Adolescent Mental Health Variables
"","",""
"","State Choices to Promote Quality","State Choices to Promote Quality"
"","Require certification by a state agency or board for newly hired school counselors (2006)[1]","Require certification by a state agency or board for newly hired school social workers (2006)[1]"
"National","48","46"
"Alabama","Yes","Yes"
"Alaska","Yes","Yes"
"Arizona","Yes","No"
"Arkansas","Yes","Yes"
"California","Yes","Yes"
"Colorado","Yes","Yes"
"Connecticut","Yes","Yes"
"Delaware","Yes","Yes"
"District of Columbia","Yes","Yes"
"Florida","Yes","Yes"
"Georgia","Yes","Yes"
"Hawaii","Yes","Yes"
"Idaho","Yes","Yes"
"Illinois","Yes","Yes"
"Indiana","Yes","Yes"
"Iowa","Yes","Yes"
"Kansas","No","No"
"Kentucky","Yes","Yes"
"Louisiana","No[2]","Yes"
"Maine","Yes","Yes"
"Maryland","Yes","Yes"
"Massachusetts","Yes","Yes"
"Michigan","Yes","Yes"
"Minnesota","Yes","Yes"
"Mississippi","Yes","Yes"
"Missouri","Yes","No"
"Montana","Yes","Yes"
"Nebraska","Yes","Yes"
"Nevada","Yes","Yes"
"New Hampshire","Yes","Yes"
"New Jersey","Yes","Yes"
"New Mexico","Yes","Yes"
"New York","Yes","Yes"
"North Carolina","Yes","Yes"
"North Dakota","Yes","Yes"
"Ohio","Yes","Yes"
"Oklahoma","Yes","Yes[4]"
"Oregon","Yes","Yes"
"Pennsylvania","Yes","Yes"
"Rhode Island","Yes","Yes"
"South Carolina","Yes","Yes"
"South Dakota","Yes","Yes"
"Tennessee","Yes","Yes"
"Texas","No[3]","No[3]"
"Utah","Yes","Yes"
"Vermont","Yes","Yes"
"Virginia","Yes","Yes"
"Washington","Yes","Yes"
"West Virginia","Yes","No"
"Wisconsin","Yes","Yes"
"Wyoming","Yes","Yes"
NOTES AND SOURCES
"1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State-Level School Health Policies and Practices: A State-by-State Summary from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2006. Table 4.5. Accessed Mar. 5, 2010, from www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/SHPPS/2006/summaries/pdf/State_Level_Summaries_SHPPS2006.pdf."
"2. Personal communication from the state indicates that this policy is in place, as of October 2010."
"3. Data not available."
"4. Personal communication from the state indicates that this policy is not in place, as of October 2010."