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Issue Brief Addresses Early Childhood Systems in High-Need Communities
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CHDI's latest Issue Brief, "Enhancing Early Childhood Systems of Care in High-Need Communities," explores strategies used by New Britain Promising Starts Project Launch initiative to
develop an early childhood system of care and provide young children and their families with prevention, screening, and intervention services and supports. The lessons learned during this successful five-year initiative have helped to inform state policy and can help communities across the State support the health and development of young children.
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| CHDI Plans Leadership Change |
After nearly two decades of visionary leadership,
CHDI's Presi
dent and CEO
Judith Meyers
has decided to scale back her time beginning this Fall and transition leadership to CHDI's VP of Mental Health Initiative
Jeffrey Vand
erploeg
.
Meyers will continue
to serve as President and CEO of the Children's Fund of Connecticut, CHDI's parent organization through September 30, 2018 and continue her work on early childhood as a senior fellow, both on a part-time basis.
Please read our official
news release
for more details.
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| Judith Meyers Honored for Career in Community Psychology |
Judith Meyers received the Distinguished Contribution to Practice Award from the
Society for Community Research and Action, a division of the American Psychological Association, on June 23 at their biennial in Ottawa, Canada. She was honored for her career as a community psychologist, a field that goes beyond an individual focus and integrates social, cultural, economic and other influences to promote positive change at both individual and systemic levels.
Meyers' background as a community psychologist has helped shape CHDI into an organization dedicated to developing and advancing programs, practices and policies that result in sustainable improvements in primary and preventive health and mental health care for children in Connecticut. Click here to learn more.
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| Newman's Own Foundation & CT Health Foundation Award Grants to CHDI for Obesity Prevention |
Newman's Own Foundation
and the Connecticut Health Foundation have awarded grants totaling $55,000 to CHDI to augment funding of $140,000 from the Children's Fund of Connecticut (CHDI's parent organization) to enhance CHDI's early childhood obesity prevention grant funding program.
Funded projects are expected to inform and advance efforts to reduce early childhood obesity in Connecticut.
Invited proposals that were based on a review of Letters of Intent are due June 30
th
and grant awards will be announced this Fall.
Learn more
about CHDI's work to ensure children grow up at a healthy weight.
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CT Joins National School Mental Health Coalition
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CHDI recently partnered with the State Department of Education and the Department of Children and Families on a successful application to participate in the Center for School Mental Health's National Coalition for the State Advancement of School Mental Health. This school mental health technical assistance opportunity will help Connecticut develop and advance a statewide plan around school mental health, and recruit and engage school districts to improve the quality and sustainability of school mental health. Learn more about CHDI's work to improve school mental health in Connecticut.
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CHDI Research Featured in Journal Articles
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Journal of Pediatrics Highlights CHDI's Co-Management Work
Lisa Honigfeld
co-authored a commentary published online (June 5, 2017) in the Journal of Pediatrics, entitled: "
The Pediatric Primary Care-Specialist Interface: A Call For Action.
" The article
reviews arguments for increasing the capacity of pediatric primary care to address conditions traditionally managed by specialists and outlines considerations and barriers in extending the scope of pediatric primary care. CHDI's work in co-management of anxiety and depression informed the publication, which also references CT Children's referral guidelines and co-management initiatives.
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Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma Features CHDI's Work
Jason Lang was the lead author of "Trauma Screening in Child Welfare: Lessons Learned from Five States," published online (June 13, 2017) in the Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma.
Children in the child welfare system experience high rates of exposure to potentially traumatic events, however, child welfare systems have not routinely screened children for trauma. This paper describes five statewide and tribal projects to implement trauma screening for children in the child welfare system as part of broader, trauma informed care initiatives. Findings indicate that screening generally resulted in identification of high rates of trauma exposure, trauma symptoms and service referrals, and was generally perceived favorably by child welfare workers and mental health professionals.
Learn more
about CHDI's work to improve trauma screening in Connecticut.
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1,000 CT Children Have Received MATCH, A Treatment Capable of Addressing Multiple Common Disorders
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