North carolina families united (ncfamu) statewide family network - the north carolina families united (ncfamu) statewide family network project aims to enhance mental health services for families…

North carolina families united (ncfamu) statewide family network - the north carolina families united (ncfamu) statewide family network project aims to enhance mental health services for families raising children with significant emotional disturbances/children with emotional or behavioral disorders (SED/COD) and those with incarcerated parents across north carolina's diverse communities. Through a comprehensive approach, the project addresses critical service gaps and systemic challenges, ensuring equitable access to support services and resources. Goals include enhancing family leadership capacity in behavioral health policy development, increasing family involvement in workforce and program development, expanding outreach for individualized family advocacy and support, and addressing the needs of children with incarcerated parents through the implementation of the start talking about rebuilding relationships (starr) program. Throughout the duration of the grant we anticipate serving 5 - 7K youth and families using our current programs and the implementation of starr. We are also going to increase our digital peer support reach through quarterly social media campaigns where we anticipate reaching between 270K and 720K youth and families. By implementing these initiatives, the project seeks to foster collaboration, promote community engagement, and advocate for policy changes to create a more resilient and responsive mental health service infrastructure for north carolina's families and youth.