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Funding Expanded School Mental Health Programs

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Handbook of School Mental Health

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Mental health services for students across the developmental spectrum are often limited and difficult to access (National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2008). For example, about 70 % of school-aged children and adolescents with a mental health disorder do not receive treatment (Greenberg et al., 2003). Because education in the USA is an entitlement for all children, schools have been identified by the federal government as a natural setting and best site to provide mental health treatment and prevention services due to the large number of children and adolescents who can be reached in a school location (Anglin, 2003). In recognition of the value of providing services directly where students are, over the past 20 years, policies and programs that integrate mental health services into schools have flourished, and research continues to demonstrate their positive impacts on educational and mental health outcomes of students. The Surgeon General’s report on Children’s Mental Health (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2000) and the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, 2003) while identifying schools as a major setting for providing mental healthcare utilization children and adolescents did not address funding issues related to how to finance these recommended services. Developing and sustaining funding streams to support the delivery of school mental health services and prevention programs continues to be an obstacle at local, state, and national levels (Evans et al., 2003).

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    Nicole L. Cammack, Nicole Evangelista Brandt, Eric Slade, Nancy A. Lever & Sharon Stephan

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    Nancy A. Lever

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Cammack, N.L., Brandt, N.E., Slade, E., Lever, N.A., Stephan, S. (2014). Funding Expanded School Mental Health Programs. In: Weist, M., Lever, N., Bradshaw, C., Owens, J. (eds) Handbook of School Mental Health. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7624-5_2

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