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Sheila Pires, MPA

Biography: Sheila Pires received a Master’s degree in English Literature from Georgetown University in Washington, DC and an MPA in Public Administration from Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. Ms. Pires has 30 years of experience in health and human services, was a co-author of the children’s issue brief for the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, serves as Senior Consultant to the Children in Managed Care Initiative at the Center for Health Care Strategies, and works closely with states in designing financing strategies to support more integrated service delivery for children with serious emotional disorders and their families.

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Key Publications On-Line:

Stroul, B., Pires, S.A., Armstrong, M. I., McCarthy, J., Pizzigati, K., & Wood, G.M., (2008). Effective financing strategies for systems of care: Examples from the field—A resource compendium for developing a comprehensive financing plan (RTC study 3: Financing structures and strategies to support effective systems of care, FMHI pub. # 235-02). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI), Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

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Pires, S.A., & Wood, G. (2007). Issue brief 2: Effective strategies to finance family and youth partnerships (RTC study 3: Financing structures and strategies to support effective systems of care, FMHI pub. #235-IB2). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI), Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

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Armstrong, M., Pires, S., McCarthy, J., Stroul, B., Wood, G., & Pizzigati, K. (2006). A self-assessment and planning guide: Developing a comprehensive financing plan. Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health.

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Armstrong, M., Pires, S., Stroul, B, & Wood, G. (2005). Critical financing strategies with system-level outcomes, indicators, data sources, and data analysis plan. Tampa, Florida: University of South Florida, Dept. of Child and Family Studies, Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health.

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Pires, S. A., & Grimes, K. E, (2005). Health care reform tracking project (HCRTP): Promising approaches for behavioral health services to children and adolescents and their families in managed care systems — 8: Clinical decision making approaches for child/adolescent behavioral health care in public sector managed care systems. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI), Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health. (FMHI Publication #211-8)

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Huang, L, Stroul, B, Friedman, R, Mrazek, P, Friesen, B, & Pires, S (2005). Transforming mental health care for children and their families. American Psychologist, 60(6), 615-627.

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Stroul, B., Pires, S., Armstrong, M. & Zaro, S. (2002). The impact of managed care on systems of care that serve children with serious emotional disturbances and their families. Children’s Services: Social Policy, Research and Practice, 5(1), 21-36.

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Stroul, B.A., Pires, S.A., & Armstrong, M.I. (1998). Health care reform tracking project: Tracking state health care reforms as they affect children and adolescents with behavioral health disorders and their families — 1997 Impact Analysis. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI), Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health. (New FMHI Publication #213-1, formerly FMHI Publication #167) No PDF available.

 

Stroul, B. A., Pires, S. A., Roebuck, L., Friedman, R. M., Barrett, B., Chambers, K. L., & Kershaw, M. A. (1997). State health care reforms: How they affect children and adolescents with emotional disorders and their families. Journal of Mental Health Administration, 24(4), 386-399.

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