Child and Family Behavioral Health (CFBH)
The Division of Child and Family Behavioral Health (CFBH) is composed of faculty and staff engaged in research and evaluation of children’s behavioral health services as well as training, technical assistance, and knowledge sharing that supports, improves, and sustains programs and systems that serve children and their families. The division’s mission is to promote the health and well-being of children and families while empowering them to positively impact their own lives. Major focus areas include evidence-based services, mental health disparities, school mental health, child welfare, transition age youth and young adults, and interagency collaboration and system development. Division goals include being responsive to the needs of states, communities, and public sector child-serving systems as well as developing collaborative, well-functioning systems of care for at-risk children and families. CFBH faculty have lead roles in CFS’ MS in Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health. The division is home to the peer-reviewed Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and the Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research.
Projects
- HIPPY USA National Research and Evaluation Center (NREC) at USF
- Discovery Certificate Course Start-Up
- Youth Suicide Prevention
- Technical Assistance & Training: Financing Structures and Strategies for Systems, Organizations and Communities
- Technical Assistance & Training: Organizational Cultural Competence
- Children’s Home Society Case Management Baseline Assessment Study
- Mental Health Integration Study
- Families and Children Together In Seminole (FACTS)
- Community Workshop: Youth Suicide Prevention-A Community Approach
- Institute for Translational Research and Education (ITRE)
- Trauma Recovery for Youth Initiative Evaluation (TRI)
- Center for Child Welfare – Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) – California, Nevada, and Cuyahoga Co., OH.
- Center for Child Welfare – Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)
- Cultural & Linguistic Competence (CLC) Resource Library for Eliminating Behavioral Health Disparities
- 33rd Annual Research & Policy Conference on Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Behavioral Health
- Michigan Action Learning Network
- Child Welfare Specialty Plan (CWSP) Evaluation
- Citrus Helping Adolescents Negatively Impacted by Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CHANCE)
- Effects of Child Welfare Pre-paid Mental Health Plan (CW-PMHP) Services on Youth Outcomes
- Evaluation of Florida’s Children’s Mental Health System of Care Expansion Grant
- Evaluation of Utah’s Title IV-E Waiver
- Strong African-American Families – Technology Dissemination Model (SAAF-TDM)
- National Evaluation: Safe School/Healthy Students
- Using Network Analysis to Assess School Mental Health Organization and Capacity
- Veteran's Suicide Prevention Training Module Development
- Michigan Action Learning Network for Primary and Behavioral Health Integration
- Utilization of Mental Health Services and Trajectories of Mental Health Status Following Enrollment in the Child Welfare – Prepaid Mental Health Plans
- Now is the Time – Technical Assistance Center (NITT-TA Center)
- National Directory of Family-Run & Youth-Guided Organizations for Children's Mental Health
- Evaluation of Florida's Title IV-E Waiver
- Senior Connections Center, Inc.
- Limited English Proficiency, Health, and Healthcare among Older Immigrants
- Caregiving by Children, Adolescents, and Emerging Young Adults
- Evaluation of Miami Community Action Response to Exploitation and Sex Trafficking (Miami CARES) Project
- Family Caregivers Who Kill Project
- Lethal Violence by Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
- Linguistic Analysis of Violence in Written Material of Mass Shooters Project
- Adoption Incentive
- Making Connections to Promote Mental Health and Wellbeing among Men and Boys
- Evaluation of Child Welfare Program
- Children's Mental Health System of Care (CMHSOC) Expansion Project Evaluation and Dissemination
- Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Program Evaluation
- Evaluation of Specialized Treatment Programs for Dually Served Youth
- Evaluation of Florida’s Opioid State Targeted Response and Partnerships for Success Projects
- Evaluation of the Florida Medicaid Non-Emergency Transportation Program (AHCA)
Recent Publications
- Foundations of Behavioral Health
- Final Report: Evaluation of Specialized Treatment Programs for Dually Served Youth
- Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Program Evaluation
- Randomization Procedures for Changing Criterion Designs
- The Development and Evaluation of a Natural Helpers’ Training Program to Increase the Engagement of Urban, Hispanic Families in Parent-Child Interacti