Please renew your organization's annual MOU for the present calendar year. Please note new language in this MOU was added for 2024.
Building Resilience in Essex Families (BRIEF) Coalition and Essex County Community Services Annual Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for BRIEF Coalition Members:
Background
The Building Resilience in Essex Families Coalition (BRIEF) convenes Essex County NY's community-based services and supports focused on prevention.
● BRIEF’s vision is for all families in Essex County to reach their full potential and achieve
wellness.
● BRIEF’s mission is to promote proactive Systems of Care that focus on education,
encourages empowerment, builds resilience, and reduces stigma for all families in Essex
County.
Purpose
The BRIEF Coalition structure enables the convening of the stakeholders and partners that create Essex County’s Systems of Care (SOC). The SOC framework is a coordinated network of services and supports that are organized to meet the physical, mental, social, emotional, education, and developmental needs of children and their families.
BRIEF’s work to improve Essex County’s Systems of Care (SOC) requires cross-system partnerships with the common goal of addressing community needs; partnering in active problem solving; and developing/maintaining a broad array and continuum of services supporting
SAMHSA's trauma-informed guidelines and
SOC Values that include Accountability, Family Driven & Youth Guided; Community-Based; and Cultural & Linguistic Competency. Learn more about BRIEF at www.essexcountyny.gov/BRIEF