1. Steps to Successful Community Collaboration Presented by Artie Williams, LCSW Director of Mental Health Intensive Services Mental Health Mental Retardation of Tarrant County June 2, 2010

2. Alliance United Action Joining of Forces Combined Effort Collectivism Teamwork Cooperation Concerted Action Pooling of Resources Joint Effort Pulling Together Collaboration: What is it?

3. The purpose of collaboration is to:Increase capacity, communication, and continuity of service, while decreasing the duplication of services.

4. The Sense of a Goose Author Unknown

5. People who are part of a team and share a common direction get where they are going quicker and easier, because they are traveling on the trust of one another.

6. If we have the sense of a goose, we will share information with and provide support to those who are headed in the same direction as we are.

7. Vision What is to be accomplished and how the collaboration will be used to get there. Commitment Pledge to attain specific goals and benchmarks Leadership Personal commitment, enjoyable involvement, determination to achieve goals and benchmarks Action A plan to accomplish the goals including responsibilities, resources and deadlines Foundations of Collaboration

8. One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born. Antoine de Saint-ExuperyFrench writer (1900 - 1944)

9. Competition Networking/ Communicating Cooperation/ Coordination Coordination/ Partnership Coalition Collaboration Developing Collaboration

10. Start with a unifying purpose Identify the problem, complete a needs assessment Identify Stakeholders and Potential Stakeholders and Resources Mapping Be considerate and show respect for people & time Set goals and objectives Goals are where you want to go Objectives are how you are going to get there Identify leaders Can be based on task assignment Steps to Making It Work

11. Coordinate tasks and organize committees Set a time line for deliverables Communicate regularly Set up email distribution lists and update often Periodic evaluation of the process Resolve conflict quickly Celebrate success often!!!! Steps Continued

12. Example of A Successful Community Collaboration Tarrant County Crisis Services

14. Create: Community alternatives to jails, emergency rooms, and state hospitalsCrisis Services Funding The 80th Legislature appropriated $82 million over the FY08-09 Biennium

16. Local Inpatient Treatment

17. 23 Hour Hold

18. State Hospital Inpatient

19. Jail

20. Homeless Shelter

22. Mobile Crisis Outreach

23. Competency Restoration

24. Crisis Stabilization Unit

26. Available 24/7

27. Accredited by the American Association of Suicidology (AAS)

28. Ability to handle rapid surge of calls

29. Services Provided:

30. Information & Referral

31. Screening for ongoing services

32. Telephonic Crisis Intervention

33. Support & Reassurance

35. Emergency care,

36. Urgent care,

37. Crisis follow-up

38. Relapse prevention

40. Provide respite for individuals at risk of deteriorating

41. Origin point to triage high risk patients to less restrictive services

42. Developed in Partnership with John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS)

43. Located at JPS psych unit; sharing medical staffCrisis Stabilization 12 Bed Unit designed to:

45. Offers a referral point for MCOT

46. Provide alternative for patients with severe stressors and housing issues

47. Provide a residential option beyond hospital and jail

49. Meds and support services provided

50. MHMRTC will deliver competency restoration services

51. In jail for those not eligible for bond

52. In community for those who can bond out

54. Developed broader understanding of how crisis services are funded

55. Local stakeholders wanted to participate to bring additional funding and resources to our community

56. Stakeholders had input in service designs and processes

58. JPSH-Donated facility and associated cost for crisis stabilization unit

59. Union Gospel Mission provided facility for Men CRU at a reduced lease rate

60. We secured contracts with All Church Home for Children to provide respite to child/adolescents

62. For further information, please contact us @ (817) 569-4426 Or email: artie.williams@mhmrtc.org QUESTIONS?

63. Works Cited http://www.communitycollaboration.net Hogue, Teresa. (1993). Community Based Collaborations: Community Wellness Multiplied. Oregon State University, Oregon Center for Community Leadership. Kretzman, J.P. and McKnight, J.L. (1993). Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing Communities Assets. Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Neighborhood Innovations Network, Northwestern University.