ABSTRACT
The Fort Bragg Child Mental Health Demonstration Project is an innovative approach for providing a comprehensive, organized system of mental health and substance abuse services to approximately 46,000 children of military families who are eligible for the Civilian Health and Medical Services Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). These children, under age 18, reside in the Fort Bragg catchment area, a 5,000 square mile area within a 40-mile radius of Fayetteville, NC. The project strives to improve services to children by making available and linking together a wide range of community-based mental health and substance abuse treat ment services into a comprehensive continuum of care; that is, a seamless system of services. Through ongoing review of each child's treatment program, the positive features of managed care are used.
