Racial and ethnic minority groups are most likely to live in impoverished areas, where homicide and suicide rates are highest. Mental health leaders hope the 988 phone number will be so easy to remember that they'll get help before it's too late.
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Four years after the Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee convened on the order of State Attorney Melissa Nelson, the Duval County Diversion System of Care has fully transferred under the direction of the Kids Hope Alliance and Partnership for Child Health.
“The transition of Diversion to KHA and the PCH is beneficial to youth because we are working as a collaborative to provide individualized services to youth in an effort to prevent them from going deeper into the juvenile justice system,” said Katoia Wilkins, director of the Juvenile Justice Programs at Kids Hope Alliance.
Since the State Attorney’s Office is not a social service agency, the idea behind the transfer was to create a system, not just a program, to find evidence-based services for juveniles. The State Attorney’s Office is the legal arm, Kids Hope Alliance is the funding portion and the Partnership for Child Health is the social services provider and organizer, according to Wilkins.
Our mission of helping people and communities achieve better health goes far beyond physical health, said
Susan Towler, executive director of the foundation. We can help build stronger communities by supporting local organizations that address the barriers preventing the most vulnerable people from reaching their highest health potential.
Goldhagen, medical director for the Partnership for Child Health and chief of the Division of Community and Societal Pediatrics at the UF College of Medicine in Jacksonville, was recognized for his work to support mental well-being services. He said the $60,000 award will support the partnership, a nonprofit that advances medical, mental, behavioral and developmental health priorities for children and families in North Florida.