Sanford bismarck healthy transitions - sanford healthy transition project is led by the sanford east dickinson clinic representing an organized council of community partners

Sanford and partners share in the mission of increasing access and reducing obstacles regarding community support and behavioral health services in southwest north dakota. The sanford healthy transition project plans to increase access to transition services utilizing evidence-based practices for transition-aged youth (16-25) and their families. Sanford will provide a sustainable model of service that will allow for long-term access to project services. With help from state and local-community partners, sanford will implement a referral network to provide access to relevant transition services for their relevant target populations. Services will primarily impact underserved rural communities that have little to no access to the current level of care. Goals and objectives goal 1. Create a system of care coordination between behavioral health and other existing systems - medical, education, and law enforcement. 1. Establishing monthly advisory council meetings to discuss project needs. 2. Identifying and screening at risk youth/young adults with serious mental illness and/or emotional disturbance. 3. Hiring and training care coordinators and clinicians to implement project functions. 4. Hand-off of transitioned aged youth from youth-based agencies. 5. Implement suicide prevention and intervention programs. Goal 2. Create a school-based youth mentorship support program to encourage staying in school to attain a high school diploma, based on the check & connect program. 1. Train behavioral health providers on the delivery of evidence-based practices. 2. Check & connect EBT site visit. 3. Recruitment and training of mentors to assist in referrals. 4. Providing high school youth mentorship services goal 3. Create an integrated system of community support for young adults who are out of high school to successfully manage the multiple areas of healthy adulthood - education, vocational, health and behavioral health, financial, and lifestyle. 1. Communicate with advisory council members and local agencies for a. Housing assistance adult education, vocational rehabilitation, technical training, and financial management skills training 2. Advanced training for care coordinators in the youthbuild EBT to assist in providing the above services.