Youth of color are full of promise; they are courageous, intelligent, creative, curious, bold, and resilient. An investment strategy placing them at the center and addressing the structural barriers that keep them locked out of social, emotional, and economic prosperity because of their race/ethnicity, gender, and/or zip code is both fiscally…

This report details the development of a comprehensive and coordinated continuing education program of mental health training for professional and paraprofessional workers engaged in the delivery of human services to clients who live in a special catchment area formerly known as the Model Cities areas of Savannah, Georgia. The thrust of the…

This collection of papers describes the interagency collaboration of Georgia agencies that serve students with emotional and behavior disorders (EBD). The first paper, "Overview and State Perspective" (P. Paulette Bragg and Phillip H. Pickens), describes the problems facing Georgia by placing students with EBD in state hospitals, private…

This document reports on the comprehensive evaluation of the Georgia Life Skills for Mental Health program, a primary prevention program designed to provide students with the opportunity for learning basic intrapersonal and interpersonal skills to handle stress, respond to major life decisions, and form more satisfying interpersonal relations…