Addressing unmet need for substance use disorder treatment among youth in the legal system (YLS): Costs of structured implementation interventions with juvenile justice agencies in seven states.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Implementation of integrated strategies for improving access to behavioral health services for youth in the legal system requires evidence of the costs of changing existing practices, and stakeholders need to be aware of what types of investments (e.g., personnel, data systems) lead to more efficient implementation and better outcomes.

Methods

A cost analysis was conducted alongside the Juvenile Justice Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS), a research cooperative comprising 34 community supervision agencies in seven states that were randomly assigned to Core or Core+Enhanced implementation interventions. Both were focused on improving screening, referral, and linkage to behavioral health services for youth with

SUBMITTER: McCollister KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12447654 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature