Over the past several years, JBA has implemented nearly two-dozen projects that have addressed the methods for engaging multiple agencies in coordinated and productive planning activities, the nature and extent of efforts to blend funding streams, and the barriers and facilitating factors for integrating and co-locating services. Specifically, these studies have examined: integrated mental health and substance abuse services to improve HIV treatment adherence, health outcomes, and the overall costs of HIV treatment; strategies for improving the flow of juvenile cases across the child protection, law enforcement, and court systems; cross-agency collaboration to increase the timeliness, availability, and accessibility of substance abuse prevention and treatment services for families; and cooperative efforts in local communities to implement services and supports under the Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) Program.

Click on the following links to learn more about JBA's projects in this area:

• Evaluation Technical Assistance and Cross-Site Evaluation for Early Head Start/Child Welfare Services Demonstration Grants
• Evaluation of Court Teams for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers Project
• Implementation Study of Family Preservation/Family Support (FP/FS) Programs
• HIV/AIDS Treatment Adherence, Health Outcomes and Cost Study
• HHS Evaluation Review Panel
• Child Abuse Cases that Result in Civil and Criminal Action and Justice System Processing of Child Welfare Cases
• Evaluation of the Arizona Families in Recovery Succeeding Together (F.I.R.S.T.) Program