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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2003
Child welfare directors in 19 states and juvenile justice officials in 30 counties estimated that in fiscal year 2001 parents placed over 12,700 children into the child welfare or juvenile justice systems so that these children could receive mental health services. Neither the child welfare nor the juvenile justice system was designed to serve…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Welfare, Delivery Systems, Eligibility
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Ringeisen, Heather; Henderson, Kelly; Hoagwood, Kimberly – School Psychology Review, 2003
Reviews have identified mental health interventions that are relevant to schools; unfortunately, this research pays insufficient attention to the school context. Several aspects of school context likely influence the ability of schools to change current practices or adopt new ones. Relying on an organizational framework, a three-level model of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Educational Environment
Kysor, Daniel F. – 1995
The service delivery model of the Pennsylvania Children and Adolescent Service Systems Program (CASSP) is explained, and the 1983 federal initiative that launched this system is discussed. The federal CASSP initiative was developed to improve systems of care to ensure that the underserved population of children and adolescents with severe…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Children, Coordination
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Zanglis, Iris; Furlong, Michael J.; Casas, J. Manuel – Behavioral Disorders, 2000
During the implementation of a cross-agency, co-located service delivery system, the number of youths eligible for public mental health services in Santa Barbara County increased from 956 to 1,826 and the number of youths eligible for special education services for students with emotional/behavioral disorders increased from 101 to 204. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Children
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1979
Because ill-clothed, sick, or hungry migrant children learn poorly, the Task Force has emphasized the migrant health situation in 1979. Migrant workers have a 33% shorter life expectancy, a 25% higher infant mortality rate, and a 25% higher death rate from tuberculosis and other communicable diseases than the national average. Common among…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Communicable Diseases
Nelson, C. Michael; Pearson, Cheryll A. – 1991
This book is intended to provide an information base for policy and program planners developing collaborative interagency programs for children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Its focus is on the multiagency planning and services required by such children and their families. Guidelines for program development are presented…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Child Advocacy, Court Litigation