The Deputy Mayor for Education announces the first annual independent evaluation of the programs of the Interagency Collaboration and Services Integration Commission (ICSIC). The report highlights the many accomplishments of the ICSIC, including:
- The DME has established a serious and credible process, with monthly meetings that involve the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor for Education, and the key child-serving agency heads that focus on the achievement of broad, crosscutting goals for the District’s children and youth.
- Nearly 250 hours of training were provided during 22 training events conducted by nationally recognized, credentialed trainers. More than 300 DCPS, MPD and DMH staff received intensive training in at least one of five evidence-based programs.
- During the first eight months of operation, the DC START pilot project served a client population of 109 children in 7 schools. Masters level clinicians were trained in both Child-Centered Play Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy over a two week period before being deployed to the schools, where principals are reporting that the program is having a positive impact.
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