Frequently Asked Questions

 

KidsNet Georgia Questions & Answers

Q: What is the relationship between KidsNet Georgia and the KidsNet Sites?

A: KidsNet Georgia is a time limited federally funded project at the state  level, which is working statewide to improve the system of behavioral  health services for children and adolescents and their families and to  support community based systems of care. The KidsNet sites are active,  local systems of care serving children and adolescents and their families in  a family-driven, youth-guided, community-based approach. KidsNet  Georgia supports the work of the KidsNet sites, and the KidsNet sites  participate in the statewide planning and improvements occurring through  KidsNet Georgia. 

Q: When will the federal grant funding supporting KidsNet Georgia stop?

A: Funding of the Georgia Child and Adolescent State Infrastructure Grant  (CASIG) started in October 2004. In October 2008, Georgia entered the  fifth and final year of CASIG funding, and is likely to be approved for a  sixth year so the project can use the funds that it saved from  previous years. The CASIG funding will be finished at the end of  September 2010.    

The State Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Coordination (SAC) grant is a three year grant which began in October 2005. SAC completed the final year of the grant in August 2008, and will have a forth year to spend the grant funds saved from the third year. The SAC funding will be finished at the end of July 2009.

Q: Will the improvements supported by the CASIG and SAC grants stop when  the grant funding stops?

A: The KidsNet Georgia (CASIG/SAC) Project has focused its efforts on  making improvements that will continue past the CASIG and SAC grant  funding. The Project activities are planned so they are integrated into the  state system and will not be over when the grants are over. The KidsNet  Georgia Collaborative serves as the advisory body for the PRTF waiver  grant in addition to CASIG and SAC, and the PRTF waiver grant is funded  through October 2012. The Collaborative has been so successful in bringing  together the various agencies and stakeholders with families and youth  to improve behavioral health services that it may continue even after the  PRTF funding ends.