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Funding Mental Health Services for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Challenges and Opportunities

Publication year: 2002 | Cataloged on: Apr. 01, 2008
ANNOTATION: Strategies for funding mental health and substance abuse services for juvenile offenders are described. Sections following an abstract are: introduction; insurance products -- public insurance such as Medicaid and private insurance; other funding approaches -- Medicaid managed care and Title IV-E waivers; other mental health funding sources -- Mental Health Block Grants, TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families), Social Services Block Grant, IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and Office of Justice Programs; best practices in blended funding -- the Wraparound Milwaukee model; and summary and conclusions.
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