Children's Committee
WHO ARE WE?
The Children’s Committee of the Keep the Promise Coalition is Connecticut’s largest group of stakeholders in children’s mental health, including families, advocates, and physicians, as well as school-based and community-based mental health service providers. Dr. Eric Arzubi, Yale Child Study Center, and Abby Anderson, Executive Director of the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance, co-chair this committee.
Children’s Committee Vision
Our vision is that all chidlren in Connecticut have access to high quality, comprehensive mental health services within a coordinated system of care that includes early screening, prevention, and effective treatment services and supports to promote healthy child development and good mental health.
Children’s Committee Mission
We are dedicated to promoting mental health among all Connecticut children, youth and families by improving access to affordable and effective community-based prevention and treatment services and supports. We are committed to pursuing our mission through tireless advocacy and stimulating systems change.
We recognize that hundreds of thousands of Connecticut children and youth are at risk for mental illness, including, but not limited to, those who are:
1. Struggling with academic problems and learning disabilities;
2. Victims or perpetrators of bullying;
3. Victims and/or witnesses of traumatic experiences;
4. Using drugs or alcohol;
5. Living among families in crisis or poverty;
6. Impacted by the justice system.
Presentations from the January 25, 2012 “School Based Mental Health Summitt”
Ben Rodriguez – CT Health Presentation
Sharon Stephan – Keynote Presentation
Christopher Brown – Collaborating for Solutions Presentation
Jesse White-Frese – SBHC Presentation
Jeffrey Vanderploeg Jeana Bracey – CT SBDI Presentation
Dr. Stephan’s Center for School Mental Health
Community Schools website (as referred to by Commissioner Pryor)
PARTNERS
National Alliance on Mental Illness of Connecticut (NAMI-CT)
Connecticut Legal Rigths Project
State of Connecticut Office of the Child Advocate (OCA)
Connecticut Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
FAVOR, a Statewide Family Advocacy Organization
Connecticut Voices for Children
National Association of Foster and Adoptive Parents (CAFAP)
Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance (CTJJA)
Center for Children’s Advocacy
Families United for Children’s Mental Health
Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut (CHDI)
Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers
African Caribbean American Parents of Children with Disabilities (AFCAMP)
Connecticut Association of Nonprofits
True Colors – Sexual Minority Youth and Family Services
Connecticut Psychological Association
Children’s Behavioral Health Advisory Committee
Connecticut Association for Community Action (CAFCA)
Hispanic Health Council
State of Connecticut Office of the Healthcare Advocate
Connecticut Psychiatric Society
Connecticut Association of School Psychologists (CASP)
State Office of Protection and Advocacy
