This webinar was offered to states participating in the initiative “Improving Diversion Policies and Programs for Justice Involved Youth with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders: An Integrated Policy Academy/Action Network Initiative.” This initiative is an effort to increase the number of youth with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders diverted out of the […]
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America’s Youngest Outcasts: A Report Card on Child Homelessness
Nearly 2.5 million children across the United States, or one in thirty, experienced homelessness in 2013, up some 8 percent on a year-over-year basis and an historic high, a report from the National Center on Family Homelessness at the American Institutes for Research finds. According to the report, America’s Youngest Outcasts: A Report Card on […]
The Continuity of Risk: A Three-City Study of Congolese Women-At-Risk Resettled in the U.S.
This report presents recommendations for the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, which is responsible for resettling 50,000 Congolese refugees in the United States by 2019. The recommendations are based on a study of refugee women from the Democratic Republic of Congo who have resettled in the United States after decades of unrest in their homeland. Researchers […]
Better Together in the South: Building Movements across Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation
This briefing paper examines the challenges and opportunities that arise when we connect movements, organizations, constituencies, and issues for racial justice with those for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) liberation in the U.S. South. This paper highlights trends and organizing initiatives affecting the lives of Southern LGBT people of color. Population of focus: Lesbian, Gay, […]
Critical Case Tracking Committee: Reporting and Tracking System to Identify At-Risk Individuals
NNEDLearn 2014 Participant: Mental Health Providers of Western Queens Description: The Critical Case Tracking Committee (CCTC) is a multi-level reporting and tracking system designed to identify at-risk and high need recipients and to provide guidance and support in their treatment and care. Specific CCTC functions include: Provide clinical consultations and suggest relevant therapeutic interventions to psychotherapists and supervisors Coordinate […]
Network Adequacy and Health Equity: Improving Health Insurance Provider Networks for Communities of Color
This brief describes the barriers that people of color face disproportionately in gaining access to necessary health care, components of an adequate health care provider network, and policies to help achieve such networks in private insurance plans. Topics include health disparities; geographic distribution, numbers, and types of health care providers; transportation, language, and culturally-competent care; […]