Alameda County

A System of Care

The Alameda County Early Childhood Mental Health System of Care weaves together prevention, early intervention and treatment services and identifies funding streams to support the service delivery system.

Results

• Early childhood mental health practice standards for all clinicians
• Intensive training for 200 culturally and ethnically diverse clinicians to provide dyadic treatment to young children and families in non-traditional mental health settings through the Irving Harris Early Childhood Mental Health Training Seminar
• Child Care Mental Health Consultation to 80 child care sites (to be expanded next year through Mental Health Services Act Prevention and Early Intervention funds)
• Expanded Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis andTreatment (EPSDT) for the 0 to 5 population in 12 community organizations using a home-based model
• More than 30% increase in maternal depression screening by our community-based partners
• A Children’s Screening, Assessment Referral and Treatment Initiative (SART) with points of entry at pediatric offices, early care and education programs, and the foster care system

Key Partners

• Alameda County Early Childhood Policy Committee
• First 5 Alameda County
• Behavioral Health Care Services
• Alameda County Child Care Planning Council
• Children’s Hospital Oakland and Research Institute
• Community-based organizations serving young children birth to five