Research & Special Projects
Children & Adolescents
Maine Adolescent Transition
Partnership Project
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Project Director: Elizabeth
DePoy, Ph.D.
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Funded by: Maine Department
of Human Services; Maternal and Child Health Bureau
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Project Timeframe: 3 years
The Maine Adolescent Transition
Partnership project is designed to enhance the successful transition to
adulthood, productivity, and financial independence for the diverse
population of adolescents with special health care needs through the
development, implementation, evaluation and expansion of a
collaborative, accessible, comprehensive, culturally competent, model
program. The project began with a participatory action needs assessment
study, following by an adolescent-centered planning process. The project
is in its fifth year and has accomplished significant systems change
through promoting youth leadership, updated, comprehensive, web-based
listing of transition and related services in Maine, and the development
of a statewide partnership infrastructure to continue to study and
respond to the needs of adolescents.
Barriers in Access to Care for
Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances in Rural Maine
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Project Director: Cary
Jenson, Ph.D., LCSW
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Funded by: Eastern Maine
Healthcare - Acadia Hospital
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Time Frame: July 1, 1999 to
June 30, 2001
Nationally, only a small portion of
youth's with mental health problems receive the help they need. This is
an even greater problem in rural areas. The purpose of this project is
to systematically document the barriers faced by parents and other
caregivers in getting mental health services for their children.
Family Reunification
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Co-Project Directors: Cary
Jenson, Ph.D., LCSW & Gail Werrbach, Ph.D.
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Funded by: Annie E. Casey
Foundation
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Time Frame: beginning spring
2001
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is
interested in evaluating the outcomes for families and children effected
by the recent legislative changes in permanency planning for children in
out of home placement. This evaluation project is a partnership with the
University of Connecticut School of Social Work. The project tests new
models for families and children receiving family reunification services
from Casey Family Services in Portland, Maine and Hartford, Connecticut.
Rapid Response to Youth Who are
Homeless
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Project Director: Cary
Jenson, Ph.D., LCSW
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Funded by: Maine Department
of Human Services
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Time Frame: July 1, 2000 to
June 30, 2002
This is an ongoing, interagency
collaboration intended to meet the needs of runaway youth in central and
northern Maine. The evaluation involves monitoring and analyzing both
the processes and outcomes of the community agencies' involved.
