Systems of Care and Funding for Children's Mental Health Services
Statewide Behavior Initiatives,
(2007) 
(PDF: 12kb) was developed by the National Association of State Directors of
Special Education from a brief survey sent to state departments of education. The survey results
explain how states are implementing statewide behavior initiatives for school age children (3- 21 year
olds) using the PBIS model from the University of Oregon.
Children's Mental Health:
An Overview and Key Considerations for Health System Stakeholders, (2005)
(PDF: 215kb) National Institute for Health Care Management
issue paper
Funding for
Children's Mental Health Services: Making the Most of Medicaid, (2005)
(PDF: 131kb) National Governors Association issue brief
Major
Federal Programs Supporting and Financing Mental Health Care, 
(DOC: 467kb)
Created for the Presidents New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (2003)
Pathways to Service Utilization: A Synthesis of Evidence Relevant to Young
Children with Challenging Behavior (May 2003) (PDF: 921kb)
Systems of Service Delivery: A Synthesis of Evidence Relevant to Young
Children With or At Risk of Challenging Behavior (January 2003) (PDF: 1,109kb)
Making Dollars Follow Sense: Financing Early Childhood Mental
Health Services to Promote Healthy Social Emotional Development in Young Children, (PDF: 190kb) (July 2002)
Building Services and
Systems to Support the Healthy Emotional Development of Young Children: An
Action Guide for Policy Makers, (2001) (PDF: 186kb)
by Jane Knitzer
Funding Early Childhood Mental Health Services and Supports (March 2001)
Starting Early Starting Smart:
Key Principles in Providing
Integrated Behavioral Health Services for Young Children and Their Families:
The Starting Early Starting Smart Experience (PDF: 1,587kb)
(Spring, 2001)
Systems of Care: Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health (2001)
- Volume II- Learning from Families:
Identifying Service Strategies for Success (PDF: 479kb)
- Vol. III-Promising Practices in
Early Childhood Mental Health (PDF: 532kb)
- Vol. VII - A
Compilation of Lessons Learned from the 22 Grantees of the 1997 Comprehensive Community
Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program
(PDF: 396kb)