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The Initiative on Children, Youth, and Families is one of the Presidential Initiatives, sponsored by President Robert H. Bruininks. In three short years, the Initiative has made significant progress, locally and nationally, toward three objectives to improve the quality of life for children, youth, and families:
- develop and implement a comprehensive communications strategy to advance knowledge and raise public awareness of the issues and challenges facing children, youth, and families;
- engage the expertise and commitment of new and ongoing University-community partnerships to identify solutions to challenges facing children, youth, and families; and
- establish new, and expand existing, areas of research and academic exploration through a rigorous interdisciplinary agenda to improve the education and quality of life of children, youth, and families.
The President's initiative builds on the many years of collaboration between the University and the community through the Children, Youth, and Family Consortium (Consortium), which provides the vital resources and support that enables the initiative to achieve its objectives. |
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Featured Program
Center of Excellence in Children's Mental Health
Launched in 2003 as part of the University of Minnesota Presidential Initiative on Children, Youth, and Families, and housed within the Children, Youth and Family Consortium, the Center of Excellence in Children’s Mental Health aims to promote children's mental health and collaborative action in the state of Minnesota by effectively linking research, practice, and policy.
Overall start-up and accomplishments thus far have been fueled by the enthusiasm, commitment and drive of many community practitioners, state partners, parents, advocates, university faculty and others who are both personally and professionally committed to children’s mental health.
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Our Latest News
 PICYF Final Report (1.5 MB)
Fall 2007 Awards for "Disparities: Unequal Opportunities,Unequal Outcomes" (152 KB)
Request for Proposal Winners
(30 KB) — Spring 2006
Related Links
Office of the President
Children, Youth and Family Consortium
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