In 2013 Crawford County became a partner county in the PA System of Care (SOC). SOC works in partnership with youth and families to integrate the child-serving systems including the Child Welfare, Mental Health, Drug & Alcohol, Juvenile Justice and Education systems to be more family and youth driven, coordinated, cost-effective, and trauma informed in providing services and supports. The SOC popu
lation of focus is children, youth and young adults from birth – 21 years and their families who have complex behavioral health challenges and multi system involvement. The county leadership team is SOC's governance group comprised of family and youth representatives who serve as equal partners with the senior leadership of drug and alcohol, education, human services, juvenile justice, mental health and other community organizations. The Crawford County SOC Partnership has selected high-fidelity wraparound (HFW) as a direct support for identified youth with multi system involvement. Crawford County Human Services provides HFW services through MHY Family Services, Inc. A 5 member team comprised of a supervisor/coach, facilitator, family support partner and youth support partner assist families and youth navigate the service system to meet their individual needs. For more information on HFW visit www.yftipa.org or contact us through this page. Crawford SOC initiatives and aligned activities include: Peace4Crawford (trauma informed and resilient county www.peace4crawford.org), the Annual Trauma Informed and Resilient Communities Conference, the Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Program, H.O.P.E Meadville.
