ABSTRACT
The children’s mental health care system studied in this research is a community-based program providing mental health services to children with Severe Emotional Disturbances (SED). This project is one of over 125 programs around the country funded since 1993 by a grant from the Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch of the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) in the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), with the goal to develop and encourage system-of-care practices in children’s mental health (Lezak & MacBeth, 2002; Stroul, Blau, & Sondheimer, 2008).
