Recent federal legislation calls for child welfare agencies and Medicaid to develop mechanisms for assuring youth in foster care receive appropriate health and mental health services, including medications.
Lawrence Palinkas is a PI on 2 grants and a co-PI on 1 grant to Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago and a co-PI on 1 grant to Dartmouth College, and is mentioned in 1 news article.
The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.