Improving Children’s Mental Health through Community Partnership Evaluation

About

The Racine Collaborative for Children’s Mental Health is comprised of over 80 community stakeholders, all of whom are committed to improving the overall health and wellness of the community. 

The targeted community is defined as the students of the Racine Unified School District, which is currently estimated at 20,000 and includes students in grades K-12.
The Collaborative includes individuals from law enforcement, county government, judiciary, behavioral health, philanthropy, advocacy, and education. 

There is a Leadership Coordinating Committee comprised of community stakeholders in leadership roles that meets monthly to provide leadership, support and guidance for Collaborative initiatives. 
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Funding for this Collaborative comes from the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program. 

Learn more at the project website.

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Aims

CUPH is the evaluation partner for the Collaborative. The evaluation goal is to identify base line and monitoring data for Racine County to make informed decisions regarding children’s mental health programming, status of service delivery within the County and identify gaps in service.

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Partners

• Racine County Human Services
• Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Community Services
• Children's Service Society of Wisconsin d/b/a Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Community Services
• Johnson Foundation at Wingspread
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Racine County
• Professional Services Group
• Racine Community Foundation
• Racine Unified School District
• United Way of Racine County
• Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare

Team

Josh Lang, MS
Kaija Zusevics, PhD
​Carrie Stehman, MS