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Despite the high prevalence of substance use disorders among juvenile offenders, most do not receive services. System-level process improvement plans to address unmet service needs can be optimized by combining data-driven decisions and facilitated meetings with behavioral health stakeholders. This paper operationalizes and analyzes the level of specified complexity among process improvement plans evident within 36 juvenile probation and drug courts across 7 states. To inform more effective implementation strategies, this analysis identifies and prioritizes promising courses of agency enhancement toward addressing unmet substance use needs.
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The authors would like to thank the following members of the Study Design Workgroup for their assistance and participation in curriculum and methodological development activities: Barbara Estrada, Kate Elkington, Leah Hamilton, Philip Harris, Kevin Knight, James Maccarone, Larkin McReynolds, Alexis Nager, Traci Rieckmann, Eve Rose, Anne Spaulding, Gail Wasserman, and Matt Webster.
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This study was funded under the JJ-TRIALS cooperative agreement, funded at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The authors gratefully acknowledge the collaborative contributions of NIDA and support from the following grant awards: Chestnut Health Systems (U01DA036221); Columbia University (U01DA036226); Emory University (U01DA036233); Mississippi State University (U01DA036176); Temple University (U01DA036225); Texas Christian University (U01DA036224); University of Kentucky (U01DA036158), and University of Miami (R21DA044378). NIDA Science Officer on this project is Tisha Wiley. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIDA, NIH, or the participating universities or JJ systems.
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Becan, J.E., Fisher, J.H., Johnson, I.D. et al. Improving Substance Use Services for Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth: Complexity of Process Improvement Plans in a Large Scale Multi-site Study. Adm Policy Ment Health 47, 501–514 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-019-01007-z
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