Community Collaborative
The Durham Community Collaborative (CC) brings family members and staff of public and private agencies together to help improve or create services or supports in the community for children and their families.
The purpose of the Durham Community Collaborative (CC) is to ensure that children with complex needs and their families receive priority attention through the support of a unified community effort to promote their success at home, in school, and in the community.
The Collaborative engages all interested partners in mutual planning, risk-management, evaluation, implementation, merging of integrated service plans and, reinvestment of funds generated on behalf of children and their families in order to build and sustain the community's array of services and supports necessary to respond to families' needs.
Another main objective of the Collaborative is the promotion of the System of Care approach as the way services and supports for children and their families are organized and provided in Durham.
What Role Does the Community Collaborative Play?
The Community Collaborative is a forum for the discussion of issues regarding how agencies, community members and families can work together to produce better outcomes for children and families.
Issues can be brought to the attention of the Collaborative from local agency representatives, family members, advocates or others. The Collaborative then makes recommendations to the various agencies and other parties represented on the Collaborative about ways to coordinate services, funding, training and local reporting requirements in order to eliminate duplication and make the system more family-friendly.
In 2003 the Durham Community Collaborative (CC) identified an urgent need for the development of comprehensive child mental health services in Durham County that adhere to System of Care (SOC) values, promote best practices, and result in meaningful outcomes for children with mental health needs and their families.
The Collaborative committed to taking a leadership role to help develop and implement services, programs and policies necessary to implement the SOC and actively support initiates that promote it. These included the Durham SOC Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed by County Officials in August 2002, the Comprehensive Treatment Services Program MOA, along with best practice reform efforts in the child-serving sectors.
The Collaborative continues its work to help develop a strong and sustainable System of Care on behalf of Durham's children and families.
How does Durham's Community Collaborative Operate?
The Collaborative meets every 4th Thursday from 10 AM to Noon (with some exceptions for holidays or summer break). It gets work done primarily through workgroups. The Collaborative identifies and discusses key issues necessary to implement a strong local System of Care, many of which are then delegated to workgroups for further work. Workgroups then report back to the Collaborative each month on progress made, for input and feedback. Currently, the following workgroups are in place:
- Executive- chairs of each of the Collaborative's workgroups work together to assess progress of the Collaborative in meeting its goals, assist subcommittees as needed, and set agenda for meetings of the Collaborative each month.
- Care Review - developed Care Review Teams to promote best home and community-based practices and help Child and Family Teams problem-solve;
- Faith Partners - helps support meaningful connections between the Faith Community and the Community Collaborative to directly benefit children and their families through Child and Family Teams;
- Training - to identify and respond to training needs that promote a strong System of Care, Best Practices for children and their families;
- Best Practice - identify best practices available in Durham; translate that information into a community resource.
- Outcomes - guides the work of the Durham System of Care Evaluation.
- Community Awareness - organizes and promotes the annual Making A Difference breakfast and supports the Network of Care website.
- Linking to Adult Services - working to bridge the services from adolescence to adulthood.
- Leadership Roundtable - Supervisors from both public and private agencies who work together to resolve implementation issues around Child and Family Teams.
Who can come to Community Collaborative Meetings?
Community Collaborative meetings are public meetings. Anyone can attend. We welcome everyone who is committed to making a positive difference through collaborative partnerships.
To get more information about becoming a Community Collaborator please complete the form below and someone from the System of Care office will contact you.
Community Collaborative meetings are public meetings. Anyone can attend. We welcome everyone who is committed to making a positive difference through collaborative partnerships.
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