Preventing Delinquency through Integrated Physical and Behavioral Health Screening and Services: Lessons Learned for Policy and Practice.

IT HAS BEEN well established that youthinvolved in the juvenile justice system haveextensive trauma histories as well as unmetphysical and behavioral health issues. During the 2018-2019 academic schoolyear, HCIS received funding from theCalifornia Department of Education toimprove the health and wellness of studentsattending the participating high school inCompton through a universal physical andbehavioral health screening program. Lessons Learned While the HCIS universal screening programwas successful in identifying students withunaddressed physical and behavioral healthneeds, HCIS staff experienced a number ofchallenges throughout the program. [Extracted from the article]

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