Tee it up "Fore" CARD at the CrossRoads Community UMC Golf Classic on Saturday, August 25th

CFS Staff Look Into the Missing Link Between Research and Practice

The Road to Successful Adulthood: FMHI Lays a Pathway for Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Illness

6th Annual Autism Summer Institute Scheduled July 23 - 25

From Challenges to Solutions: New Program-wide Community Childcare Project Shows Improvement in Young Children with Challenging Behaviors

2007 Summer Internship Program Application Now Available for Rising High School Seniors

Summer Field School in Sustainable Community Research:

CARD-USF Presents 2007 Autism Community Leadership Award

CARD's Fiesta by the Bay with WFLA News Anchor Stacie Schaible

New Issue Briefs Feature Lessons Learned from Established Systems of Care

"I See What You Mean!" An Assistive Technologies & Visual Strategies Open House March 31 (pdf flyer)

New Monographs Provide Better Understanding of Cultural Competence

USF awarded $3.7 million grant for new Web portal to share best practices in child welfare services

CFS's Mario Hernandez and Sharon Hodges Contribute to Special Issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology

Tools for Positive Behavior Change Program Begins in Hillsborough

FMHI to Serve as Evaluator for New Grant to Florida

Believe in One, Believe in All

CFS Staff Provide Training at Selected Early Childhood Programs in Hillsborough County

Graduate Program in Children's Mental Health Makes Registry of Innovative Practices

20th Annual Research Conference on Children's Mental Health scheduled March 4-7, 2007 will open with one of the most influential social scientists in the nation:

External Reviews Give High Marks to Collaborative Relationship Between USF's FMHI and COPH

HHOPE Team Helps Chronically Homeless Persons with Serious Mental Illness

CFS Interim Chair Mario Hernandez Provides Keynote at Latino Coalition of Tampa Bay Conference

A Look at Private Residential Treatment Facilities for Youth:

The US Department of Education/Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) holds Public Meeting at USF

Glazer Foundation Rewards GEAR-UP Students with Tickets to Bucs Game

CFS Staff Join National Leaders To Address Suicide Issues in Systems of Care

USF Selected to Host Public Meeting on the New Part B Regulations of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

A Look at Training and Public Awareness Campaigns:

USF's Center for Autism and Related Disabilities Helps Tampa Parks and Recreation Department Serve All Children

Amanda Keating Serves on Panel at International Summer Schools and Institutes

Call for Papers Issued for 20th Annual Research Conference on Children's Mental Health Service Systems

Florida's Positive Behavior Support (PBS) Project Creates Positive Climate in Florida's Schools

Federal Leaders and Policy Makers Learn from CFS Staff :

Local High School Students Present Research Results

Interim Chair of CFS Chosen:

Department Chair Robert Friedman Fills Interim Dean Position

Tampa Tribune Editorial:Focus on Early Childhood Improves Lives

New Director Announced for USF Master's Degree Program in Applied Behavior Analysis

CFS's Richard Puddy Receives Award from the American Psychological Association

USF Early Childhood Programs Address Issues Faced by Florida's Children in National KIDS COUNT Study:

Research Day 2006 - A Big Success:

New Jersey Contracts with CFS to Coordinate Statewide Evaluation:

USF's Center for Autism and Related Disabilities Raises Nearly $10,000 To Support Community Activities

CFS Staff Draft Blueprint for School-based Mental Health Service Systems

CFS Shares Knowledge Internationally:

USF Master's Degree Program in Applied Behavior Analysis Returns This Fall

Learning Curve for Teachers:

System Update Puts Delaware's Children Ahead of Paperwork

Enrollment Now Open: First-Ever Distance Learning Graduate Certificate in Children's Mental Health

Finance Guide Now Available for Experts in the Field of Children's Mental Health Systems

USF center presents first autism leadership award

Bucs cheerleader honorary chair of USF autism center's Fiesta by the Bay

Congratulations to Ilene Berson

Hillsborough High School GEAR UP Students Awarded Beautification Grant

The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities Plans Special Event To Support Community Activities

FMHI Staff Receive Funds to Help Identify Effective Psychosocial Interventions Specifically for Children with Mental Health Challenges

New Book Features Work on Resilience

Surgeon General's Workshop on Women's Mental Health

Special Guest Lecture December 7:

CFS Behavior Analysts Help Create Positive Change For Foster Children and Their Caretakers

University Center for Excellence Awarded to USF

Literacy Development: CFS Evaluates Impact Of Program For Early Childhood Educators And Preschool Children

A Look at Online Behaviors of Adolescent Girls in the United States and New Zealand:

CFS Training Helps Increase Employment Success for Those With Developmental Disabilities

Hillsborough County GEAR UP Wins Support Through Accountability

CFS Helps Initiate Alliance For Youth In Unregulated, Private Residential Treatment Programs

Tools for Positive Behavior Change Program to Begin in Hardee

CFS Chair Robert Friedman Receives Award for Leadership in Child Advocacy and Policy

Florida KIDS COUNT Responds to National Calls to Action For Unemployed Parents:

Tampa Boasts First Spanish Language Chapter of Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health

New Resource Directory Serves African American Community

Experts In Mental Health Screening Identify Real World Benefits

New Study Shares Proven Approaches For Investing in the Nation's Children:

USF Collaborative for Children, Families & Communities Picks 2005 Summer Interns:

Personnel Training Modules Support Youth Transition to Adulthood

CFS's Norin Dollard and the Hillsborough Community Evaluation Team are Highlighted in the April Technical Assistance Partnership Newsletter.

