Awareness and Community Education

11. Governing Board Committee Recommendations Advisory Board SYSTEMS DESIGN COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS Management Network (MN)

12. Committee Recommendations FINANCE & SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS MANAGEMENT NETWORK STRUCTURE

13. Committee Recommendations PUBLIC AWARENESS & COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS • Create a “Dr. Oz” expert on youth mental illness: • Host major event to announce campaign - Keynote speaker • Design “road show” pushing awareness campaign throughout the community • Orange County–led Community Conversation with area news media executive leadership • PSAs • Bloggers • Incorporate “real families” of youth mental illness as “storytellers”

14. Presentation Outline • Commission Purpose & Objectives • Committee Recommendations • Initiated Recommendations • Next Steps

15. Initiated Recommendations WRAPAROUND EXPANSION • Awarded Department of Children and Families Reinvestment Grant expands target population to 13 and 14 year olds • Awarded $4 Million Substance Abuse and Mental Health Expansion Grant to extend services to age 21 • Sustaining current Wraparound Orange efforts with County GR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING • Crisis Intervention Team – Youth Training • Trained over 200 officers, including 110 school resource officers August, 2014 to current • Focused on increasing use of civil citation and reducing arrests

16. Initiated Recommendations COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM (CAT) – LEGISLATIVE ACTION • Awarded to Aspire Health Partners – serving adolescents ages 11-21 COMMUNITY NAVIGATION SYSTEM • Robust Data Base – Procurement in process • Creates a virtual central point of access for families • Referrals and access to service system in real time MOBILE CRISIS TEAM • 24/7 Crisis Response for youth and families – began August 17, 2015. • Diversion from out of home placement

17. Presentation Outline • Commission Purpose & Objectives • Committee Recommendations • Financial Considerations • Next Steps

18. Next Steps RECOMMENDATIONS The new system of care be developed and implemented in phases: Phase 1: Developing the system design and implementation using current resources. Phase 2: Further development of the system with new resources. Phase 3: Full implementation of the system envisioned by the Commission with full resources needed.

19. Next Steps RECOMMENDATIONS Public Awareness Stigma Reduction

20. Orange County Youth Mental Health Implementation Team Final Report August 25, 2015