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Home > Content Specialties > Youth Involvement > Get Connected > Youth Matter!

These articles, featured in the TA Partnership Newsletter, discuss the impact of young people within systems of care in determining the mental health services and supports provided to children, youth, and their families. Articles also explore ways for youth to become more involved in systems of care.

October 2008

Youth Involvement Coordinators: A Critical Role in System of Care Transformation
Explains the importance of youth involvement coordinators in helping to ensure system of care mental health services that are youth guided.

May 2008

System of Care Communities Celebrate Children’s’ Mental Health Awareness Day
Read about how the system of care sites and young people organized to reduce stigma and to celebrate National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day 2008.

December 2007/January 2008

Youth MOVE
Highlights the emerging work of Youth MOVE National, a youth-led organization committed to advocating policy change for youth with mental health challenges at the local, state and national level.

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