Bringing Out The Best
Bringing Out the Best provides free family-centered, community-based services for caregivers and classroom teachers of children ages birth -five with social/ emotional and behavioral challenges. We provide support for the whole classroom and parenting support in the home. Our objective is to increase the number of children in Guilford County that are healthy and ready to succeed as they enter kindergarten.
Serves children under 5, their teachers, and families
Provides home consultation and individual consultation in the classroom
Offers Parent Education Groups
Offers early childhood teacher trainings
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Healthy Transitions
North Carolina Healthy Transitions is an initiative funded by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) aimed at implementing a coordinated system of outreach, assessment, and care coordination for transition-aged youth. The overall goal of Healthy Transitions is to improve access to treatment and support services for youth and young adults ages 16 – 25 with a serious mental health condition and improve their functioning as they transition into adulthood.
Honors youth Voice and Choice
A service model that bridges the gaps in the child and adult serving systems in NC
Focuses on the needs of youth and young adults transitioning to adulthood and managing mental health needs
Committed to hearing the voices of young people to lead the needed system change
Staff:
- Stacy Huff, Project Director
- Willow Burgess-Johnson, Primary Investigator
- Tiffany Tovey, Lead Evaluator
- Hannah Johnson, Graduate Assistant
- Siphelele Qwabe, Graduate Assistant
NC MORES Pilot Program
The NC DHHS Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services is contracting with the UNCG CYFCP to provide the infrastructure management and evaluation support necessary for the successful implementation of the Mobile Outreach Response Engagement and Stabilization Pilot (MORES Pilot). The program will implement an enhanced mobile crisis model that encompasses an enhanced mobile crisis unit model that includes family peer support, clinicians, and added follow-up support for children, youth, young adults, and their families.
Provides up to 8 weeks of enhanced support services to youth ages 3-21 after crisis
Ensures post-crisis access to a clinician, family support partner, psychiatrist, and case manager
The acronym MORES stands for Mobile Outreach, Response, Engagement, and Stabilization. MORES is a crisis response initiative
The MORES pilot program began in 8 counties – click here to see how much we’ve grown!
Staff:
- Gayle Rose, Program Manager
- Naglaa Rashwan, Training Coordinator
- Kelly Rulison, Evaluator
- Samantha Kelly, Evaluation Support
- Sam Shutt, Implementation Specialist for MORES – NC Enhanced Mobile Crisis
Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health Partnerships
NC Juvenile Behavioral Health Partnerships (JJBH Partnerships, also known as Juvenile Justice Substance Abuse Mental Health Partnerships)
NC JJBH Partnerships is a statewide initiative to address the mental health and substance use needs of young persons and families in contact with the juvenile justice system. UNCG works with 21 local teams across North Carolina who work to increase access to effective, family-centered services and support for juvenile justice-involved youth with substance use and/or mental health challenges. This System of Care based initiative involves the Local Management Entity/Managed Care Organization (LME/MCO), the local Department of Public Safety, and Service Providers.
There are 21 local JJBH teams serving 96 out of NC’s 100 counties
Provides family-centered services and supports for juvenile justice involved youth with behavioral health challenges
Uses System of Care principles to engage youth and families and coordinate care across systems
Uses evidence-based assessment tools and treatment models to support improved outcomes for juvenile justice involved youth and their families
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NC High Fidelity Wraparound Training Program
The NC High Fidelity Wraparound Training Program (NC HFWTP) supports statewide expansion of high fidelity wraparound and the growth of HFW teams across the state. The program assures a high-quality training, credentialing and monitoring system is in place and that fidelity to the model is consistently implemented at the local level. The NC HFWTP Model is grounded in the national standards and requirements set forth by the National Wraparound Institute (NWI).
