Child Neglect: Service Paths and Young Adult Outcomes
Principal Investigator:
Melissa Jonson-Reid, PhD
Funder: National Institute of
Mental Health
Timeframe: 12/01/03 – 11/30/08
Affiliation:
Center for Mental Health Services Research (CMHSR)
Project Staff:
Brett Drake, PhD,
Co-PI
Jane Aiken, JD, LLM, Investigator
Curtis McMillen, PhD, Investigator
James Herbert Williams, PhD, Investigator
Ed Spitznagel, PhD, Statistician
Lu Han, Data Manager
Mary Jo Stahlschmidt, Project Coordinator
Student Research Associates: Sangmoo Lee, PhD Student Research
Associate
Jennifer McClendon, PhD Student Research Associate
Lina Sapokaite, MSW Student Research Associate
Participating Organizations:
Missouri Department of Children’s Services and St. Louis City and County Family
Services
Missouri Department of Health and St Louis City Human Services
Missouri Department of Mental Health
Missouri Department of Social Services
Missouri Department of Corrections and Youth Services
Regional runaway youth shelters
State Highway Patrol
St Louis City Public Schools Special Education
St Louis County Special School District
Project Contact:
Phone: (314) 935-4953
E-mail: jonsonrd@gwbmail.wustl.edu 
Project Update as
of 04/01/06
Stage: Data collection phase (NIMH
- RO1 MH61733).
Description
This study examines service use and outcomes for
neglected, abused and poor comparison children to age 18 to follow those
children through young adulthood. Young adult service use and indicators
include special education services provided from age 18 through 23,
participation in mental health services (including emergency care),
mortality, becoming a parent, TANF participation, maltreatment of own
children, adult criminality, runaway shelter, and health services use. A
multi-agency advisory board consisting of data contributors was convened at
the state (Howerton location) and local levels annually to share findings.
In addition to academic products and meetings, findings are shared with
level stakeholders by e-mail. The goal is to assist agencies in
understanding paths, systems overlaps and targets for policy and services
intervention.
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