Health Histories
Approximately 20% of all children have a diagnosable mental disorder with those in poverty less likely to get help.
This comprehensive evaluation provides findings from the Casey Foundation’s five-year Mental Health Initiative (MHI) for Urban Children, implemented in the early 1990s. The MHI created innovative ways of delivering culturally appropriate, family-focused mental health services to children in high poverty, urban communities, and worked with states to improve the policies and practices supporting these services. Readers get a feel for what worked through background information, major accomplishments, reform challenges, lessons learned and in-depth case studies.