Statewide Family Support Network
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Education/Awareness

The SFSN Program provides education and community awareness regarding child and adolescent mental health through a variety of methods.  TVC provides booths at professional conferences and community events such as health fairs and distribute Fact Sheets on children's mental health diagnosis and treatment, newletters, program brochures and descriptions

The SFSN Program is also working to increase parent participation on committees and councils that determine policy at the local, state, and national level concerning children and adolescent mental health.  These include the seven Regional Planning Councils for the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disability (TDMHDD), a number of TennCare committees, and the System of Care Stakeholders Committee.

May is national Mental Health Awareness month, and one week during this month focuses on Children's Mental Health.  SFSN staff help develop Children's Mental Health Week (CMHW) coalitions around the state.  These celebrations are annual events that help promote, celebrate and raise awareness of children's mental health issues.  This year there are seven sites across Tennessee that will be celebrating CMHW.  Outreach specialists chair/co-chair coalitions, fund raise and help plan the event in their area.  They also recruit volunteers to help with celebration activities.