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Program and Grant Development and Quality Monitoring
Evidence-Based Practices and Grant Development Section, Section Manager – Mary Ludtke
- Develop, manage, and oversee contracts and contract amendments in support of the bureau’s policies and programs
- Apply for grants and manage grants that align with the bureau’s policies and programs unless the grant has been assigned to another area within the bureau
- Develop and manage specialized programs for children’s behavioral health services based upon the availability of grant funding and other special revenue sources
- Support the development and implementation of evidence-based practices and related learning collaboratives through grants and special funding sources
- Support compliance and oversight activities related to contracts, grants, and funding
Family Community and Partnerships Section, Section Manager – Justin Tate
- Develop and implement a family-driven, youth-guided approach for partnering with children, youth, and families in the design and implementation of the bureau’s programs and services
- Build and maintain relationships with other child-serving systems including advocacy organizations, providers, child welfare agencies, juvenile justice providers (state and county-based), and schools
- Build and maintain relationships with other state agencies that provide oversight of child-serving systems such as CSA, SHA, BPHASA, PHA, and MDE
- Support bureau efforts to coordinate implementation of policy, programmatic, and quality improvement projects in collaboration with other child-serving systems
- Support the Clinical Support and Service Navigation Team in making linkages to care in other child-serving systems for children and youth
Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities & Autism Spectrum Disorder Services Section, Section Manager - Mary Luchies
- Serve as the primary resource for IDD and ASD programming for Michigan.
- Autism Council (michigan.gov)
Kim Batsche-McKenzie
Division Director
Batsche-MckenzieK@michigan.gov
Data Monitoring and Quality Improvement Section, Section Manager – Erin Mobley
- Develop a quality monitoring program and identify associated metrics to track utilization and quality of children’s behavioral health services
- Coordinate with SIA and DTMB staff and contractors to implement system changes to support quality reporting and monitoring
- Conduct analyses of children’s behavioral health data to help inform policymaking and operational decisions and identify and incorporate additional data sources to strengthen analyses
- Support the planning and execution of quality improvement projects in alignment with the broader work of the bureau
- Develop and implement a public-facing dashboard that reports key information on access, utilization, and effectiveness of children’s behavioral health services
- Develop systems and processes to capture, analyze, and report on the needs and strengths of children, youth, and families based on the statewide assessment process