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Overview

Selected Readings

1. Funding Mental Health Services for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Challenges and Opportunities, by Kamradt, B. Delmar, NY: National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, 2002.
   
   
2. Critical Challenges in Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Juvenile Offenders, by Mears, D. Justice Policy Journal, 1(1), 2001.
   
   
3. The Courage to Change: A Guide for Communities to Create Integrated Services for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System. Delmar, NY: National GAINS Center for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System, 1999.
   
   
4. Performance-Based Standards for Juvenile Correction and Detention Facilities, by Loughran, E., Godfrey, K. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999.
   
   
5. Working Together for Change: Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System Cross-Training Curriculum, by Boesky, L., Trupin, E. Delmar, NY: National GAINS Center, 2000.
   
   
6. Involving Families of Youth Who Are in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System, by Osher, T., Hunt, P. Delmar, NY: National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, 2002.

Resources

1. The Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project- Coordinated by the Council of State Government
   http://www.consensusproject.org
   
   
2. GAINS Cross-Training Curriculum http://www.ncmhjj.com/curriculum/juvenile/index.htm
   http://www.ncmhjj.com/training/
   
   
3. Juvenile Law Center Curriculum http://www.jlc.org/home/juvenilejustice/curriculum.htm
   
   
4. The Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center
   http://www.jrsa.org/jjec/
   
   
5. Grant opportunities from Federal grant-making agencies
   http://www.grants.gov

References