The main purpose of JFK Partner's Linking and Aligning Project is to integrate children's primary care and behavioral health care using the System of Care and Medical Home approach as a foundation. JFK Partners recently hosted four forums for stakeholders with the purpose of developing a care coordination plan/process for the integration of physical and behavioral health. The care coordination plan has three target audiences: (1) families; (2) care coordinators and providers of services; and (3) system-level agencies. You can view the Care Coordination Plan and Forum Minutes by clicking the Handouts link below.
In development: An accompanying document to the Care Coordination Plan, the Care Coordination Toolkit is primarily intended for care coordinators and providers of services who are either beginning to explore, have recently begun to build, or want to evaluate their capacity to provide care coordination. It is designed to be used as a comprehensive resource guide when working directly with families in a variety of settings across Colorado. However, families/consumers can use this toolkit as a guide for developing expectations about their care and as an advocacy tool when interacting with their care coordinators or health care providers. Systems-level agencies can also use this toolkit as a document to make policy and programmatic decisions based on the included recommendations. The toolkit is expected to be finalized in early 2009.
Project Updates: With funding for Linking and Aligning ending in early 2009, JFK staff is exploring initiatives with a similar focus to continue aspects of the Linking and Aligning work. One possibility that the staff is exploring is piloting the toolkit within several different communities/populations. Please contact Jean Cimino (contact information below) to learn more.
Collaborations: Linking and Aligning is thankful to the following agencies for their ongoing support and collaboration:
-Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.
-Clinica Tepeyac
-Colorado Behavioral Health Council
-Colorado Children's Healthcare Access Program
-Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative
-Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
-Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
-Colorado Division of Human Services
-Colorado Family Resource Centers-Family Leadership Task Force
-The Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
-CO Chapter-University of Colorado Denver
Project Contact
Jean M. Cimino, MPH
(303) 733-4631
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