The New Hampshire Children’s System of Care (CSoC) began as a joint initiative between the Endowment for Health and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. This partnership, known as the Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative (CBHC), set out to assess and address the strengths and challenges of meeting the behavioral health needs of children and youth in New Hampshire.
In order to achieve this mission, the CBHC sought to implement a system of care model in NH by developing and maintaining an integrated and comprehensive service delivery system for children and youth with behavioral health needs. The model, called Collective Impact, requires a coalition with a common vision, continuous communications, shared activities, and a host organization to serve as the glue.
With these components in place, CSoC has been able to cut across sectors, professional groups and funding silos to improve the behavioral health of children, youth and their families in the Granite State.