Clinical Division
Elizabeth Z. Brown, M.S., Division Director

Communities Raising Children
Contact: Vickie Meyer, Care Coordinator

United Services serves as the fiduciary agency for the Local System of Care for Children's Mental Health, Communities Raising Children (CRC). CRC provides care coordination, service linkage and advocacy for families with children and adolescents who have serious emotional/mental health problems.

The Core Values of the System of Care/Community Collaborative are:

• Services should be child-centered, with the needs of the child and family dictating the types and mix of services provided
• Services should be community-based, with services as well as management and decision-making responsibility resting at the community level.
• The Systems of Care/Community Collaborative should be culturally competent, with agencies, programs, and services that are responsive to the cultural, racial, and ethnic differences of the populations served.

CRC operates with a multidisciplinary and collaborative Service Review Team with the parents as equal partners.

Eligibility: Families with children with emotional disturbance.

Funded by Department of Children and Families.