Workgroups of the BRIDGE Collaborative are always seeking passionate and creative individuals to get involved. Collaborative workgroups meet monthly to share updates across stakeholders, generate and implement new initiatives and filter funding proposals.
Current Collaborative Workgroups include:
SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH: Denise Moody, chair
Workgroup Aim: Support integration of mental health services across providers in school districts/cultures in a way that supports financial sustainability.
2 GENERATIONAL EFFORTS: Shannon brown, chair
Workgroup Aim: Mitigate root causes of risks and threats for families by using a whole family approach in supporting initiatives.
EARLY CHILDHOOD: sandy simar, chair
Workgroup Aim: Promote healthy infant, child and adolescent development by minimizing exposure to harmful and prolonged stress.
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES: Margene Gunderson, Chair
Address trauma through providing healing to children and adults in Olmsted County who have experienced ACES and fostering an environment of a connected and informed community.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH/CRISIS INTERVENTION: Angie Lettner, Chair
Create pathways of behavioral health services that support youth from entrance to exit and that assure continuity of care.