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Act and Adapt
A DePaul University professor is expanding the use of Act and Adapt, a program that identifies middle schoolers in Chicago’s public school system who show signs of depression or anxiety and offers resources to help.
Launched in 1992 and in operation for seven years, this initiative sought to create more effective, family-centered mental health services in four disadvantaged urban neighborhoods. The sites established family centers, intensive case management projects, enhanced school supports and violence prevention.
A DePaul University professor is expanding the use of Act and Adapt, a program that identifies middle schoolers in Chicago’s public school system who show signs of depression or anxiety and offers resources to help.
JDAIconnect, the online community for JDAI practitioners and everyone who cares about youth justice, shares log-on instructions for existing and new users.
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This study provides data-driven guidance for developing and implementing early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC) programs for the increasing number of very young children manifesting behavior problems.
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What happens when kids visit hospital emergency rooms for behavioral health concerns? Spoiler alert: The results aren’t pretty. This report spells out exactly how America’s emergency departments are failing young behavioral health patients — and outlines a 10-part, policy-driven prescription for change.
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This report adopts a family and youth perspective to discuss what isn’t working — and what can be done about it — in regards to children’s behavioral health policies and services. It is the byproduct of a meeting hosted by the National Center of Children in Poverty and shares the views of 16 stakeholders in the child behavioral health field.
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A comprehensive evaluation of the three main components implemented in the Casey Foundation’s five-year, community-wide project to improve mental health services in very poor inner-city neighborhoods and to decrease public monies being spent on social services.
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This evaluation of a past Casey demonstration project examines mental health delivery to high poverty inner-city kids. This distinctively different venture hitting governance, service delivery and policies/procedures included many types of kids, focused on prevention, tapped community-based delivery settings and involved parents.
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This is a comprehensive evaluation of the institutional change efforts presented during the Casey Foundation’s five-year, community-wide project to improve mental health services in very poor inner-city neighborhoods while decreasing public monies spent on social services.
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The document provides a summary of a two-day meeting where researchers, evaluators and other key stakeholders discussed evaluating comprehensive community initiatives. Challenges, best practices and examples from experts are highlighted.