The Stoneleigh Foundation and Georgetown University’s Center for Youth Justice hosted a virtual convening featuring an update on the groundbreaking Multi-Systems Integration Pilot Program in Pennsylvania’s Delaware and Erie counties and a conversation with cross-system leaders on the program’s successes and challenges.
Systems of care have historically struggled to work in a collaborative and effective manner to meet the complex needs of youth who are involved in multiple public systems, such as child welfare, youth justice, behavioral health, and education. In Pennsylvania, an innovative new program was launched in 2023 to strengthen these efforts. The Multi-Systems Integration Pilot Program draws upon the lessons and best practices of two national-model initiatives: the Pennsylvania Care Partnership, a service delivery approach that builds partnerships to create a broad, integrated process for meeting families’ needs; and the Crossover Youth Practice Model, an organizational approach designed to support youth who are fluctuating between the child welfare and youth justice systems.
This webinar examined the benefits of multi-systems integration, including: more coordinated and collaborative cross-system work; improved information-sharing, and a better use of youth- and family-centered teaming approaches in case practice. Most importantly, the webinar highlighted the child welfare, youth justice, behavioral health, and education-related outcomes that resulted at both a process- and population-level in Delaware County.
SPEAKERS
Shay Bilchik, JD (moderator)
Stoneleigh Fellow | 2020-2025
Research Professor and Founder & Director Emeritus
Center for Youth Justice, Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy
Kisha Brown
Administrator for the Office of Data, Statistics, and Quality Improvement
Department of Human Services, Delaware County
Jeremy Curtis
Assistant to the Superintendent for Student Services
Chichester School District
Melanie Govan
Supervisor, Staff Development
Juvenile Court and Probation Services, Delaware County
Honorable Deborah Krull
Judge
Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County
Laura Kuebler
MSI Liaison
Department of Human Services’ Office of Mental Health, Delaware County
Meghan Ogle, PhD
Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow | 2021-2023
Research Analyst
Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission
Gretchen Sidler
Placement Administrator, Children & Youth Services
Department of Human Services, Delaware County
Michael Umpierre
Director
Center for Youth Justice, Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy
