OCID’s latest issue brief explores juvenile justice contact, child welfare contact, disruptive educational experiences, and behavioral health treatment among youth enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP who had behavioral health diagnoses.

This analysis provides insight into:

• The sociodemographic characteristics of youth with behavioral health diagnoses who had juvenile justice contact
• Contact points for youth with behavioral health diagnoses among the health care, educational, and child welfare systems prior to justice contact, indicating potential opportunities to support complex needs