Integrating child welfare, juvenile justice, and other agencies in a continuum of services.
This article presents a comprehensive strategy framework for integrating mental health, child welfare, education, substance abuse, and juvenile justice system services. It proposes an infrastructure of information exchange, cross-agency client referrals, a networking protocol, interagency councils, and service integration models. This infrastructure facilitates integrated service delivery.
Howell
James C
JC
University of South Carolina, USA.
Kelly
Marion R
MR
Palmer
James
J
Mangum
Ronald L
RL
D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003256:Community Participation; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008484:Medicaid; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012935:Social Justice; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*