Introduction Federal Programs for Child Mental Health Services Principles for a Successful Funding Strategy Blending or Braiding Federal Funds Using Federal Funds Effectively Entitlements and Permanent Authorities How States Use Federal Entitlement and Block Grant Funds Discretionary Programs Plug the Gaps Matrix of Federal Entitlement and Block Grant Programs to Support Systems of Care for Children with Serious Mental and Emotional Disorders Collaborations for Interagency Systems of Care Who Collaborates? First Steps to Take Getting Down to Business Barriers to Overcome Keeping Collaborations Going Managing Change in Difficult Times Conclusion Notes Further Readings Tables 1. Purposes of and Constraints in Major Federal Programs 2. Discretionary Federal Programs Supporting Services and Activities of Interagency Systems of Care for Children with Mental Health Needs Principles for a System of Care for Child and Adolescent Services

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Using Federal Programs to Support Interagency Systems of Care for Children with Mental Health Care Needs

Clearly, much more can be done to increase coordination and expand families’ access to needed services. However, states and localities can also use existing federal programs in a coordinated manner to finance the widest possible array of services for children of all ages and income groups. This issue brief is produced to help them do so.

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About This Issue Brief

© 2003 Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington D.C. Reproduction of this issue brief all or in part is authorized for noncommercial advocacy or educational purposes with full attribution to the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.

The brief was written by Chris Koyanagi, Ron Boudreaux and Elizabeth Lind, and edited and designed by Lee Carty and Christopher Burley. Its development, production and distribution were funded by the William T. Grant Foundation, with additional support provided through the Bazelon Center’s general program by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Evenor Armington Fund and the Public Welfare Foundation.