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Independent Foundations: Public-Philanthropic Partnerships at Work

Ethel and James Flinn FoundationAnd

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

A N D R E A C O L EExecutive Director and CEOEthel and James Flinn Foundation

M A R Y A L U D T K EConsultant, Mental Health Services to Children and Families, Children’s Services Agency, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

• Our Mission:The Ethel and James Flinn Foundation is committed to improving the quality, scope and delivery of mental health services in Michigan

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• $60 Million in assets ($25,000 to $100,000 annual grant range)

• Catalyst: Advance best practice “evidence-based” programs - pilots, demonstration/implementation grants

• Capacity: Strengthen nonprofit sector (providers)• Champion: Voice for mental health. Public education and

awareness campaign, public policy, advocacy• Change: Improving mental health delivery system

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• To achieve systemic impact, it was critical to partner directly with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)

• Flinn Foundation and MDHHS has partnered on:– “Opening Minds Ending Stigma” -- Saving Young Lives – Screening Kids in Primary Care(SKIPP)– Infant Mental Health – Home Visiting Evaluation – State Innovation Model

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• State Innovation Model is a person-centered system that is coordinating care across medical settings, as well as with community organizations to address social determinants of health, improve health outcomes; and pursue community-centered solutions to upstream factors of poor health outcomes.

• Flinn Foundation, in partnership with MDHHS, applied for a grant on behalf of the state of Michigan to Grantmakers in Health (GIH). The grant was technical assistance to the state to further the work of SIM.

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• Our partnership with MDHHS, Mental Health Services to Children and their Families includes the following projects:– Opening Minds Ending Stigma and Saving Young Lives– Integration of Children’s Mental Health in Primary Care

(Screening Kids in Primary Care—SKIPP)– Infant Mental Health-Home Visiting Project

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“Opening Minds Ending Stigma” • In conjunction with National Mental Health Awareness Month (May 2016), the Ethel and

James Flinn Foundation and MDHHS teamed up to change the conversation with young people about mental illness as they launch the “Opening Minds Ending Stigma” statewide campaign.

• The special features Michigan leaders, mental health organizations, and people with mental illness in a probing look at the issues and solutions in delivering care and ending the stigma associated with it.

“Opening Minds Ending Stigma” Saving Young Lives• The statewide campaign of the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation and MDHHS, presents a

second mental health awareness broadcast in September in conjunction with National Suicide Prevention Month.

• Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people, with statistics showing that 90% of those who take their own lives had a mental illness.

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https://player.vimeo.com/video/180808637

• Screening Kids in Primary Care– Model included integrating screening of children for social-

emotional, mental health needs in the primary care setting– Provided a Behavioral Health Clinician in the primary care setting to

assist with assessment, providing brief intervention, referral and follow up

– New code for reimbursing primary care for behavioral health screening (96127)

• Has served as a model for the integration of children’s behavioral health in primary care in 40 counties in Michigan.

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• Infant Mental Health – Home Visiting Project– The evaluation of Infant Mental Health-Home Visiting (IMH-HV)

in Michigan is undertaken to ensure the availability of state and federal funding for services to infants, toddlers and their families.

– Development of a training model and fidelity tool for the sustainability of IMH-HV in Michigan

• The Foundation’s grant challenged us to seek funding from the Gerstacker Foundation, Medicaid Match Funds, and an application to the Health Endowment Fund.

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Kate RosenblumMaria Muzik

MDHHSMary Ludtke

Debbie WeatherstonBetty Tableman

Leadership Team

Funders

Flinn Foundation

Gerstacker Foundation

Medicaid Matching Fund

UM Women & Infants Mental Health Program

Kate RosenblumMaria MuzikJennie Jester

Alissa Huth-Bocks

Ann Stacks

Holly Brophy-HerbHiram FitzgeraldLaurie Van Egeren

Larissa Niec

Paul Spicer

MITRE

Michigan Infant Toddler Research Exchange

Research Advisory Board

Impact of the IMH-HV Evaluation on Practice

State

Agency

Clinician

F O R A D D I T I O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N :

Andrea Coleacole@flinnfoundation.orgMary LudtkeLudtkem@Michigan.gov

“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working

together is success.”

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