An evidence-based, care coordination model that prioritizes youth and family voice and choice
Helps families to develop skills to gain confidence and build natural support systems
Uses a team-based approach to support youth and families with meeting their prioritized goals
Responsible for training, credentialing, and monitoring all HFW teams statewide
Staff:
- Amanda Rhodes,Program Administrator
- Erica Velez, Assistant Program Manager
- Deborah Moore, Lead Implementation Specialist
- Jessica Attucks, Implementation Specialist
- Rodney Absher, Implementation Specialist
- Sonya Taylor, Implementation Specialist
- Rachel Landau, Implementation Specialist
- Paul Bright, Implementation Specialist
- Sabrina Shivar, Implementation Specialist
- Sara Stephenson, Evaluation Support Associate
- Jeremy Bray, Health Economist
- Carter Landwehrmann, Data Systems Analyst
NC Youth & Family Voices Amplified
NC Youth & Family Voices Amplified is a statewide training, technical assistance, and collaboration organization that aims to elevate the voices and lived experiences of youth and families to promote mental health.
Shifts how support is offered to families
Provides training on how to become a nationally Certified Family Support Partner
Provides regular communications about the growing field of Family and Youth peer supports
Aims to support young adults interested in learning to tell their story of lived experience in the mental health system to advocate for others
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Strong Minds, Strong Communities
Strong Minds, Strong Communities is a free program funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) designed to give North Carolinian adults 18+ that speak English, Spanish, or Arabic simple tools to improve the way they think, act, and feel. Through 10, one-on-one psychoeducational skills sessions, Strong Minds can help adults improve their health and well-being! Our overall goal is to reduce mental health disparities and increase access to high quality, culturally competent mental health care by providing our free program and training Community Health Workers to implement our program across North Carolina.
An evidence-based mental health program provided in participants’ native language
Helps adults learn skills and strategies to improve symptoms of anxiety, depression, and trauma
Provides 10 psychoeducation sessions and support accessing local resources
Addresses mental health workforce shortages and mitigates barriers to accessing mental health services
Staff:
- Claire Poindexter, Project Director
- Abraham Martinez Vargas, Care Manager
- Diana Victoria Canul Moreno, Program Assistant
- Kari Eddington, Co-Lead Evaluator
- Gabriela Livas Stein, Co-Lead Evaluator
- Martha Thompson, Community Health Worker
- Rosa Guzman Santos, Community Health Worker
- Sirine Hijazi, Community Health Worker
- Maria Alejandra Navarro Guerriero, Community Health Worker
- Ajar Williams, Community Health Worker
- Vung Ksor, Community Health Worker
- Jessica Sims, Clinical Supervisor
- Amanda Huber Lopera, Clinical Supervisor
- Diana Franco-Galindo, Clinical Supervisor
- Siddiga Ahmed, Clinical Supervisor
- Jocelyn Little, Graduate Assistant
Recipe for Success
UNCG’s Recipe For Success program is one of nine agencies implementing SNAP-Education (SNAP-Ed) programming in the state of North Carolina. SNAP-Ed is USDA funded, evidence-based, and designed to provide health and wellness education to SNAP eligible and/or receiving individuals and households. Recipe For Success (RFS) provides direct education, social marketing, and policy, systems, and environmental change programs (PSE) to communities across Guilford, Rockingham, Randolph, Davidson, Stokes, Forsyth and Davie counties.
Provides nutrition and wellness education
Hosts events in the Triad focused on healthy eating and building a community of nutritious living
RFS builds on the goals and priorities set forth by North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) and the regulations and guidance that is revised annually to highlight the priorities of the USDA.
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NC Preventing Underage Drinking Initiative
CYFCP serves as the home of the NCPUDi/UAUTTAC, providing training and technical assistance for coalitions and providers across the state who are interested in utilizing environmental prevention strategies to reduce underage and excessive alcohol use.
Our center, along with several other partner agencies and organizations within NC, work together with the Division of MH/DD/SUS to ensure that our communities have the tools and resources necessary to address substance misuse and promote a healthier North Carolina.
As a part of our scope of work, we serve as the hub for the Talk It Up. Lock It Up!™ campaign, designed to reduce underage social access and promote safer storage of alcohol in homes.
Provides training and technical assistance on environmental prevention strategies to reduce underage and excessive alcohol use.
Collaborates with state agencies and partners to equip communities with tools to address substance misuse.
Leads the Talk It Up. Lock It Up!™ campaign to reduce youth access to alcohol and encourage safe storage at home.
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