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Interagency Collaboration Team

The Orange County Interagency Collaboration Team is a forum for family representatives, program leaders, and policy level administrators from local schools, courts, and government to work together, facilitate communication, and promote a creative, effective and efficient community services system which supports children and their families.

Together, these local government agencies, schools, and community agencies work together to streamline services for children, families, and individuals work to improve efficiency, minimize duplication of services, and build collaborative relationships.

Members include representatives from Orange County Departments, Orange-Ulster BOCES, and the Orange County School Boards Association.

Goals and Objectives

Juvenile Justice

  • Develop an effective response for Runaway/PINS children and families.
  • Continue monitoring Orange County PINS activities and delinquency related issues.

Educational Success

  • Promote and support continuation of PBIS implementation.
  • Maintain focus on at-risk students; monitor school and community services.
  • Develop the idea that we should be focusing on educational success rather than attendance.
  • Explore ways to improve and support students' and parents' "connectedness" to schools.

Social | Medical | Psychological

  • Support OCDSS  monitoring/development of preventative programs in the community including updated information on homelessness and other issues.
  • Maintain connection to Healthy Orange; support programs and activities.
  • Develop a focus on, and support public health/mental health issues.

Communications and Partnerships

  • Assess and support communication and coordination between schools and community agencies.
  • Identify and promote best practices in area of communication (schools and community).
  • Assess and improve, where possible, the efficiency of the flow of information about needs/services.

Family and Youth Focus

  • Ensure family and youth representation in community planning as well as their individual service planning.
  • Ensure family and youth community connectedness.
  • Increase/assess availability and information regarding services in the community.

Economic Security