Invisible Children’s Project: Sites

In 2000, the National Mental Health Association (NMHA) received funding from the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), to take the Invisible Children's Project (ICP) to the national level.

Five Mental Health Associations (MHAs) were selected in 2000 through a competitive process to receive training, technical assistance and a modest grant award to lead community-based coalitions in a consensus-building process around ICP. These pilot sites engaged in collaborative strategic planning to explore the needs of families in which a parent has a mental illness.

The sites considered the feasibility of replicating ICP in their local communities, conducting needs assessments and surveying providers and consumers. Additionally, they advocated for needed reforms and policy changes, and some began ICP program implementation. Following the conclusion of the one-year planning grant from NMHA, all of the pilot sites remained engaged in their ICP work, committed to advocating for and serving families in which a parent has a mental illness.

In 2002, NMHA received additional funding from CMHS and the E.H.A. Foundation to further the work begun in the 2000 pilot project. Five MHAs were competitively selected to participate in Phase II of the ICP initiative. Four of the five are will engage in a similar process as those in Phase I, while one MHA was selected from the Phase I group to continue their work begun in 2000. Phase II MHAs will receive funding and technical assistance from NMHA from June, 2003 to May, 2002.

The following are the MHA ICP sites:
Phase I

1. MHA of Charlottesville-Albemarle, Charlottesville, VA
2. MHA of Columbia-Greene Counties, Hudson, NY
3. MHA of Greater Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
4. MHA in Passaic County, Clifton, NJ
5. MHA of the Southern Tier, Binghamton, NY

Phase II

1. MHA of Dutchess County, NY
2. MHA in Passaic County, Clifton, NJ
3. MHA of Sacramento, CA
4. MHA of Southeastern PA
5. MHA of Texas

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This project is funded by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); and The E.H.A. Foundation.