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The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice was established in July 2001 to assist the field in developing improved policies and programs for youth with mental health disorders in contact with the juvenile justice system, based on the best available research and practice. The Center, which is operated by Policy Research, Inc. in Delmar, NY in partnership with the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (CJCA), is supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and operates current projects with funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The Center aims at providing a centralized national focal point that pulls together and links the various activities and research that are currently underway, maximizing the awareness and usefulness of new products and learnings, and using the best available knowledge to guide practice and policy.

Last Updated: 05/22/2008 new & noteworthy Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology on Evidence-Based Treatments Registration Open for 2008 Systems of Care Training Institutes Journal Article Features Policy and Research Recommendations Related to Evidence-Based Practice Youth Issues to be Featured at National Institute of Justice Conference Journal Article on Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments News article highlights prevalence of mental health problems in Texas juvenile detention center Click here to read about these items. Click here for archived items.

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