Each week on “Caring About Seniors,” our hosts sit down with those who are hard at work in the community, making sure our elders are properly cared for. This week, Al Bagocius and Adrienne Houghton speak with Dr. Christine Cauffield from LSF Health Systems.
LSF Health Systems provides funding and oversight for a network of 62 Behavioral Healthcare organizations providing services to indigent, uninsured or underinsured Floridians who live with mental health and/or substance use disorders. We are a non-profit, community based organization, contracted by the Florida Department of Children and Families to manage and develop regional system of behavioral health care services. Our responsibilities include assessing, planning, allocating and monitoring the use of state funds to meet the unique and specific behavioral health needs of each region. We serve approximately 1.2 million Floridians throughout our 23 counties in northeast/north central Florida. Our population includes children, adolescents, adults, families and seniors. We have a Training Institute that provides trainings including CEU’s to healthcare professionals, public and private industry, both virtually and in-person. We offer a podcast-MindRedefined-that has listeners nationally and now in 5 international countries. We have a 24/7 Access to Care lined that is staffed by our clinical team who link callers to the various community resources in our 23 counties. Our other Divisions include Clinical Services, Housing, Community Engagement, Child Welfare Integration, Care Coordination and Network Management.
For more info, visit lsfhealthsystems.org.
