Hawaii Families As Allies

SAMSHA Statewide Family Networks: HFAA is the recipient of a grant from the Subsistence Abuse Mental Health Services Administration SAMSHA as part of a larger core of family fund organizations across the nation who are making a difference in their communities. We are responsible to further dedicate our community including various stakeholders and other organizations about keeping children's mental heath and related services and supports top of mind. We inform and educate families about available resources to learn more about their child's diagnosis participate on stateside and local communities to change our perspective about children's mental health and importance of access to care. To date HFAA has serviced about 576 families and served on 7 different committee workgroups in a year. The service is state-wide.

Community Service Board of Middle Georgia: HFAA provides training workforce guidance and technical assistance to the State of Georgia's MC3 programs which focuses on providing authentic peer support to families who have children with mid-level diagnosis. To date HFAA has trained 80 peers and collaborates with 5 different behavioral health organizations to ensure the peer support workforce is trained and well supported with practice implementation tools