Current Events/Alerts
Comprehensive Calendar of SOC/YFTI/Exp. Planning Grant
Please check under the "Calendar" tab on the top of the home page, or "Read more" below to access a comprehensive calendar of meetings and activities of the PA System of Care Partnership, the System of Care Expansion Planning Grant, and the Youth and Family Training Institute. Read more
Youth Day at the Capitol
Please check under the "PA SOC" tab on our home page or "Read more" below to find additional information about "Youth Day at the Capitol" on May 21, 2012! Read more
Updated Conference and Trainings List!
Our conference and trainings page is updated monthly. These are not HFW-related events, however they are useful for your personal and professional knowledge. Read more
Youth and Family Training Institute Job Posting
The Youth and Family Training Institute (YFTI) is currently seeking two High Fidelity Wraparound (HFW) Support Partner Specialists, one specifically for HFW Youth Support Partners, and the other for HFW Family Support Partners. Read more
National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day Celebration May 9!
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s seventh annual National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day celebration is Wednesday, May 9. The Children's Mental Health Awareness Week is May 7-11, 2012. Read more
High Fidelity Wraparound Outcome and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (PA March 2012)
The National Wraparound Initiative (NWI) has demonstrated that wraparound—when the practice model is implemented as defined by the NWI— leads to positive outcomes for youth and their families. This evidence based approach to Wraparound is being implemented throughout the country for youth with serious mental health challenges and multi-system involvement. Read more
Five Day HFW Team Training Registration
The Youth and Family Training Institute has several upcoming Five Day High Fidelity Wraparound Team Trainings. We will be training in Mechanicsburg at the Child Welfare Resource Center May 7-8, 2012 for days one and two. On June 5-7, we will be at the Giant grocery store in Camp Hill, PA (upstairs in the meeting room) for days three through five. We will be training the Five Day HFW Team Training in Pittsburgh July 16-17, and August 6-8, 2012 (location TBD). The Team Training is for HFW workforce members. If you are not a member of a HFW team and interested in learning about the HFW process, please contact Doreen Barkowitz, YFTI Training Coordinator at 412.856.2892. For additional details, please see the Calendar section of our website. Registration is at www.wpic.pitt.edu/research/yfti. Read more
Advanced Training and Credential Renewal Program Addition
Autism Spectrum Disorder videotape training has been added to YFTI’s Advanced Training and Credential Renewal (ATCR) program website. Read more
Moving Right Along!
Jen is a past member of the Youth and Family Training Institute (YFTI) Advisory Board. Although still working with us at the YFTI office, she has recently found additional employment in another department at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clnic. We are very proud of our Jen! Read more
System of Care Update... Youth Driven
The PA System of Care Partnership actively advocates for the advancement of youth partnership in implementing change. Alex C. Knapp is the PA SOC's new Youth Involvement Specialist. Read more
Applications for Advisory Board Membership being accepted
The Youth and Family Training Institute is currently seeking Advisory Board Applications for youth and family members. If you are interested please read more about the application process under our YFTI Advisory Board Tab. Read more
Welcome!
Welcome to the Youth and Family Training Institute’s (YFTI) Website!
The Youth and Family Training Institute (YFTI) is an organization that provides training, coaching and credentialing to those working in High Fidelity Wraparound to ensure that there is consistency, accountability and fidelity to the process. The High Fidelity Wraparound (HFW) process is a team-based collaborative process for developing and implementing individualized plans for children with behavioral health challenges and their families. High Fidelity Wraparound has been standardized by the National Wraparound Initiative and is based on specific principles and phases.
Within this interactive website, readers can identify with families and youth who have been through the HFW Process. They will be able to see if their county is an early Implementer of HFW, and which populations are being served. Counties throughout Pennsylvania can locate the information necessary to bring HFW to their youth and families.
If you are already working in High Fidelity Wraparound, there are pages in this website that will assist you in obtaining information to support you in your job, while helping you communicate with others who are working in similar positions around the state. This website also addresses various opportunities for youth, family members and system partners to become involved in implementing the various aspects of HFW around the Commonwealth.
We look forward to hearing from you and hope that you find the information and activities within this website helpful.
Shannon M. Fagan, MS
Director
Governor Proclaims Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
Governor Tom Corbett has issued a proclamation making May 9 Children's Mental Health Awareness Day in Pennsylvania. In his proclamation the governor notes that "addressing the complex mental health needs of children, youth and families today is fundamental to the future of Pennsylvania." Governor Corbett goes on to "urge our commonwealth's citizens to become aware of the importance of effective and coordinated services for children and youth, to learn about the impact of trauma on child health and well-being, and to unite in an effort to increase awareness about the importance of comprehensive programs for children and youth with mental health needs and their families."
PCPA joins the governor and neighbors across Pennsylvania in celebrating Children's Mental Health Awareness Day and commends mental health professionals and workers who strive daily to meet the complex needs of children, youth, and families.
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