The Highlights from the Field column has expanded! Each month, one community from each TA Partnership Region will be featured in the column. Brief articles will provide information about innovative and promising activities from system of care communities around the country in the hopes that communities can learn from their peers. Feature articles:
News You Can Use
Children’s Bureau Announces 2007 Discretionary Grant Awards and Awardees
New Web site: The School Mental Health Connection
Senate Approves Children’s Health Bill
Juvenile Justice in the National Spotlight
Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development Now Online
New American Academy of Pediatrics Reports Help Pediatricians Identify and Manage Autism Earlier
SAMHSA Awards $5.4 Million to Five Mental Health Technical Assistance Centers
November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month
Research Update
Promising Practices for Basic Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies Helping Transition Age Youth
A Wealth of Health Resources Online
Trauma Among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Critical Issues and New Directions
What Works: Evidence on Early Child Interventions
Runaway and Homeless Youth: Demographics, Programs, and Emerging Issues
Funding Opportunities
Research on Interventions for Child Abuse and Neglect
Opening date: December 7, 2007
Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program
Application Deadline: December 13, 2007
Grants to Study Co-Occurring Addiction, Mental Health and Medical Disorders
Application Deadline: January 7, 2008
Medical Home Capacity Building for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Application deadline: January 7, 2008
New Jersey Health Initiatives 2008
Application deadline: January 24, 2008
SAMHSA to Fund New System of Care Communities
Application deadline: February 1, 2008
Forecast of Funding Opportunities under the DoE Discretionary Grant Programs for FY 2008
Technical Assistance Partnership News
TA Partnership's Communities of Practice
System of Care Resources
Primary Care: Health supervision guidelines, ADHD, health care transitions
Youth Involvement: Choosing Your Therapist tool, youth and family homelessness prevention
Upcoming Events & Conferences
Involving Families in the Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) Process
November 29, 2007 – 2:30 pm EST
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 2007 Regional Training Program: Police Juvenile Services
December 3-7, 2007 – Charleston, SC
7th Annual Inclusive Schools Week
December 3-7, 2007 (Observance)
The Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health 19th Annual Conference
December 7–9, 2007 – Washington, DC
Youth Homelessness Audio Conference
December 13, 2007 – 3:00 p.m. EST
Clinical Decision Making for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Care
December 20, 2007 – 1:00-2:30 p.m. EST
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare’s 38th National Conference
May 1-3, 2008 – Boston, MA
The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care 2008 National School-Based Health Care Convention
June 25-28, 2008 – Los Angeles, CA