Resource Library

Browse a wide range of resources, research, and frequently asked questions related to children’s behavioral health for parents and caregivers, providers, schools, students, and researchers. Filter by category, topic, or keyword.

For emergencies, please dial 911. For mental health crises, call 211 and press 1 (in CT) or dial 988 (from anywhere in the U.S.) for immediate suicide and mental health crisis support from trained counselors.

Urban Trauma Network Initiative (CT)

The Urban Trauma Network Initiative in CT was created in response to the national reckoning on racism that occurred in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Facts, Figures, and Research

Racial Gaps in Early Childhood

The National Center for Children in Poverty commissioned a study, “Racial Gaps in Early Childhood: Socio-emotional Health, Developmental, and Educational Outcomes Among African-American Boys” in 2011. Read their findings at…

For Providers

Multisystemic Therapy (MST)

Adapted from MST Services: Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is an evidence-based treatment for youth with serious behavioral problems, particularly juvenile justice involvement and/or substance use. Research demonstrates that MST reduces criminal…

Facts, Figures, and Research

Children Without Health Insurance in Connecticut

Nationwide, 4.1% of children under age 18 in the U.S. do not have health insurance coverage. In Connecticut, 3.5% of children (approximately 26,000) did not have health insurance coverage as…

For Schools

Connecticut School-Based Diversion Initiative (SBDI)

CT SBDI is a statewide program that reduces the rate of in-school arrests, expulsions, and out-of-school suspensions by training schools on behavioral health topics and alternative discipline practices and connecting more students to behavioral health services.

Facts, Figures, and Research

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

The ADA protects the civil rights of people with disabilities in employment, accessing public services such as education and transportation, and accessing public accommodations such as restaurants, stores, and hotels.…

Facts, Figures, and Research

Social Determinants of Children’s Mental Health

Learn more about the social determinants of children's behavioral/mental health, defined by the WHO as "Nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes... the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life."

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Resource Library

Browse a wide range of resources, research, and frequently asked questions related to children’s behavioral health for parents and caregivers, providers, schools, students, and researchers. Filter by category, topic, or keyword.

For emergencies, please dial 911. For mental health crises, call 211 and press 1 (in CT) or dial 988 (from anywhere in the U.S.) for immediate suicide and mental health crisis support from trained counselors.

Urban Trauma Network Initiative (CT)

Racial Gaps in Early Childhood

Multisystemic Therapy (MST)

Children Without Health Insurance in Connecticut

Connecticut School-Based Diversion Initiative (SBDI)

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Social Determinants of Children’s Mental Health

Preschool Expulsion Rates Higher than K-12, with significant racial disparities

African Caribbean American Parents of Children with Disabilities (AFCAMP)

Center for Children’s Advocacy

National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)