COUNTY OF ALAMEDA - Behavioral Health Care Services

Alameda County Behavioral Healthcare Services Request for Quotations TIC-1
Early Intervention
Evidence Based Model
or Practice
Family, Significant
Other, Significant
Support Person
Family-Driven
Family Involvement
Family Member
Family Partnership
Fiscal Year (FY)
Inappropriately served
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Usually joined in phrase with the term “prevention”, it means providing
services or treatment early on at the onset of an illness with the goal of
reducing the duration of the disorder.
A model or practice with well-documented effectiveness. An evidencebased
model or practice has been, or is being evaluated, and meets the
following criteria: * Has some quantitative or qualitative data showing
positive outcomes, but does not yet have enough research or replication to
support generalized positive outcomes; or * Has been subject to
expert/peer review that has determined that a particular approach or
strategy has a significant level of evidence of effectiveness in research
literature.
A person, who has provided primary support for, is a primary caregiver
of, or whose daily life is impacted by, being a family member (by
personal or biological definition) of a person who is living with symptoms
of mental illness. Family members may be the biological parents, foster
parents, siblings, spouses, children, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, or
anyone else whom the consumer defines as “their family members.”
A system of care that involves the family of a youth/consumer in the
process of assessment, identifying treatment options and developing a
treatment plan that is based on and adapted to the youth/consumer‟s
individual needs.
The full participation of family members in all levels of our systems of
care including: direct service peer support, system development
workgroups, clinical teams, training, management, administration, policy
development and legislative advocacy.
An individual who is now or was in the past, either the primary caregiver
or a concerned and involved person who provides a significant level of
support to a person who is living with a severe mental illness (SMI),
serious emotional disturbance (SED) or other mental health issues.
This term has two meanings: 1) Family Partnership is an intentional focus
on working with the consumer as a member of a family unit that offers
insight, strength and support to the consumer's treatment team. 2) Family
Partnerships are programs that include Family Partners as a peer
professional position in the treatment team or direct service unit. Family
Partners are persons who have been primary caregivers of persons with
SED/SMI and have undergone significant training in multi-disciplinary
settings to assist families in understanding and navigating the behavioral
health care system, as well as other systems that they will interact with to
become their own advocates for their families.
Twelve month period from July 1 st - June 30 th , used in the County
accounting and contracting system.
Population for whom current services are ineffective in tthat they are
either offering too many services of the wrong type, duration or modality,
or too little services of the wrong type , duration or modality.
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