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Challenges and Opportunities in Childrens Mental Health: A View from Families and Youth
This report documents critical issues in childrens mental health policy and service delivery from the perspective of stake-holders in the family and youth movement. The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) convened the meeting that this report summarizes,
Challenges and Opportunities in Childrens Mental Health: A View from Families and Youth
Best Practices in Policy for Childrens Mental Health Consultation Meeting with Stakeholders: Family and Youth Perspectives.
It was designed to solicit guidance from families and youth involved in the child mental health field to support a research study entitled Unclaimed Children Revisited. Among the key findings of the meeting was that through a family and youth lens, many effective practices, some with supporting policy, have emerged but not been taken to scale. Another set of core findings was that family members and youth acknowledged the gains made in childrens mental health but cited obstacles to improved outcomes for children and families, such as service limitations, provider attitudes and training, lack of services integration, fiscal constraints, a weak infrastructure, and a sparse array of services. The report describes participants perspectives on the status of family and youth support and advocacy systems.
It also highlights selected current innovative interventions directed or heavily influenced by parents, youth, and community advocates that strengthen family and youth influence in mental health policy and service planning and advance improved mental health outcomes for children, youth, and families.
AUTHORS
Sarah Dababnah, M.P.H., is a Research Analyst at NCCP who works on the Unclaimed Children Revisited project.
Janice Cooper, Ph.D, is a Senior Research Associate for Childrens Mental Health at NCCP. She joined NCCP to work on Unclaimed Children Revisited, a series of policy and impact analyses of mental health services for children, adolescents,
and their families.
The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is the nations leading public policy center dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well-being of Americas low-income families and children. Using research to inform policy and practice, NCCP seeks to advance family-oriented solutions and the strategic use of public resources at the state and national levels to ensure positive outcomes for the next generation. Founded in 1989 as a division of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, NCCP is a nonpartisan, public interest research organization.
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