Sponsor
This work was supported by funding from the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, United States Department of Education, and the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services (NIDRR grant H133B090019).
Published In
The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
4-2015
Subjects
Young adults with mental disabilities -- Services for, Community-based social services, Social work with youth
Abstract
People engaged in efforts to improve services to emerging adults with serious mental health challenges have reached the conclusion that service change at the program or agency level is not sustainable without related changes at the systems or policy level. This article focuses on one set of efforts to create intentional system change at both the community and state levels. These changes were pursued by states and communities that received grants under the federally funded Healthy Transitions Initiative (HTI), with the aim of creating more effective services for emerging adults with serious mental health conditions. The article reviews the development of a measure to assess systems change efforts at the state and community levels and describes the findings that emerged when the measure was used to assess the change that occurred in the HTI sites over a period of approximately three and a half years.
DOI
10.1007/s11414-014-9452-5
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30542
Citation Details
Walker, J.S., Koroloff, N. & Mehess, S.J. J Behav Health Serv Res (2015) 42: 254.
Description
This manuscript was published online December 24, 2014 in the Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-014-9452-5
© National Council for Behavioral Health 2014