Chris Stormann, PhD

Senior Research Associate
Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

Currently, his work with the Begun Center includes areas such as criminal justice (e.g., Cuyahoga County’s Second Chance Act and the Local Incarceration Project), child welfare (e.g., Finding Families Implementation with The Village Network at Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services), Children and Family services (e.g., evaluation services for the Family and Children’s First Council of Cuyahoga County) and adolescent mental health (e.g., Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Service’s SAMHSA awarded expansion grant for implementing systems of care).

Dr. Stormann’s prior experience includes involvement as Lead Evaluator with the Neighbor-to-Neighbor Program developed by the West Side Community House. He has also worked with the Eureka! Ranch as Director of Research, the program and his research receiving profile coverage on CNN, in Advertising Age, and on National Public Radio.

Dr. Stormann has served on the Advisory Board of The National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health Family-to-Family Initiative.

Q: Why is your work at the Begun Center important to you, to our community, and to the world? A day doesn’t pass by without something in the news about crime and violence. If you have not been impacted directly the odds are high that someone you know and care about has been affected directly. I am fortunate to work with a dedicated group of people in the support the programs and initiatives to improve the well-being and safety of children and families.

Q: What is a cause about which you are particularly passionate? I support a number of wetland conservation efforts and I like to build and restore nesting habitats. I also raise ducks on my farm in Geauga County.

Awards and Honors

"Appreciation of Visionary Work” Award
National System of Care Conference

Publications

Selected Publications

Sheehan, A., Mantueuffel, B., Stormann, C. & King, T. (2008). Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement. In B. A. Stroul and G. M. Blau (Eds.) The System of Care Handbook: Transforming Mental Health Services for Children, Youth, and Families (SCCMH) (pp. 329-358). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing.

This book addresses the urgent need for individualized, coordinated mental health care, the only one-stop reference for establishing, evaluating, and improving services and systems of care for children and adolescents with mental health challenges and their families. The cornerstone of the highly-respected Systems of Care for Children’s Mental Health series, this comprehensive volume helps administrators, program developers, and clinicians from mental health and partner child-serving systems skillfully navigate every key issue they may encounter on the road to effective service delivery. Weaving the latest research and best practices into a single accessible handbook, more than 60 expert contributors give readers the in-depth, practical knowledge they need to develop comprehensive, community-based, coordinated systems of care for youth with mental health challenges and the families caring for them.


Stormann, C., Hussey, D., Lin, Y. & Wonhee, K. (2014) “Implementation to Indications of System Maturity: The Data Driven Evolution of the Cuyahoga Tapestry System of Care.” The 27th Annual Research Conference Proceedings: Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference (March 2nd to March 5th, 2014) (pp. forthcoming). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

Munson, M., Hussey, D. Stormann, C. & King, T. (2009) “Voices of parent advocates within the systems of care model of service delivery.” Children and Youth Services Review, 31(8), (pp. 879-84).

Stormann, C., & Flannery, D. (2008) "Conduct Disorders and Moral Development." In F. Clark Power, Ronald J. Nuzzi, Darcia Narvaez, Daniel K. Lapsley and Thomas C. Hunt (Eds.), Moral Education: A Handbook, Volume 1, A-L, (pp. 94-96). Westport CT: Preager Publishers.

Stormann, C., & Flannery, D. (2008) "Violence and Moral Development." In F. Clark Power, Ronald J. Nuzzi, Darcia Narvaez, Daniel K. Lapsley and Thomas C. Hunt (Eds.), Moral Education: A Handbook, Volume 2, M-Z, (pp. 465-466). Westport CT: Preager Publishers.

Munson, M. M., Hussey, D. L., Stormann, C., & King, T. (2008). "Unpacking the role of parent advocates within a systems of care model." In C. Newman, C. J. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. M. Friedman (Eds.), The 21st Annual Research Conference Proceedings: A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health, Expanding the Research Base (February 24 to February 27, 2008) (pp. 35 – 36). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

Hussey, D. L., Stormann, C., Dague, B., & Ols, K. (2008). "Implications of cross- system findings from Cuyahoga County system of care research." In C. Newman, C. J. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. M. Friedman (Eds.), The 21st Annual Research Conference Proceedings: A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health, Expanding the Research Base (February 24 to February 27, 2008) (pp.256 – 257). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

Chamlin, M. & Stormann, C. (2000). "Educating the Public About the Police: The Lima PSA Project." A report submitted to the National Institute of Justice. http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/181083.pdf

Presentations

“Juvenile Reentry Within the Context of Ohio’s Deincarceration Efforts.” Tampa, FL at the 29th Annual Research Conference Proceedings: Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference

“Family Finding in Cuyahoga County.” Cleveland, OH

“CQI Development in Systems of Care.” Washington DC at Systems of Care Conference

“Wraparound Fidelity Monitoring: Using Process to Improve Outcomes in the Child Welfare System.” Tampa, FL at the 28th Annual Research Conference Proceedings: Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference

“Wraparound Fidelity Monitoring: Using Process to Improve Outcomes in the Child Welfare System.” Cleveland, OH at Case Western Reserve University Showcase

“Measuring Wraparound in a System of Care Project.” Tampa, FL at Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference

Stormann, C., & Timmons-Mitchell, J. (2014, March). Wraparound Fidelity Monitoring: Using Process to Improve Outcomes in the Child Welfare System. Poster session presented at the 27th Annual Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference, Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

Hussey, D. L., Stormann, C., Lin, Y., & Kobulsky, J. (2014, March). Convergence of the Caregiver Information Questionnaire (CIQ) and Official Child Protective Services Date in Screening for Child Abuse. Poster session presented at the 27th Annual Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference, Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

Ferreira, K, Hodges, S., Schrepf, S., Stormann, C. & King, T. (2013, April). "Learning Collaborative: Engaging Families in Evaluation." Learning Community Webinar hosted by the Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health. Rockville, MD, May 30.

Groner M., Rex, D., Stormann, K. & Stormann, C. (2012, July). "Continuous Quality Improvement Methodologies to Improve Client Outcomes. Institute for the 2012 Training Institutes." Improving Children’s Mental Health Care in an Era of Change, Challenge, and Innovation: The Role of the System of Care Approach, Orlando, FL, July 25-29.

Stormann, C., Hussey, D., Falletta, L. & Eng, A. (2012, March). Empirical Validation of a Wraparound Team’s Consensus Approach for Determining Case Success. Poster submitted (forthcoming) for The 25th Annual Research Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference, Tampa, FL, March 4-7.