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March 13, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Medical-Legal Partnership for Children brought together pediatric clinicians, social workers and lawyers at three Seattle area medical facilities to address the unmet legal needs of low-income patients and their families.
January 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Starting in March 2001, New York State's Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children developed and implemented a pilot training project in the Bronx family court system called "Babies Can't Wait."
July 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Legal intervention to protect the rights of children can be a necessary step in meeting their health needs.
March 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
Investigators at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center created the Center for Professional Health, which provides a program for health professionals who overprescribe painkillers or other controlled drugs.
February 20, 2007 | Program Result Report
Eric Schnapper, L.L.B., and a team of researchers at the University of Washington School of Law established the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Legal Issues Resource Center.
National Program
An approach to helping teenagers caught in the cycle of drugs, alcohol, trauma and crime by uniting juvenile courts, probation, adolescent substance abuse treatment, and the community.
February 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
A number of states have considered laws or ballot initiatives intended to divert drug-abusing criminal offenders into treatment programs instead of prison or jail.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Public health advocacy in the courts should be an important tool and there are several strategies to accomplish goals however, public health agendas will only be advanced in courts when public health experts partner with legal advocacy experts.
June 8, 2012 | Journal Article
Findings from a thought leader dialogue outline important application in mental health and education research, with the aim to close the gap between research and practice.
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Looking back, looking ahead to a second decade of an RWJF national program to reshape services to young people served by juvenile justice, and drug and alcohol treatment programs.