I Famagu’on-ta is a Child Mental Health Initiative funded by the Federal Government as a seed money to help Guam develop and sustain a System of Care for children and youth with severe mental health needs and their families.

The mission of I Famgu’on-ta, Guam’s System of Care is to improve the mental health and daily life functioning of children with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED), and maintain the child and family system within the home/community setting.

System of Care is a comprehensive array of mental health and other necessary services and supports organized into a coordinated network to meet the many needs of children and adolescents with severe mental health needs and their families. System of Care is about child-serving agencies (such as GPSS, DYA, DPHSS-CPS, DMHSA, GPD, DISID, GJC-Juvenile Probation and private providers) and families partnering to improve children, youth and their family’s lives.