Serving youth through systems integration

Overcoming Barriers Many communities are accustomed to believing that the laws and policies within their jurisdictions are more restrictive than beneficial, discouraging systems integration efforts.\n Research and Analysis Through surveys or interviews, committee members conduct qualitative research by sharing their experience with how the current legal and policy framework shapes the system. Foster parents, social workers, teachers, probation officers, mental health care providers, and other mentors often meet children who are like David-children raised in environments that have not supported a happy, healthy, and thriving childhood. (Author)

Publication Date: 
2008
Pages: 
14-17
Volume: 
14
Issue: 
4
Journal Name: 
Children's Voice