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Solutions for Obtaining Mental Health Care

Resources to assist in overcoming barriers to obtaining mental health care.

The Center for Linguistic and Cultural Competence in Health Care Office of Minority Health The Center collaborates with Federal agencies and other public and private entities to enhance the ability of the health care system to effectively deliver culturally competent health care to populations with limited English-speaking skills. CWLA Standards of Excellence for Health Care Services for Children in Out-of-Home Care Child Welfare League of America (2007) CWLA standards focus on health services that are primarily arranged and monitored by public child welfare agencies or by voluntary agencies under contract to provide of out-of-home services. Places to Watch: Promising Practices to Address Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare Services (PDF - 1620 KB) Center for the Study of Social Policy (2006) Summarizes approaches and strategies being implemented in ten jurisdictions to reduce racial disproportionality in child welfare services. Strategies to Expand Services in Rural Areas National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (2003) View Abstract Teleconference that highlights the efforts of States to expand services in rural areas and make them more accessible to children and families by promoting collaboration and service development in rural communities.

Commission Reports
President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (2003)
Identifies policies that could be implemented by Federal, State, and local governments to maximize the use of existing resources, improve coordination of treatments and services, and promote successful community integration for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance.

Financing Behavioral Health Services and Supports for Children, Youth and Families in the Child Welfare System: A Report of National Survey Findings (PDF - 7.5 MB)
McCarthy & Le (2008)
Provides descriptions of the types of financing strategies that are being implemented across multiple States and communities, describes the types of financing strategies employed within individual States, and offers insight into how these financing strategies are being implemented.

Improving Quality of Care for the Most Vulnerable Children, Youth, and Families: Finding Consensus
Child Welfare League of America (2005)
A detailed plan for change across service systems identifying different steps to improve the quality of care at the national, State, and local levels.

Mental Health Links - Rural Mental Health
National Mental Health Information Center
Clustered links from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Mental Health Information Center.

National Center for Cultural Competence
Center for Child and Human Development at Georgetown University
Provides a conceptual framework and model for achieving cultural competence when working with children and families of a different cultural background.

Report of the Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health: A National Action Agenda
Department of Health and Human Services (2000)
Outlines goals and strategies to improve the services for children and adolescents with mental health problems and their families.

Resources for Improving Mental Health Services for Low-Income Children
Welfare Information Network
Resources for Welfare Decisions, 5(10), 2001
Highlights activities in the Federal Government and in four States designed to address the needs of children with mental health problems, particularly in the context of more comprehensive, community-based services.

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Updated on April 22, 2009