Leveraging Technology to Increase Behavioral Health Services Access for Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems: a Cross-systems Collaboration Model

Behavioral health services access for justice- and child welfare-involved youth is limited despite significant need. Structural interventions to address limited access are nascent. Technology can advance access, but few interventions focus on system-impacted youth and their mental health needs and c...

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Published in:The journal of behavioral health services & research 2022-10, Vol.49 (4), p.422-435
Main Authors: Tolou-Shams, Marina, Holloway, Evan D., Ordorica, Catalina, Yonek, Juliet, Folk, Johanna B., Dauria, Emily F., Lehn, Kristiana, Ezimora, Ifunanya, Wiley, Honorable Monica F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access
Adolescent
Adolescent Health Services
Behavioral sciences
Child
Child Welfare
Children
Collaboration
Community and Environmental Psychology
Courts
Drug use
Health behavior
Health Informatics
Health needs
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Health Psychology
Health Services
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Intervention
Juvenile Delinquency - psychology
Juvenile justice
Marijuana
Medical technology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental health
Mental health services
Parole & probation
Psychiatry
Public Health
Technology
Telemedicine
Text messaging
Well being
Youth
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Summary:Behavioral health services access for justice- and child welfare-involved youth is limited despite significant need. Structural interventions to address limited access are nascent. Technology can advance access, but few interventions focus on system-impacted youth and their mental health needs and challenges. This article describes the development, process, and initial outcomes of the Youth Justice and Family Well-Being Technology Collaborative (JTC) that was formed to leverage technology within and across public health and justice-related systems to promote increased behavioral health services access. Cross-system considerations are identified for public health, court, and other key stakeholders to successfully integrate technology into practice to expand access to these critical services.
ISSN:1094-3412
1556-3308
DOI:10.1007/s11414-022-09808-1