MP Discretionary Funding Fiscal Year 2016

Crisis Counseling

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation (CHCC) System of Care (SOC) Project will engage key stakeholders to collaboratively implement an efficient, consumer-friendly system of care that promotes integrated health, social, and support services for children and youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances and their families/caregivers. The CNMI SOC project and its goals are grounded on core SOC principles and values in a partnership of care for all CNMI children and youth, age birth to 21, with serious emotional disturbances and their families. The SOC model is multi-dimensional and an interdisciplinary linking of services of care with families as partners in a child and youth focused, family driven, community based, and culturally competent service delivery system.

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation's- Community Guidance Center, serves as the primary behavioral health prevention service entity to all the islands of the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth will use its SPF-PFS funds to carry out three main goals: 1) Prevent or reduce consequences of underage drinking and adult problem drinking; and of drinking and driving, among persons ages 12-20; 2) Reduce prescription drug misuse and abuse among persons ages 12-25; and 3) Collaborate with other behavioral health prevention areas utilizing the five steps of the SPF process in partnerships throughout the islands.