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2005
  • Call to Action!
    The National High School Alliance announced the release of A Call to Action: Transforming High School for All Youth, a framework of six core principles and recommended strategies for preparing all of our nation's youth for college, careers, and active civic participation. A .pdf version of this report is available on their web site.
  • Resource for Adolescent Health
    The National Initiative to Improve Adolescent Health by the Year 2010 has released a guide for state and local agencies, entitled Improving the Health of Adolescents & Young Adults: A Guide for States and Communities. The manual is designed to guide state and local agencies and organizations through public health processes that address important adolescent health and safety issues. It also lists 21 critical health objectives for adolescents and approaches to achieving those objectives.
  • CONGRATULATIONS Utah Project RECONNECT

    Project RECONNECT is to receive the 2005 Utah Public Mental Health "Innovative Program Award" at the Spring Mental Health Conference sponsored by the Utah Behavioral Healthcare Network and the State Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health.

    Thursday, May 19, 2005
    12:00 noon
    Yarrow Hotel
    1800 Park Avenue
    Park City

  • Melanie Green and Brandon Burt, youth coordinators for the Clark County Partnerships for Youth Transition program and the National Center on Youth Transition (NCYT), have been named to the advisory board of the University of South Florida’s Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health. They are the first young adults appointed to the RTC board in its 20-year history. Read More
  • At our last Cross-site Forum, youth participants held their own conference session. During this session, youth discussed the responsibility of youth and providers in PYT and developed their own Mission Statement. Take a look at what they presented at the Cross-Site Forum! Read More About PYT Forum

  • Nicole Deschenes was a featured presenter at the Feb 29 AMCHP Skill Building Session, What Does Mental Health Have to Do with Transition? Everything! Tools for CYSHCN, Youth & Families. [new window] Read More About Nicole's presentation

November 5, 2004

  • A new book, On Their Own (Westview Press), by Martha Shirk and Gary Stangler, tells the heart-wrenching, but also inspiring stories of ten young people making the transition from foster care to adulthood. On Their Own is the first book to examine the challenges faced by this growing population. As President Jimmy Carter notes in the foreword, “On Their Own is a must-read account not only for students of American social policy, but for all Americans who care about children.” Read More about On Their Own
August 4, 2004
  • Melanie Green and Brandon Burt, youth coordinators for the Clark County Partnerships for Youth Transition program and the National Center on Youth Transition (NCYT), have been named to the advisory board of the University of South Florida’s Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health. They are the first young adults appointed to the RTC board in its 20-year history.

    The organization is one of two federally-funded research and training centers in children's mental health. The other is the Regional Research Institute at Portland State University.

    Located at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, the research and training center seeks to promote the development of effective systems of care for children with serious emotional disturbances and their families.

    The board of advisors is composed of national leaders from the research, family, policy, administrative, and practice fields.

    Recommended because of their familiarity with the mental health system and their proven leadership qualities, their experience working with older adolescents and young adults offers perspective to the field.

    About 25 people serve on the advisory board. Melanie and Brandon will attend an annual meeting in Tampa, Fla., and will correspond with the center throughout the year offering advice on specific issues related to the center’s research.

  • We are pleased to announce that the website is now available to register for the SAMHSA/Center for Mental Health Services Partnerships for Youth Transition 4th Cross-Site Forum whose theme is, "I Have a Dream Too! Connecting Mental Health, Education, and Employment," to be held August 25-26, 2004, at the Hilton Washington Embassy Row in Washington, D.C. Registration for the forum and rooms at the Hilton Washington Embassy Row ends next MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2004. Please log on to the following website to register:
    http://www.dbconsultinggroup.com/cmhs/dc/default.asp
    (posted on 8/4/2004)
April 2004
  • At our last Cross-site Forum, youth participants held their own conference session. During this session, youth discussed the responsibility of youth and providers in PYT and developed their own Mission Statement. Take a look at what they presented at the Cross-Site Forum! Read more

  • Nicole Deschenes was a featured presenter at the Feb 29 AMCHP Skill Building Session, What Does Mental Health Have to Do with Transition? Everything! Tools for CYSHCN, Youth & Families. Read More