October 4, 2010
New Orleans, LA
23th Annual State Health Policy Conference
Implementing Health Reform: When the States Go Marching In
Hosted by the National Academy for State Health Policy
Innovative Collaborations: Working Together to Improve Systems of Care For Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth
Preconference Session
Monday, October 4, 10:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, LA
Young people in the juvenile justice system are among our nation’s most vulnerable, facing many behavioral and physical health care problems. In order to meet the complex needs of these youth, states engage multiple systems of care, including Medicaid, mental health and even child welfare systems. During this day-long session participants will have the opportunity to engage in interactive sessions that explore successful models for delivering evidence-based strategies; the role officials and policymakers have in administering these programs in a health reform environment; and promising practices that address the challenges associated with building state, local, and community-based collaborations. Speakers will include state and national experts working to improve the health and well-being of juvenile justice-involved youth. This preconference is geared toward policymakers, officials, researchers and advocates from juvenile justice, mental health, substance abuse, and Medicaid.
This preconference session is supported by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
The online registration form can be found on NASHP’s conference website at: http://www.nashpconference.org
Please contact Rachel Dolan if you have any questions about the content of this meeting or about the agenda (rdolan@nashp.org or 202.238.3334).
Agenda
9:30 – 10:00 a.m., Registration (coffee & light refreshments available)
10:00 – 10:15 a.m., Welcome and Introductions
10:15 – 10:45 a.m., Answering the Call: Making the Case for Multi-System Collaboration
Over 90,000 youth each day are confined to juvenile justice facilities and over 2 million young people are arrested each year. Youth in the juvenile justice system are a vulnerable population with a variety of physical and behavioral health issues. Ensuring that these needs are met will require collaboration and effort across agencies and systems. Speakers will “make the case” for why systems change and interagency collaboration is needed to ensure vulnerable youth get the care they need.
10:45 – Noon, The Quiet Crisis: Girls Health and the Juvenile Justice System
Girls constitute a large and growing proportion of the juvenile justice population. These young women have unique physical and behavioral health needs that are often overlooked. This session will focus on methods and programs to address the complex needs of girls in the system.
Noon – 1:15 p.m., Break and Lunch
1:15 – 2:30 p.m., Innovations in the Delivery of Behavioral Health Services
Many youth involved with the juvenile justice system need mental health or substance abuse treatment. Increasingly larger numbers need of both. Collaboration among state agencies is critical to ensuring the needs of system-involved youth are met. This session will highlight how some states are delivering comprehensive behavioral health services to this population.
2:30 – 2:45 p.m., Break
2:45 – 4:00 p.m., Transitions and Re-entry: Linking Systems to Achieve Better Outcomes
Transitioning from institutional settings back into the community is a critical time for juvenile justice-involved youth. As youth move through the system—sometimes bouncing between settings multiple times before leaving the system completely—increasing the likelihood of the disruption of care. Ensuring smooth transitions between settings, as well as systems of care, is important to ensuring continuity of physical and behavioral health care. This session will highlight systems and processes states and localities have developed for ensuring continuous care as youth re-enter the community or transition between the juvenile justice and foster care systems.
4:00 – 4:15 p.m., Wrap-up and Adjourn