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CHAPTER 4: human servicesCapacity-Building EffortsThe Compassion Capital Fund advances the efforts<strong>of</strong> community <strong>and</strong> charitable organizations,including faith-based organizations, to increase theireffectiveness <strong>and</strong> enhance their ability to provide socialservices where needed. Grants support intermediaryorganizations that provide training <strong>and</strong> technicalassistance to grassroots organizations in accessingfunding sources, administering programs, exp<strong>and</strong>ingservices, <strong>and</strong> replicating promising approaches. Inaddition, targeted capacity-building minigrants helpgrassroots organizations more effectively deliverservices to the most vulnerable populations includingyouth at risk, persons experiencing homelessness,families transitioning from welfare to work, <strong>and</strong>prisoners reentering the community.Comprehensive Community InitiativesSAMHSA funds several comprehensive communitymental health services grants for children <strong>and</strong> youthwith serious emotional disturbances <strong>and</strong> theirfamilies. Grants are used to implement a “systems <strong>of</strong>care” approach to services, based on the recognitionthat the needs <strong>of</strong> children with serious mental healthchallenges can best be met within their home, school,<strong>and</strong> community, <strong>and</strong> that families <strong>and</strong> youth shouldbe the driving force in the transformation <strong>of</strong> their owncare. The grants will be used to provide a full array <strong>of</strong>mental health <strong>and</strong> support services organized on anindividualized basis into a coordinated network inorder to meet the unique clinical <strong>and</strong> functional needs<strong>of</strong> each child <strong>and</strong> family.OD is coordinating an interagency <strong>and</strong>interdepartmental 2-year seamless program, the YoungAdult Program. This program promotes integratedsupport systems spanning education, health, assistivetechnology, employment, transportation, <strong>and</strong> housingfor young adults 14 to 30 years with disabilities in sixdemonstration States through the National GovernorsAssociation <strong>and</strong> is documenting outcomes through aprocess <strong>and</strong> impact evaluation.HHS Strategic Plan FY 2007-2012103

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