& Adolescent
Mental Health Coalition
(CCAMHC)
C/O CGT
3615 S. Huron #206
Englewood, CO 80110
Welcome
to the Colorado Child and
Adolescent Mental Health Coalition Website!
Save
the Date! 2009 Conference
April 19-21,
2009
Purpose
It
is recognized that emotionally disturbed and mentally ill children and
adolescents do exist in every child serving system or agency in our society.
The purpose of this coalition is to bring these systems together to discuss
common concerns and to devise ways to serve emotionally disturbed and
mentally ill children more effectively, regardless of where they are,
through collaboration, networking, and joint programming.
Membership
The membership
of the Coalition numbers over 300 and includes parents of children with
special needs, mental health clinicians, social caseworkers, juvenile
probation officers, educators, residential providers, and human services
administrators. A Board of Director’s meeting is held bi-monthly
and the Conference Planning Committee, made up of coalition members, meets
regularly to plan the yearly conference.
Sponsorship
The coalition
sprang from the efforts a few child and adolescent mental health clinicians
that were not being trained specifically in the area of child and adolescent
mental health treatment. The coalition received a boost from Child and
Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) funding and some leadership
through State Mental Health Services. Currently, the Coalition is receiving
sponsorship from the Colorado Department of Human Services, the Colorado
Chapter of the Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health,
the Colorado Continuum Network Serving Sexually Abusive Youth, and the
National Traumatic Stress Network.