Guam § 93104 - GSOCC Powers, Responsibilities and Duties.

§ 93104. GSOCC Powers, Responsibilities and Duties.

The Council shall:

(a) Monitor the development and implementation of Guam’s

System of Care Plan for children with SED and work to ensure its

sustainability.

(b) Act as the Governing Body for the CMHI cooperative

agreement, including, but not limited to:

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(1) make policy decisions for the CMHI cooperative

agreement;

(2) create liaisons with the legislative and executive branches

of the government of Guam to ensure that needed laws and orders

can be obtained in a timely manner;

(3) develop and uphold formal agreements and memoranda of

understanding between the collaborating child service agencies;

(4) hold the system of care accountable for meeting high

standards of care, including standards for cultural competence and

family involvement, as well as standards of practice that have been

shown to be effective through research and evaluation studies

(such as the ‘Wraparound’ approach to create individual

child/family specific service plans);

(5) ensure that cooperative agreement funds are expended

appropriately within the community;

(6) regularly monitor the clinical and functional outcomes of

the children to insure that services are making a positive

contribution;

(7) be aware of relevant reform efforts on Guam and

incorporate them into the system of care; and

(8) all departments and agencies of the government shall fully

respond to requests for information from the Council within ten

(10) days, and if unable to fully respond therein, shall provide a

reason for inability to timely respond and expected full response

date.

(c) Act as a coordinating body for all system of care resources for

children with serious emotional disturbance on Guam, and act as the

repository for the collection and distribution of research, findings, and

best practice models of treatment for children with SED.

(d) Ensure collaboration and coordination between all stakeholders

serving children with a serious emotional disturbance and their

families, and establish positive working relationships with elected

officials, courts, directors, and community organizations.

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(e) Establish and enforce uniform standards of care for the

treatment of children with a serious emotional disturbance, set the

policy and objective purposes for monitoring and assessing the

provision of services to children with a serious emotional disturbance,

and ensure that this monitoring takes place.

(f) Serve as the primary advocate for the system of care on Guam,

serve as the primary family/consumer interface for feedback and

conflict resolution, and coordinate outreach to and the education of the

entire Guam community regarding the system of care and serious

emotional disturbance.

(g) Contribute to the interpretation of generated data on the system

of care and on children with SED, interpret generated reports on the

system of care and on children with SED, based on this interpretation

make recommendations and reports to the proper agencies on service

provision, and play a lead role in legislation and policy concerning

children with SED and the services they receive.

(h) Work collaboratively with the community to establish a Human

Resources Development Plan to address the need for on-going

assessment of issues surrounding recruitment, supervision, training and

retention of system of care workers in the Pacific region, and to free the

island from the need to hire mainland workers who lack the cultural

competency, knowledge of local methods and traditions, and

permanency of ‘home grown’ workers.

(i) Establish contact and relationships with appropriate regional,

national, and international agencies and organizations which could

support and benefit Guam’s system of care.

(j) Work to expand the system of care model to serve all children

in the community, not just children with a serious emotional

disturbance.

(k) The Council shall submit a report biannually to I Maga’lahen

Guåhan [the Governor] and the Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guåhan [the

Legislature] outlining its accomplishments, specific findings and

recommendations to improve Guam compliance with this policy.