National
Centers
Other Projects
The National Center for
Medical Health and Juvenile Justice
The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice was
established in July 2001 to assist the field in developing improved policies
and programs for youth with mental health disorders in contact with the
juvenile justice system, based on the best available research and practice.
The Center is supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation, and operates current projects with funding from the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The
Center aims at providing a centralized national focal point that pulls
together and links the various activities and research that are currently
underway, maximizing the awareness and usefulness of new products and
learnings, and using the best available knowledge to guide practice and
policy.
http://www.ncmhjj.com
Statewide Family and Consumer
Networks Technical Assistance Center
The Statewide Family and Consumer Networks Technical Assistance Center
(FCN TA Center) is a SAMHSA-CMHS funded TA center that provides technical
assistance to CMHS funded Statewide Family Network grantees and Statewide
Consumer Network grantees. The Center's methodology uses a wide range of
technical assistance approaches to strengthen the networks in numerous
critical areas including data reporting, network enhancement, organizational
leadership and long term financial sustainability
.
http://www.policyresearchinc.org/fcnhome
The Mental Health/Juvenile
Justice Action Networks
The Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Action Network,
sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, was created
to establish a leadership community of states at the forefront of mental
health and juvenile justice. Four Partnering States (Colorado, Connecticut,
Ohio, Texas) were selected to join the four Models for Change States
(Illinois, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Washington) in this endeavor. These
eight states, through their participation in the Action Network, have been
afforded the unique opportunity to work closely with other states interested
in and committed to improving the response to youth with mental health needs
in contact with the juvenile justice system, with the assistance and support
of leading experts from across the country. The expectation is that the
lessons learned from this experience will be widely disseminated to other
jurisdictions across the country, in an effort to spur the development of
similar improvements and accelerate the pace of change within youth serving
systems.
http://www.modelsforchange.net/action/justice
Projects
About Us
Contact
Home