A mixed methods evaluation of family-driven care implementation in juvenile justice agencies in Georgia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improving family engagement in juvenile justice (JJ) system behavioral health services is a high priority for JJ systems, reform organizations, and family advocacy groups across the United States. Family-driven care (FDC) is a family engagement framework used by youth-serving systems to elevate family voice and decision-making power at all levels of the organization. Key domains of a family-driven system of care include: 1) identifying and involving families in all processes, 2) informing families with accurate, understandable, and transparent information, 3) collaborating with families to make decisions and plan treatments, 4) responding to family diversity and inclusion, 5) partnering with families to make organizational decisions and policy changes, 6) providing oppor

SUBMITTER: Piper KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10895769 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature