Learn about our Unclaimed Children Revisited project. Learn about our Improving the Odds for Young Children project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction The aims of this study are to examine racial gaps in cognitive and socio-emotional development among boys in early childhood and to identify factors that contribute to early resilience […]
Project: Unclaimed Children Revisited
Learn about our Unclaimed Children Revisited project. This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction Unclaimed Children Revisited Background Unclaimed Children Revisited (UCR) updates Unclaimed Children: The Failure of Public Responsibility to Children in Need of Mental Health Services (1982), a seminal report authored by NCCP’s former director, Dr. Jane Knitzer. The initial report […]
Learn about our Unclaimed Children Revisited project. Executive Summary Over 25 years ago Jane Knitzer, in the report Unclaimed Children: The Failure of Public Responsibility to Children in Need of Mental Health Services, documented policy and program disconnects that meant children and youth with mental health needs and their families did not get the services […]
Learn about our Unclaimed Children Revisited project. Executive Summary The money trail in children’s behavioral health leads to strange and unexpected places. In a time of more and more information about effective practice and historically high levels of child behavioral health funding, it leads to community-level service shortages and poor quality combined with inadequate mechanisms […]