Deborrah A. Bremond This is Me

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   Deborrah A. Bremond, Ph.D., M.P.H. Program Administrator, Alameda County Children and Families Commission, San Leandro, CA

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   Deborrah A. Bremond, Ph.D., M.P.H. Program Administrator, Alameda County Children and Families Commission, San Leandro, CA

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   Deborrah A. Bremond, Ph.D., M.P.H. Clinical Psychology Maternal and Child Health Administrator
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   Deborrah A. Bremond, Ph.D., M.P.H.
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   Deborrah A. Bremond, Ph.D., M.P.H.
   
   Maternal and Child Health Administrator
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   Deborrah is a native Californian currently living in Oakland. She is married and the grandmother of four young children. Deborrah is trained as a clinical psychologist specializing in the field of infant and family mental health. She worked for 20 years in a variety of mental health settings serving infants and families. In 1998, she returned to school because she was searching for the language to frame the absent dialogue relative to preventive mental health and the importance of promoting mental wellness within parent/infant relationships. In 1998 California voters passed Proposition 10, the initiative that increased the state tobacco tax and dramatically augmented funding for early childhood development programs. The legislation directed counties "to create and implement a comprehensive, collaborative and integrated system of information and services to promote, support and optimize early childhood development from prenatal care through five years of age". In 1999 Deborrah was hired by the Alameda County Children and Families Commission and is responsible for designing and implementing family support services and linking those services to child care and the broader community. The challenge is to develop blended funding models for service integration that embraces the continuum of family need from primary prevention to treatment. In her spare time, Deborrah enjoys reading, singing and walking along the ocean.
   
   Project: Pathways to Community Wellness: Developing integrated models of service delivery for families with young children prenatal to five.
   
   As a Mid-career Fellow, Deborrah is facilitating a systems integration agenda with two human service agencies: (1) Behavioral Health Care Services and (2) Social Services Agency-Children and Family Services. Both agencies provide tertiary level care/services to children and families. Deborrah is working closely with Behavioral Health Care Services to integrate promotion and preventive mental health services by helping to define an Early Childhood Mental Health system that identifies and assists families experiencing mental health stressors and problems. Social Services Agency in collaboration with Every Child Counts is developing a community-based Alternative Response System that offers intensive family support services when a referral is made to Child Protective Services, but the family does not meet the legal mandate for services. Deborrah's project will track the process by: (1) defining clear definitions, goals and principles; (2) formulating implementation supports; (3) developing collective accountability and (4) moving the systems integration agenda forward through the development of blended funding strategies. For additional information please check the web site at www.ackids.org.
   
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