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PRE-INSTITUTES TRAINING PROGRAM
Effective Residential Service Interventions in Systems of Care
8:30 AM TUESDAY • 8:30 AM WEDNESDAY • SUN 1-2-3
OBJECTIVES—Participants will learn:
1. To describe best programmatic and clinical practices that support positive outcomes for youth and families touched
by residential interventions
2. To identify specific state, local, and programmatic partnership practices, fiscal strategies, and policies that have been
proven successful in supporting effective residential interventions
3. To apply successful strategies used across the country to support the culture change necessary for residential
programs to transform towards becoming a best-practice program
4. To use a number of tools (e.g., Guidelines, Tip Sheets, Self-Assessment Tools) to support positive outcomes for
youth and families
5. To access resources and contact information to support follow-up for their specific challenges
This Pre-Institutes Training Program will focus on the role of residential services within a system of care and promising
and best practices in residential settings. Nearly one in three youth served in systems of care experience an out-of-home
placement within two years of receiving services, making it essential to provide effective residential services that are used
appropriately and linked with community-based services and supports. When used appropriately, and with high fidelity
to best practices, residential services can be an important component of a comprehensive array of services. Residential
programs using these effective practices have better outcomes for youth and families and lower recidivism rates.
This program is designed to provide the most up-to-date information about promising and best practices in residential
programs and will offer practical information about ways to advance partnerships among residential and community
service providers, youth, and families. The program will include presentations by national experts combined with handson
learning activities, including specific strategies to assess the strengths and needs of residential programs, to
incorporate youth and families in program activities, to enhance cultural and linguistic competence, and to implement
fiscal and policy innovation.
The faculty team includes national consultants, state-level policy makers, residential leaders, and family and youth
advocates—all of whom have experience in ensuring positive outcomes in residential programs. Each of the experts also
serves as a leader in the National Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), which is dedicated to supporting positive outcomes
for youth and families served in residential programs across America.
Participants will create an individualized action plan that identifies specific steps to implement best practices in their
respective residential and service agencies, systems of care, communities, and/or states.
MODERATOR/PRESENTER: Beth Caldwell, Director, Caldwell Management Associates, Housatonic, MA
Joe Anne Hust, Peer Support and System of Care Implementation Manager/National Trainer, The Institute for
Innovation and Implementation, University of Maryland School of Social Work, Baltimore, MD
Marvin Alexander, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., President, Youth MOVE National, Inc., Rockville, MD
Janice LeBel, Director of Program Management, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Tweksbury, MA
Jim Dalton, Psy.D., C.S.A.Y.C., H.S.P.P., President and Chief of Operations, Damar Services, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Robert Lieberman, M.A., L.P.C., CEO, Kairos, Grants Pass, OR
Julie Collins, L.C.S.W., Director of Standards for Practice Excellence, Child Welfare League of America, Washington, DC
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