Many of our children live in communities where violence, fear, and despair are commonplace. This book describes how one city developed a collaborative effort between law-enforcement and mental health professionals in order to help these children and their families. The Child Development-Community Policing Program in New Haven, Connecticut, was initiated in 1991 to deal more effectively with children who are victims or perpetrators of violence. Police officers, preparing for the new responsibilities of community-based policing, have become familiar with an array of strategies for preventing...

This book describes in detail a model of home-based care for children with serious psychiatric illnesses. The IICAPS model (Intensive, In-Home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services) was developed by doctors at the Yale Child Center Study in 1996 and has proved effective in reducing the need for inpatient and other institution-based services.