Partnership Guides

Pioneering Transition Programs; The Establishment of Programs that Span the Ages Served by Child and Adult Mental Health
The University of Massachusetts Medical School produced this report for the American Institutes for Research with the purpose of identifying and describing the establishment of pioneering transition programs for individuals with serious mental health conditions.  This report refers to programs that serve youth continuously across the transition age, without disruption due to age changes, and offers general guidelines suggested that other programs can learn from. 

• Read Pioneering Transition Programs in Adobe PDF
• Read Pioneering Transition Programs in Microsoft Word
• Also read NCWD/Youth’s Mental Health Case Study Report, Transitioning Youth with Mental Health Needs to Meaningful Employment and Independent Living

Youth with Disabilities in the Foster Care System: Barriers to Success and Proposed Policy Solutions
National Council on Disability

• Read Youth with Disabilities in the Foster Care System in Adobe PDF
• Read Youth with Disabilities in the Foster Care System in Microsoft Word
• Also read NCWD/Youth's Negotiating the Curves Toward Employment

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