OVERVIEW Niagara County joined the NYS Success Learning Collaborative in the second year (fall 2014) of the NYS Success grant. The SOC team has engaged multiple stakeholders, as well as youth and families, who have joined the cross-system workgroup. Niagara County participated in the NYS Success System of Care Readiness Assessment and Implementation Measurement Scale (SOC-RIMS) pilot to “determine the readiness status, so that planning and implementation can be based on the identified strengths and weaknesses of the current community system, as perceived by stakeholders”. Then the Niagara SOC team used its follow up SOC-RIMS findings from February 2016 to guide its continued SOC work. Mission: It is the mission of the CNOC in Niagara County to identify current services for children and their families, as well as the gaps in services, and encourage collaboration among all. Vision: It is the vision of the CNOC in Niagara County to provide a coordinated network of services and supports that meets the needs of children and families in Niagara County. These services and supports are child and family directed; community-based; and respectful to situations, cultures, privacy, and primary language spoken. GOALS Build a cross-system System of Care Develop guiding principles that incorporate the SOC values and principles Increase Cultural & Linguistic Competence of child and family serving providers within the community Incorporate SOC work into the Niagara County Plan County Team Lead Niagara County Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Co-facilitators: James Graziano, Contract Planner: James.Graziano@niagaracounty.com, Telephone: (716) 439-7410 Myrla C. Gibbons Doxey, MA LMFT, Deputy Director, Myrla.Doxey@niagaracounty.com, Telephone: (716) 439-7410 SOC TEAM Catholic Charities of Western New York Monsignor Carr Institute Community Missions of Niagara Frontier, Inc. Empower Family & Children’s Services Hillside Children’s Center Independent Living of Niagara County Leadership Niagara Lewiston Porter Central School District Lockport City School District Lockport Treatment Court Mental Health Association in Niagara County New Directions Youth & Family Services, Inc Niagara County Department of Health – Children with Special Needs and Public Nursing Niagara County Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Niagara County Probation Niagara County Department of Social Services Niagara Falls City School District Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Children’s Health Homes – Close the Gaps Niagara University Northpointe Council, Inc. NY Connects Niagara County Orleans – Niagara BOCES Parent Network of WNY Planned Parenthood of WNY Western NY Children’s Psychiatric Center Western NY Developmental Disabilities Regional Office – (Office of Persons with Developmental Disabilities) Youth Mentoring Services in Niagara County