Matrix: Children & Families

Programs and Activities

Increasing Capacity of Services:

Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families (Systems of Care)  

Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity Expansion:

• Strengthening Communities in the Development of Comprehensive Drug and Alcohol Treatment Systems for Youth
• Improving the Quality and Availability of Residential Treatment and Its Continuing Care Component for Adolescents
• Adolescent Alcohol Abuse: Studies with National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Improving Effectiveness of Services:

Residential Drug Treatment for Pregnant Women and New Mothers

Mental Health "Best Practices" 

American Indian/Alaska Native "Circles of Care"

National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative 

• National Child Traumatic Stress Network Resource Center

• Safe Schools/Healthy Students

• Youth Violence Prevention