• Children's Mental Health Consortium Cliff Notes 06-07
• Campaign for Mental Health Reform
• Kids Count Texas Statistics
  
• The Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention's Model Programs Guide

(MPG) is a user-friendly online gateway to evidence-based (scientifically tested and proven) programs that address a range of issues across the juvenile justice continuum—from delinquency prevention to aftercare and reentry. In August 2005, the MPG is being expanded beyond delinquency prevention and intervention programs to include substance abuse, mental health, and education programs.

Archived Articles

• 30-Day Review of New Eligibility System 5/4/06
• $3 Million CHIP Outreach Campaign Begins in May 4/11/06
• Trauma Training
• See 211 Summer Camp Directory! (XLS file)
  
• Texas Corruption 3/31/06
• 3/31/06 Dental Benefits are restored to CHIP as of 4/1/06 (External Site)
• Decreased CHIP & Medicaid Enrollment 3/16/06
• Privatization of Health Care in Foster Care 3/16/06
• Texas Transformation Workgroup concerns 3/9/06 (Word Doc)
  
• DSHS Crisis Redesign Hearings 2/19/06
  
• 2/5/06 Check your Child's IEP
• Our Kids Left Behind 2/5/06 (External Site)
  
• 1/06 Denton Call Center access to eligibility for benefits slated for May 2006
• SB1932 passed with the medicaid cuts intact (External Site)
  
• Limited Staff Capacity at Community MHMR Centers
• The United States District Court on August 22, 2005 concluded that the Texas’ flawed Medicaid program for children has not improved since 2000. (Word Doc)
  
• Chronology of Frew Case (Word Doc)
  
• Texas Homeless Network August 2005 Newsletter (External Site)
  
• 7/5/05 Fact Sheet by the Children's Defense League on the partial restoration of CHIP cuts in the 2005 Texas Legislature (Word Doc)
  
• 452 children who were homeless in Denton County (External Site)
  
• Research and Training Center Discussion of Family Homelessness and Impact on Mental Health (External Site)
  
• United Way of Texas Capital Blog (External Site)
• School Financing Fix Eludes Texas May 31, 2005
• Restore CHIP Article 4/21/05
• IDEA 2004, Jan 9, 2005