Ingham County’s System of Care

Impact is a partnership of child- and family-serving agencies working together with youth and families to provide coordinated services for children with serious emotional disturbance (SED). Impact strives to build and enhance home- and community-based services for young people involved with the juvenile justice system and/or Department of Human Services.
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Ingham County System of Care Earns National Recognition

Impact System of Care won three national awards from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) at the Summer 2011 System of Care Community Training held in Chicago. The awards are:

• Gold ECCO Award in the internal communications category for the 2010 Report to the Community Calendar, newsletters and the redesigned website.
• Bronze ECCO Award in the Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day event category for the 2010 youth art and talent show.
• Silver HEE Award in the data dissemination category for the 2010 Report to the Community Calendar.

The Excellence in Community Communications and Outreach (ECCO) Recognition Program is sponsored by SAMHSA’s Caring for Every Child’s Mental Health Campaign of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Service Program for Children and Their Families. The Honoring Excellence in Evaluation (HEE) awards are sponsored by SAMHSA’s Caring for Every Child’s Mental Health Systems of Care public awareness team. SAMHSA awarded a six-year grant to launch the Ingham County system of care in 2005.