Can an organizational intervention alter the culture and climate of mental health service programs for youth and result in improvement in staff attitudes, services delivered, and outcomes for recipients?
The first phase of the study will examine how the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) develops their plan to disseminate ACE research evidence and clarify whether the State and other key policy partners have developed content ...
The Child Welfare League of America in partnership with the Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children, Youth and Families will host a series of meetings with key researchers and practitioners in child welfare and other related fields.
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.
California and several counties in Ohio are currently undergoing a large, federally funded trial investigating an attempt to implement an evidence-based, statewide foster care program (Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care, or MTFC) with the help of Community Development Teams (CDT).
Maciolek will use this Distinguished Fellows award to learn what current research is revealing about the adoption and implementation of evidence-based interventions in the children’s mental health field.
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.
