Raising Texas Infrastructure

Key Stakeholders / Implementation Team Members

Access to Insurance and Medical Home Stakeholders
Social Emotional Development and Mental Health Stakeholders
Early Care and Education Stakeholders
Parent Education and Family Support Stakeholders

Access to Insurance and Medical Home
Key Stakeholders	Team Member
Office of the Attorney General	Annaliese Helligenstein
Parents as Teachers	Elaine Shiver
Texas Department of Insurance	Diane Longley
Texas Department of State Health Services	Title V - Kim Petrilli Margaret Bruch - THSteps Linda Altenhoff Duane Thomas Anita Freeman - Immunization Branch Lesa Walker - Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Program - Co-Chair Beverly MacCarty - Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Program Shelley Lucas
Texas Health and Human Services Commission	Larry Swift/Harry Barnes - Medicaid/CHIP Tamela Griffin
Texas Health Institute	Liza Creel Camille Miller
Texas Pediatric Society	Carrie Kroll - Co-Chair Laura Sally
Texas Workforce Commission	Anjali Barnes
Zero to Three	Connie Almeida

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Social Emotional Development and Mental Health
Key Stakeholders	Team Member
Advocacy Inc.	Monica Thyssen
Health and Human Services Commission	Tamela Griffin
Mental Health America of Texas	Gyl Wadge Switzer
National Child Care Information Center	Eva Carter
Parents as Teachers	Elaine Shiver
Texas Department of State Health Services	Barbara Fountain - Community Mental Health Programs Sharon Newcomb Kase - Newborn Screening
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services	Jean Origer - ECI
Texas Medical Association	Susan Griffin
Texas Federation of Families	Patty Derr
Texas Head Start Collaboration	LaShonda Brown
Texas Workforce Commission	Anjelica Santacruz
Texas Health Institute	Susan Griffin
Texas Association for Infant Mental Health	Patty Miller Marnie Stone
Texas Infant Mental Health Association	Susan Craven
Texans Care for Children	Josette Saxton
Zero to Three - Court Teams	Connie Almeida - CHAIR

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Early Care and Education
Key Stakeholders	Team Member
Advocate/Consultant	Phyllis Jack-Moore
Collaborative for Children	Carol Shattuck Andrea Francis
Even Start	Beth Thompson
Healthy Child Care Texas	Mary Riggs
National Child Care Information Center	Eva Carter
Parents As Teachers	Elaine Shiver
Texans Care for Children	Eileen Garcia-Matthews
Texas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies	Sul Ross
Texas Association for the Education of Young Children	Jackie Taylor
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services	Michelle Adams Lee Roberts
Texas Department of State Health Services	Title V - Kim Petrilli / Kathy Clatenhoff
Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition	John Gasko Kara Johnson
Texas Education Agency	Cami Jones - Pre K Curriculum Lillie Elizondo-Limas - Pre K Integration Initiative
Texas Head Start State Collaboration Office	LaShonda Brown - CHAIR
Texas Licensed Child Care Association	Tere Holmes
Texas Workforce Commission	Angelica Santacruz
PARENT	TBD

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Parent Education and Family Support
Key Stakeholders	Team Member
University of North Texas	Carla Weir - Texas Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters
Health and Human Services Commission	David Luna Pam Hardin Kendra Sippel Melinda Hester Connie Williams - Office of Family Services
Department of Family and Protective Services	Donna Norris Rachel Samsel
Department of State Health Services	Kimberly Petrilli - Title V
Texas Workforce Commission	Joseph Segovia
Office of the Attorney General	Gilbert Chavez
Nurse Family Partnership	Colleen Quinn
Texas A&M University	Steve Green
Parents as Teachers	Elaine Shiver - Co Chair
Healthy Family Initiatives	Marianne Ehrlich - CHAIR
Texas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies	Valerie Bauhofer
Head Start/Early Head Start	Maia Shelby
PARENT	TBD

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