The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice serves as home to a number of inter-related projects that are all designed to improve the ability of the juvenile justice and treatment systems to more effectively identify and respond to youth with mental health needs at critical points of contact within the juvenile justice system. For detailed information about the Center's activities, please click on the titles below.
The MacArthur
Initiative on Mental Health and Juvenile Justice:
Undertaken in conjunction with the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators
(CJCA) and with support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Mental Health and Juvenile Justice: Building a Model for Effective Service Delivery
Undertaken in conjunction with the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (CJCA), and with support from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), and the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS).
Undertaken in conjunction with the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (CJCA) and the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD), and with support from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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