Better Solutions For Youth With Mental Health Needs In The Juvenile Justice System

In December 2013, the Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Collaborative for Change released a white paper to promote community-based treatment interventions that engage youth and their families who are involved in the juvenile justice system. The Mental Health Juvenile Justice Collaborative for Change is a project of the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice and is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, as part of its Models for Change Resource Center Partnership. The Resource Center Partnership works to advance juvenile justice systems reform across the country by providing state and local leaders, practitioners . . .