New Products

  • Evaluation Brief 2: Florida’s IV-E Waiver Demonstration Project [View PDF]
  • Serving Everyone at the Table: Strategies for Enhancing the Availability of Culturally Competent Mental Health Services [View PDF]
  • Asset-Based Approaches for LGBTQI2-S Youth and Families in Systems of Care [View PDF]
  • 22nd Annual Research Conference Proceedings [View PDF]
  • Examining the Relationship between Family-Run Organizations and Non-Family Organization Partners in Systems of Care [View PDF]

Empirical Support for Effective Services

The Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health works to strengthen the empirical foundation for effective systems of care, and improve services for children with serious emotional or behavioral disorders and their families. Since 1984, we’ve addressed this mission through an integrated set of research, training, consultation, and dissemination activities.

Key activities include:

  • Practical, Applied Research on System of Care Issues
  • Evaluation, Technical Assistance &
    Consultation to Communities
  • Knowledge Translation and Transfer
  • Professional Training and Workforce Development

Recent news:

March 7 - 10, 2010: The 23rd Annual Children's Mental Health Research & Policy Conference 11/22/09

The Conference seeks to enhance the effectiveness of services and systems for children and youth with mental health challenges and their families.


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Promoting Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Children and Youth: USF President Judy Genshaft Highlights Work of RTC 6/7/09

Dr. Genshaft provides Guest Perspective for "Solutions for Our Future" and profiles the RTC role in the national evaluation of the Children’s Mental Health Initiative of the U.S. Center for Mental Health Services, an important effort to improve access to high quality services nationally.


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March 1-4, 2009: The Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health Research Conference 12/28/08
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