title: Integrating child welfare, juvenile justice, and other agencies in a continuum of services.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Howell
authors.forename: Marion R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Ronald L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Mangum
mesh_terms: 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*