Midwest Policy Conference 2008
Building Early Childhood Mental Health Systems:
Financing, Workforce Development, and Service Delivery
Herr Research Center for Children and Social Policy at Erikson Institute hosted a daylong conference on systems building in early childhood mental health (ECMH) on October 24, 2008. U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Illinois, pictured at left) opened the conference with a brief talk on the importance of creating and sustaining programs that support healthy childhood development.
Participants discussed important issues of financing, workforce development, and delivering services to children and families. They learned about recent Herr Research Center projects that evaluated mental health consultation in Illinois and studied early childhood mental health policies in Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Participants included state and local senior program administrators, researchers, and leading child advocates from Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan.
Sessions
(Some presentations available in PowerPoint format with and without an audio recording of the presentation. To view a presentation with audio, select the Slide Show option in PowerPoint.)
ECMH overview: national landscape, funding issues
Recent research and practice at Erikson and the Herr Research Center
Small workgroup sessions on special topics
- Funding: Eboni Howard, moderator
- Workforce development: Jon Korfmacher, moderator
- Service delivery: Karen Freel, moderator
Next steps and open discussion led by Great Lakes regional panel
- Gaylord Gieseke, Illinois
- Therese Ahlers, Wisconsin
- Mary Mackrain, Michigan