CHDI NEWSLETTER
December 2021
Reflections and Highlights from 2021
A Year in Review
CHDI's President and CEO Jeffrey Vanderploeg reflects on a challenging year for many children, families, providers, schools, and communities. CHDI's efforts over the past year focused on improving care, addressing system gaps, and advancing solutions to address the enormous need for behavioral health services and supports. 

View Jeffrey Vanderploeg's end of the year letter and CHDI's FY 2021 Year in Review infographic to see how the challenges of 2021 sparked innovative solutions.
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Recent Publication
Issue Brief 83: Evidence-Based Treatments are Effective for Children in the Child Welfare System: Connecticut’s Family First Prevention Services Plan Can Expand Access to Effective Care 
Each year in Connecticut, over 18,000 children come into contact with the child welfare system due to confirmed or suspected abuse or neglect. Data show that child welfare-involved children who received evidence-based treatments for trauma or other behavioral health concerns experienced better outcomes than those who did not.

This Issue Brief explores opportunities through Connecticut's Family First Prevention Services plan to build an array of effective behavioral health treatments and other services for children most at-risk for foster home placement with the goal of keeping families together.
Board News
CHDI Welcomes New Board Member Jeffrey Geoghegan
Jeffrey Geoghegan, CPA, is the Chief Financial Officer for UConn Health, which includes the UConn School of Medicine, UConn School of Dental Medicine, John Dempsey Hospital, and the University physician practice. He has over two decades of leadership and not-for-profit healthcare and education experience. As CFO, he has responsibility for all of UConn Health’s financial operations, including a $1.4 billion operating budget, financial planning and reporting, strategic planning, and all revenue cycle operations. He will serve on the CHDI Board of Directors' Finance and Investment Committee and Audit Committee.
Job Posting
CHDI is Seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow
CHDI is seeking a one-year postdoctoral fellow in children’s behavioral health. The fellow will work on one or more initiatives focused on improving children’s behavioral health in Connecticut, with an emphasis on working at the systems, policy, and practice levels. Potential areas of focus include the areas of dissemination and sustainment of evidence-based treatments (EBTs), quality improvement of children’s behavioral health services, policy and system innovation, developing trauma-informed systems and programs, and/or school-based behavioral health. Learn more.
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