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Apr 7, 2025

California Mental Health Funding Gap Exceeds $9 Billion Annually; Services Need Expansion to Aid All Those in Need

California's county mental health systems require a substantial infusion of resources—more than $9 billion of initial additional investment—to meet the state's critical need for evidence-based outpatient mental health services among adults.
Research

Apr 7, 2025

Funding the Service Gap for Adult Outpatient Mental Health Services in California: A Simulation-Based Cost Analysis of Specialty Care

The authors estimate the current cost of providing outpatient mental health care in the California public mental health care system and the cost of a fully funded system in which all eligible individuals receive evidence-based care.
Research Summary

Feb 6, 2025

Federal Funding Recommendations to Scale Up Evidence-Based Practices in Health and Social Services

The brief summarizes seven policy recommendations to optimize federal spending on large-scale implementation of evidence-based practices in health and social services, identified through focus groups with officials, and real-world examples of each.
Research

Feb 6, 2025

Optimizing Federal Grants to Scale Up Evidence-Based Practices in Health and Social Services: Recommendations from Federal and State Agency Officials

In this report, the authors present seven policy recommendations to optimize federal investment into large-scale implementation of evidence-based practices in health and social services that they identified with federal and state agency officials.
Research

Jan 6, 2025

Evaluation of Two Mental Health–Focused Programs for Justice-Involved Youth in Los Angeles

This report describes an evaluation of two mental health care programs for youth on probation in Los Angeles County. The authors discuss barriers to treatment and recommend supports to facilitate program success and improve youth mental health.
Research

Dec 20, 2024

Evaluation of iPrevail Los Angeles County: An Initiative to Provide a Free Mental Health App to Los Angeles County Residents

This report presents an evaluation of a Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health initiative to provide residents of Los Angeles County free access to iPrevail, an application that provides users with mental health education and resources.
Research Summary

Nov 26, 2024

Interventions for Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth: Taking Stock of the Available Evidence

To inform decisionmaking, researchers conducted a systematic review to identify and summarize peer-reviewed studies on a variety of health outcomes from interventions for gender dysphoria delivered to transgender and gender-expansive youth.
Research

Nov 26, 2024

Interventions for Gender Dysphoria and Related Health Problems in Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth: A Systematic Review of Benefits and Risks to Inform Practice, Policy, and Research

The authors conducted a systematic review of literature on interventions for gender dysphoria and related health problems in transgender and gender-expansive youth (age 25 or younger) to inform health care practice, policy, and research.
Research

Oct 8, 2024

Improving the Identification of and Responses to Victims of Elder Mistreatment

Results of a workshop conducted by RAND and RTI International indicate that the greatest need in the area of elder mistreatment is research to support evidence-based, culturally appropriate approaches and widespread adoption of effective programs.
Research

Sep 25, 2024

Practitioner Perspectives on Equitable Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions for Cancer Prevention and Control

Our qualitative findings show how practitioners in cancer prevention and control build strong community partnerships and make changes in health care and public health settings to advance health equity.
Project

Sep 12, 2024

Examining the use of Out of Court Disposals for adults with health vulnerabilities

RAND Europe, in partnership with Get the Data and Skills for Justice, has been commissioned by the Ministry of Justice to conduct a study on how police in England and Wales use Out of Court Disposals (OOCDs) to support adults with health-related vulnerabilities.
Research

Aug 2, 2024

Multi-level Alignment Processes in the Sustainment of a Youth Substance Use Treatment Model Following a Federal Implementation Initiative: A Mixed Method Study

Our mixed-method study examined how alignment--i.e., extent of congruence, consistency, and/or coordination--among multi-level influences affected sustainment of an evidence-based adolescent substance use treatment once federal funding ended.

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California Mental Health Funding Gap Exceeds $9 Billion Annually; Services Need Expansion to Aid All Those in Need

Funding the Service Gap for Adult Outpatient Mental Health Services in California: A Simulation-Based Cost Analysis of Specialty Care

Federal Funding Recommendations to Scale Up Evidence-Based Practices in Health and Social Services

Optimizing Federal Grants to Scale Up Evidence-Based Practices in Health and Social Services: Recommendations from Federal and State Agency Officials

Evaluation of Two Mental Health–Focused Programs for Justice-Involved Youth in Los Angeles

Evaluation of iPrevail Los Angeles County: An Initiative to Provide a Free Mental Health App to Los Angeles County Residents

Interventions for Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth: Taking Stock of the Available Evidence

Interventions for Gender Dysphoria and Related Health Problems in Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth: A Systematic Review of Benefits and Risks to Inform Practice, Policy, and Research

Improving the Identification of and Responses to Victims of Elder Mistreatment

Practitioner Perspectives on Equitable Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions for Cancer Prevention and Control

Examining the use of Out of Court Disposals for adults with health vulnerabilities

Multi-level Alignment Processes in the Sustainment of a Youth Substance Use Treatment Model Following a Federal Implementation Initiative: A Mixed Method Study

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California Mental Health Funding Gap Exceeds $9 Billion Annually; Services Need Expansion to Aid All Those in Need

Funding the Service Gap for Adult Outpatient Mental Health Services in California: A Simulation-Based Cost Analysis of Specialty Care

Federal Funding Recommendations to Scale Up Evidence-Based Practices in Health and Social Services

Optimizing Federal Grants to Scale Up Evidence-Based Practices in Health and Social Services: Recommendations from Federal and State Agency Officials

Evaluation of Two Mental Health–Focused Programs for Justice-Involved Youth in Los Angeles

Evaluation of iPrevail Los Angeles County: An Initiative to Provide a Free Mental Health App to Los Angeles County Residents

Interventions for Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth: Taking Stock of the Available Evidence

Interventions for Gender Dysphoria and Related Health Problems in Transgender and Gender-Expansive Youth: A Systematic Review of Benefits and Risks to Inform Practice, Policy, and Research

Improving the Identification of and Responses to Victims of Elder Mistreatment

Practitioner Perspectives on Equitable Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions for Cancer Prevention and Control

Examining the use of Out of Court Disposals for adults with health vulnerabilities

Multi-level Alignment Processes in the Sustainment of a Youth Substance Use Treatment Model Following a Federal Implementation Initiative: A Mixed Method Study

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