TY - JOUR
T1 - Building capacity in child welfare to screen for mental health challenges
T2 - Lessons learned
AU - Taylor Bishop Scott, J.
AU - Abraczinskas, Michelle
AU - Johnson, Virginia A.
AU - Cook, James R.
AU - Kilmer, Ryan P.
AU - Daniels, Erskine N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The Johns Hopkins University Press.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Background: Children involved in child welfare services are at high risk for emotional and behavioral problems that are not adequately identified and treated. As part of a federal review, Youth and Family Services (YFS), child protective services in Charlotte, North Carolina, was informed that they must improve their response to youth needs, particularly regarding mental health, or face losing millions of dollars in federal funding.Objectives: We have described herein an effort to build agency capacity for identifying mental health needs through a community–university partnership and share lessons learned about implementing the new process.Methods: Community and university partners came together to develop a mental health screening pilot for one Youth and Family Services (YFS) district.Lessons Learned: Community–university partners across all levels of a hierarchically structured agency must work together to align implementation of partner activities with system-level goals. Recommendations for collaboration, from a stakeholder perspective, are also described.
AB - Background: Children involved in child welfare services are at high risk for emotional and behavioral problems that are not adequately identified and treated. As part of a federal review, Youth and Family Services (YFS), child protective services in Charlotte, North Carolina, was informed that they must improve their response to youth needs, particularly regarding mental health, or face losing millions of dollars in federal funding.Objectives: We have described herein an effort to build agency capacity for identifying mental health needs through a community–university partnership and share lessons learned about implementing the new process.Methods: Community and university partners came together to develop a mental health screening pilot for one Youth and Family Services (YFS) district.Lessons Learned: Community–university partners across all levels of a hierarchically structured agency must work together to align implementation of partner activities with system-level goals. Recommendations for collaboration, from a stakeholder perspective, are also described.
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U2 - 10.1353/cpr.2014.0024
DO - 10.1353/cpr.2014.0024
M3 - Article
C2 - 25152100
AN - SCOPUS:84906988990
SN - 1557-0541
VL - 8
SP - 187
EP - 195
JO - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
JF - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
IS - 2
ER -
