System Development and Implementation Plan Sample Clauses

System Development and Implementation Plan. Experience with previous grantees has demonstrated the importance of sequential development of program activity as well as an on-going strategic planning process. Below is a description of the activities that should be scheduled during each phase of implementation of the cooperative agreement. First-year Activities. The first year of the cooperative agreement will be used to:  Develop a logic model (see Appendix D) of the system of care, which will serve as the basis for strategic plan development. The logic model should, at a minimum, describe the context in which the system of care will be developed, implemented and sustained, the resources available, the activities that will be conducted and the individual, service, and system outcomes expected from the initiative. The logic model should be developed with input from families, youth and other community partners.  Develop a comprehensive strategic plan focused on the development of integrated, cross agency, culturally and linguistically competent, youth- and family-driven processes for financing, managing, coordinating, delivering and sustaining services aimed at improving the health and well-being of children, youth and families in need of services.  Examples to include:  Mechanisms for interagency coordination of funding, including the involvement of the State Medicaid Office, State agencies and primary health entities;  Maximization of Medicaid revenue;  Development of the infrastructure, policies, procedures and processes that enable the use of integrated plans of care across agencies;  Evidence of full participation of culturally and linguistically diverse youth and families in all activities, including but not limited to strategic planning, infrastructure development, implementation and sustainability of tasks and functions associated with the initiative;  Development of a cultural and linguistic competence plan that will infuse all aspects of the system of care with cultural values, beliefs, processes and practices that reflect the diversity of the population(s) of focus;  Development of partnerships with medical schools and/or other institutions of higher education such as universities, graduate or doctoral programs, public or private foundations;  Processes for working with the education system (this may include incorporating Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) as one of the adopted practices within the initiative or the enhancement of integrated school-based mental hea...