This collection of papers presented at a 1996 conference on children's mental health focuses on financing strategies of systems of care. Individual papers have the following titles and authors: (1) "Arizona's Implementation of Managed Care in the Public System: A State's Perspective" (Stephen Perkins and Valinda Mores); (2) "The Effect of Intermediate Services on the Cost of Treating Children & Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Problems: A Preliminary Inquiry" (Robert C. Saunders); (3) "Do Intermediate Services Save Money? A System-Level Perspective" (E. Michael Foster and others); (4) "The Impact of Managed Mental Health Care on Child and Adolescent Dispositions in a Regional Emergency Mental Health Service" (Stephen C. Young and others); (5) "The Cost of Residential Schools for Children with Severe Emotional Disturbance" (Christine S. Spenser and Richard G. Frank); and (6) "A Comparison of Children and Adolescents Funded by Medicaid and Commercial Insurance in an Inpatient Psychiatric Facility" (Carol Valera Jacobson and others). (Individual papers contain references.) (DB)