Show A special program is being launched to stimulate the development of community-based mental health care for THE PROGRAM was implemented with a series of recently announced grant awards totalling close to million for staffing children's mental health services in a total of 60 facilities in 35 States and the District of The communities will use the from the National Institute of Mental Health of HEW's Health Services and Mental Health to set up innovative services and collaborative IN MANY of the community mental health centers and other service agencies will join in providing a comprehensive range of treatment and follow-up services for A major goal of the Federal aid is to help develop preventive programs that will reach out to children and their families in their everyday life AN ESTIMATED 10 million American children are in need of mental health The activities to be made possible by the grants will help to fill some of the gaps in this By encouraging community mental health centers to seek active collaboration with other community resources for progress can be made toward a main goal in child mental This goal is to provide an optimum environment for the healthy growth and development of all children and to reduce A VARIETY of approaches will be tried if used as models Parent-child walk-in prenatal and well-baby clinic parent and consultation and collaboration with the courts are among the services being funded under |