Kids Living Well meets the last Thursday of each month from 9 – 10:30 a.m. There is no meeting in July and there is a combined November/December meeting, usually in early December. Currently, we are meeting virtually.

Contact [email protected] to receive notices of meetings.

09-26-2024

• What is NAMI
• NAMI Central Texas
• NEW Integral Care Youth Crisis Respite Program!
• Minutes Coming Soon!

08-29-2024

• Minutes

07-25-2024

• Summer Vacation

06-27-2024

• Minutes

05-30-2024

• Minutes

04-25-2024

• Caleb Alford - The Arc of the Capital Area
• Minutes

03-28-2024

• IDD Intake and Program Overview,” Integral Care, Amber Jones, Ellyn Eisenberg, Jeff Marin
• Minutes

02-29-2024

Neurosequential Modeling by Casey Family Programs Holly Parks LCSW Family Engagement Liaison  and Amy Frere LCSW-IPR Supervisor Prevention & Permanency Services – Sarah Rees

• NM Ten Tip Series
• NM Core Concepts 
• Meeting Minutes 

01-25-2024

Member program presentations

• Sonia Hartman, Travis County
• Tesleigh Eure, Integral Care
• Erica Bitar, Youth Advocacy Programs
• Meeting Minutes 

12-07-2023

• Susan Milllea and Charelle VanBrakle, United Way for Greater Austin 
• Meeting Minutes

10-28-2023

• Family Engagement Presentation - Nida C. Heston, LMSW, CFP-M - Texas System of Care
• Meeting Minutes

09-28-2023

• 88th Legislative Session Updates related to LGBTQIA+ Youth, Arlene Cornejo, M.Ed., M.S., MCHES
• Meeting Minutes

08-31-2023

• CMHP- Mid-Point Review
• Kids Living Well Executive Committee Form 
• Meeting Minutes

07-27-2023

• Summer Vacation

06-29-2023

• Agency Updates from the following Kids Living Well partners
  • Any Baby Can, Diana Perez, Lead Social Worker
  • Austin Child Guidance Center, Brittany Golden, Interim Executive Director
  • Communities In Schools, Dorothy Garza, Senior Director of Mental Health Services
  • Dell Children’s Medical Center, Briana Wells, Social Work Supervisor, and Regan McGahan, Director Mental Health Service Line
  • LifeWorks, LeShawn Arbuckle, Division Director of Counseling Services
  • Wonders and Worries, Jordan Ruch, Outreach Manager
• Children's Mental Health Acceptance Day
• Meeting Minutes

05-25-2023

• Youth Substance Use – Trends and Concerns, Laura Stevens Merola, M.Ed., LPC, Assistant Director of Clinical Excellence, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School
• Meeting Minutes

04-27-2023

• Meeting Minutes

03-30-2023

• Travis County Community Partners for Children and the CRCG, Courtney Baldwin, Travis County Juvenile Probation CRCG Coordinator, and Sonia Hartman, Travis County System of Care Manager
• Meeting Minutes

02-23-2023 Kids Living well Meeting

• Kids Living Well input on priority strategies to focus on for the final years of the 2021 Travis County Plan for Children’s Mental Health and Substance Misuse
• Meeting Minutes

01-26-2023 Kids Living Well Meeting

• Children’s Mental Health and Substance Use Issues  88^th Legislative Session, Josette Saxton, Texans Care for Children, and Leela Rice, Texas Council
• Meeting minutes

12-08-2022 Intensive Children's MCOT presentation, election of Co-Chair and Ugliest Sweater Competition

• Intensive Children's MCOT, Jacqueline Boutros, LCSW-S MCOT Program Manager
• Meeting minutes

10-27-2022 Kids Living Well is the Governance Board for the new System of Care Grant

• Integral Care has received a SAMHSA System of Care Grant through Texas HHSC. View this presentation outlining the scope of the System of Care, Stacy Spencer, LCSW-S Integral Care Practice Administrator
• Meeting minutes

09-22-2022- Safety Planning Workshop- Nick Kendrick, Dell Children's Medical Center - presentation outlining Safety Planning workshop

• Meeting minutes -

08-25-2022 FQHC’s and services offered (Lone Star Circle of Care and CommUnity Care

• Dr. Kathleen Butler of Lone Star Circle of Care reviewed how LSCC integrates health and mental health care for children. Sara Otero presented about CommUnityCare Health Centers and how they integrate health and mental health care.
• Kids Living Well 08-25-2022 minutes

06-30-2022 Travis County Juvenile Probation Department Program Overview-

• TCJPDP Overview, Courtney Baldwin and Teressa Williams
• Meeting minutes 

05-26-2022 SAFE Alliance Overview

• Vincent Tovar, presenter. For information on SAFE Alliance, please go to www.safeaustin.org
• Meeting minutes

04-28-2022 Youth Substance Use

• Youth Substance Use: What substances are causing the most concern and what treatment options exist, Katie McCormick, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, the University of Texas at Austin
• Meeting minutes

03-24-2022 Children's Mental Health Crisis Response

• Child Focused MCOT Update, Samantha Montemayor Integral Care - MCOT Intensive- KLW Presentation Samantha Montemayor - Integral Care
• Wraparound and How to Access it in our Community, Nick Kendrick - Ascension - DCMC Wraparound Services, Nick Kendrick -Ascension

02.24.2022 - Overview of Wraparound Services in Travis County

• YES Waiver, Wendy Ramirez, Integral Care
• The Children's Partnership, Sonia Hartman, Travis County HHS
• Meeting Minutes 02-24-2022 

01.27.2022 - Presentation by Region 13 Mental Health Liaison and discussion of     Henry McMahon Award

• Henry McMahon Nomination Form
• Region 13 Liaison Presentation, JoEllen Goldsberry, Integral Care, Region 13 Mental Health Liaison
• Meeting Minutes 01-27-2022

12.09.21 - Bridging Care Through School Partnerships, Dr. Puja Patel, Dell Medical Center and Wendy Salazar, Integral Care

• Meeting Minutes 12-09-22
• TCHATT & CPAN Presentation, Dr. Puja Patel and Wendy Salazar

10.28.21 - Legislative Update - Policies impacting children and youth, Josette Saxton, Texans Care for Children

• Texas Legislative Update
• Meeting Minutes

9.30.21 - Implementation priorities for the Travis County Plan for Children's Mental Health and Substance Misuse. Kids Living Well members reviewed goals, objective and strategies of the Plan and identified priorities to focus on in 2022.

• Meeting Minutes

8.26.21 - Autonomous but Not Alone: Navigating Students through Drug-Related Risk, Mar Padilla, Cardea

• Autonomous But Not Alone Presentation
• Autonomous But Not Alone Toolkit
• Meeting Minutes 08-26-21

7.29.2021 - Gender Dysphoria

• Gender Dysphoria Presentation, Dr. Lena Laxton, Austin Oaks Hospital
• Meeting Minutes

6.24.21 - Children's Crisis Services - Dell Children's Medical Center and Integral Care

• Presentation - Integral Care Crisis Services
• Presentation - Dell Children's Medical Services ED Crisis Services
• Meeting Minutes 06-24-21

5.27.21 Neurosequential Modeling, Dr. Teri Wood, Trust-Based Relational Intervention & Brain Development Coordinator at Austin Independent School District

• Meeting Minutes