Dr. Sonja Frison (The Center for Youth, Family and Community Partnerships) received new funding from Sandhills Center, LME, for the project “The Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health Partnerships.”
The Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health Partnerships (JJBH) is a statewide initiative designed to provide a continuum of care for juvenile justice involved youth with behavioral health issues. The North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services works collaboratively with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Juvenile Justice Section to provide resources and supports for 22 local teams within the JJBH network to increase service utilization, enhance services, and infuse evidence based and best practices.
The UNCG Center for Youth, Family and Community Partnerships provides technical assistance and training for this initiative. UNCG’s role in the initiative is to: 1) provide technical assistance activities to the sites and communication about site visits to state level partners; 2) increase avenues and methods of training and information sharing re: state and local partners; and 3) increase awareness and usage of evidence based practices/treatments and best practices for juvenile justice involved youth, and 4) provide data and information to local and state JJBH teams that can be utilized to improve services.
