Bibliography  -  Literature Rerview  -  Gilroy Report (PDF - 58 pages)

The Mental Health Needs of Hispanics in the United States

AACAP/CWLA Policy Statement on Mental Health and Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs Screening and Assessment of Children in Foster Care

Mental Health and Foster Care   -  Child Welfare Presentation

Wraparound Standards of Practice
Targeting Predominantly Latino Families

The California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB), Institute for Community Collaborative Studies is leading a consensus and adoption process in the Southern portion of Santa Clara County, California to implement a community-wide and culturally-appropriate set of standards and practices for families and service providers targeting predominantly Latino children and adolescents and their families with co-occurring severe mental disorders and substance abuse disorders that result in out of home placement, homelessness or danger of separation from their family. This agricultural/rural/urban mix population has the lowest mean and median household income, the greatest number of persons per household, and the greatest number of children per household, the largest percentage of children specifically (47%) living below the poverty level, the highest TANF rate and is over represented in every other public assistance category.

A set of standards developed by family members and youth (consumers) and agency staff (stakeholders) envision that children and youth are supported by parents and are safe. Whole families are involved in determining needs for services and utilizing their strengths along with adequate community resources for achieving goals. Protective factors in the family including caring and support, high expectations for success, children’s participation in family, schools, and community activities and families are active in homes and in the community. There is appreciation of diversity leading to establishment of equal treatment and opportunity for families. Services are based on a collaborative wellness model and are strongly consumer driven.

This workshop will focus on the detailed community-developed standards that will be used to institutionalize for up to 60-agencies a wraparound system of care for children and youth from predominantly Latino families. The community involvement and consensus process, the methods for validity testing and the design/mapping of the wraparound model process including an inter-agency database and a common outcomes measurement tool will be presented. The wraparound standards for implementation will be discussed with workshop participants sharing their insights that could benefit both the Santa Clara effort and the participants’ own programs. Expected workshop participants include those particularly interested in family preservation and support, Latino issues, mental health, substance abuse, systems integration as well as the use of standards for improving the child welfare and community-based programs that serve children, youth and families.

Workshop Presenter
Jerry Endres, MSW, Community Director, Institute for Community Collaborative Studies is the principal investigator and facilitator of the SAMHSA wraparound project. Mr. Endres has 35-years of professional experience working directly with communities, especially with minority communities. He helped lead the establishment of the U.S. Office of Education drug-free school prevention programs. He established Indian and Alaskan Native self-government and alcohol programs in the U.S. and Canada. With the Stanford University School of Medicine, Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Mr. Endres provided technical support and training to help establish California’s tobacco education and control program in 61 counties. He recently led the development of educational standards for the Collaborative Health and Human Services undergraduate program and the Master of Public Policy at California State University, Monterey Bay. He is married to an adoptions social worker.