The Mental Health Services Program for Youth.
This paper traces the development of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Mental Health Services Program for Youth, a private initiative designed to improve the organization, financing, and delivery of service to seriously mentally ill youth. The rationale and structure of this five-year initiative are discussed. In July 1989, 12 one-year development grants were awarded under the program's first phase. All of the grantees propose to utilize a number of strategies to restructure their mental health financing systems. Other common features include: the development of central intake units, early identification mechanisms, stronger utilization review protocols, and unified client tracking mechanisms.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ 08543.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005381:Financing, Organized; D005582:Foundations; D006289:Health Planning Support / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014481:United States