http://thriveinitiative.org/

Thrive System of Care helps providers and community organizations transform the way services are delivered to children and families. Thrive trauma-informed trainings and technical assistance are based on these system of care care core values and guiding principles: family driven, youth guided and culturally and linguistically competent.

THRIVE System of Care Initiative helps providers and community organizations in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties transform the way services are delivered to children, families of children, and to youth who are affected by serious emotional and behavioral challenges. Recent estimates put that number at approximately 3,000 annually in the tri-county area.

Thrive’s trauma-informed trainings and technical assistance, its committees and activities are family-driven, youth-guided and culturally and linguistically competent.

Thrive provides Families with a Family Partner who can offer:

• Assistance in learning about available mental health choices
• Support from another parent who has been involved with systems of care
• Empowerment and support to find their voice
• A chance to improve the system for themselves and other families

Thrive offers Youth:

• Assistance in learning about available mental health choices
• Support from other youth who know what it’s like
• Empowerment and support to find their voice
• A chance to improve the system for themselves and other youth

Thrive offers Providers: Trauma-Informed Training and Technical Assistance:

• Training and support in trauma-informed service delivery
• Streamlined referrals
• Help from a Family Partner to plan and facilitate family team meetings
• Training and support for evidence-based practices

Thrive is a partnership of Maine’s Children’s Behavioral Health Services, Tri-County Mental Health Services, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in collaboration with local provider agencies.