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Redesigning a mental health system for children in New Jersey
By Zhen Wang, Wisconsin Health Fellow
Panelists discussed a new care model for children with mental health needs in New Jersey during “Children’s Mental Health — Building Systems that Work” at Health Journalism in New York City.
Elizabeth Manley, senior advisor for the Innovations Institute at the University of Connecticut, explained that New Jersey redesigned its public behavioral health system in the early s to offer early and flexible access to behavioral care.
Manley, formerly the assistant commissioner for the New Jersey Children’s System of Care, highlighted that in the s, barriers to accessing needed mental health treatment often led parents to relinquish custody to child protection or juvenile justice systems.
She said that the reformed system provides behavioral care to all children in need.
The new model moved initial access to behavioral health services away from child protection and juvenile justice
