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2023 – 2025 Community Health Improvement Plan

Access to Healthcare Action Plan

chronic disease

Chronic Disease and Chronic Disease Risk Factors Action Plan

Mental Health and Well-being Action Plan

Mental Health and Well-Being Action Plan

Behavioral Health Task Force

Child and Youth Behavioral Health Task Force

 
 

About

The Williamson County Child and Youth Behavioral Health Taskforce is a subcommittee of the Williamson County Behavioral Health Taskforce and includes school districts, private and nonprofit organizations, public agencies and other stakeholders interested in improving the behavioral health of Williamson County youth and families.
Vision: The youth and families of Williamson County will be supported by a seamless, integrated continuum of school/community services and supports that:
  • promote behavioral health and well-being.
  • enable the early identification of concerns, and
  • ensure the use of the least intervention needed when concerns arise.
STEP UP Texas is a project funded by the U.S. Department of Justice to bring trauma-informed and restorative practices training and implementation support to school districts, law enforcement, and the judicial system to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in engagement with the juvenile justice system (JJDPA Title II, Part B, Core Requirement 4). It is a partnership between The University of Texas at Austin, Williamson County Juvenile Services, and STARRY. Initially funded in 2021, STEP UP Texas began providing training in Williamson County, Texas while also convening a Task Force of community and organizational stakeholders to better understand local challenges and possible solutions. In 2022, STEP UP Texas received additional funding to include implementation support alongside the training and to expand its reach to additional jurisdictions in Texas.
With this funding, Williamson County STEP UP Texas Task Force participants defined specific areas of activity that could be mobilized to address the challenges and opportunities identified during group discussions across the Sequential Intercept Modeling process. These opportunities were narrowed down to a list “priorities for change.” Once the full list of priorities was established participants were given three votes, with the goal of identifying five priorities for action planning. The top five priorities established through this voting process were identified and key objectives and action plans were developed for the top five priorities for change identified through the voting process described above. These top five priorities were integrated into the 2023-2025 CHIP.
2023-2025 CHIP Objectives

CHILD AND YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TASK FORCE ACTION PLAN

Social and Structural Determinants of Health Action Plan

Social and Structural Determinants of Health Action Plan