GEAR UP at Blake High School Graduates First Group of Seniors

Tools for Positive Behavior Change Program to Begin in Polk

Success of the Implementation Process:

Developmental Disabilities Creates Common Bond Across Waters:

Outcomes for Children and Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and Their Families:

Florida's Positive Behavior Support Project Trains 100 Faculty From 18 School Districts

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released a new City and Rural KIDS COUNT Data Book and Pocket Guides.

CFS Participates in First National Study on Early Childhood Mental Health

New Training Modules Support Educators of Young Children with Challenging Behavior

Research and Training Center to Reach 25-Year Mark

New Funding Will Evaluate Intervention Model for Severe Behavior Problems in School

Parent Support Program Will Enhance Education for Children Who Have Emotional Disturbances

CFS Announces $10 Million in New Grants to Improve the Lives of Children and Families

Behavioral Health Initiatives:

Thomas G. Haring Award for Research:

GEAR UP Partners with Starbucks Foundation to Improve Literacy at Memorial Middle School

Faith-Based Initiative Brings Churches Together to Strengthen Family Supports

Tampa Tribune Editorial:

Florida KIDS COUNT Responds to National Calls to Action For At-Risk Youth

USF Students Increase University-Community Connections

CFS's Dr. Krista Kutash Receives Outstanding Contributions Award for 2004

Living With a Brother Who Has Autism:

Supporting Autism in Schools:

New from Oxford University Press!

CFS Staff Complete Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based Guide: Now Available On-line

CARD-USF Welcomes New Director

CFS Staff Serve on Coalition That Releases New Study Identifying Service Gaps Among Families of Children with Special Needs in Hillsborough County

A Smile is Worth a Thousand Words

RTC Conference Hosts National Experts at 17th Annual Conference:

CFS Faculty Present at National System of Care Community Meeting in Portland

New Book Co-Edited by CFS's Glen Dunlap Documents History, Foundation, and Critical Features of PBS

The National Technical Assistance Center for Youth Transition (NTAC-YT) Accomplishes Much During First Year

Youth from Blake High School Receive Grant To Carry Out Community Action Project

Doctoral Work Brings Credentials to Teresa Nesman and Understanding to Latino Communities

CFS Webmaster Takes First Place in International Photo Competition

CARD Uses Web-Based Training To Support Growing Number of Requests

Mentoring Training Manual Supports New Approach For Staff Development

World Federation for Mental Health Selects Children and Adolescents as 2003 Focus

New CFS Project Links Schools and Communities for Latino Children and Families

Promising Approaches Series Provides Resources for States and Communities as They Refine Managed-Care Systems to Better Serve Children and Families

Positive Responses Result in Second Positive Beginnings Training Series for Educators of Young Children with Challenging Behavior

CFS Receives Funding to Conduct Research Aimed at Improving Mental Health Supports and Opportunities for Children and Youth

CFS Staff Contribute to Article on Evaluation Efforts of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative (SS/HSI) in Pinellas County, FL.

Fostering Resilience Through Community Service

Teen Suicide Prevention: CFS Helps Prepare Florida's Schools

USF Project Helps Bring After-School Support to Children in Their Community Churches

Monograph Now Available: Crafting Logic Models for Systems of Care: Ideas Into Action

A look at Teasing and Bullying: CFS's Kathi Armstrong and Katheryne Downes contribute to article in Contemporary Pediatrics

CFS Staff Conduct Workshop at the University of Puerto Rico

CFS Completes Ninth Evaluation for Pinellas County's Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative

GEAR-UP Summer Program Goes to Class at USF

CFS Staff Highlighted in June Edition of Children's Board THINK Newsletter

CFS Chair Robert Friedman Serves As Panelist at Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum

CFS Workshops Foster Knowledge Exchange for the Nation's System of Care Program Sites

Florida's Positive Behavior Support Project Set to Train Faculty From Over 13 School Districts This Summer

CFS's Richard Briscoe Receives Community Leadership Award

Children's Mental Health Services: Finding Help In Your Own Back Yard

Center for the Study of Children's Futures Releases Latest Information on Florida's Children and Teen Mothers

Special Issue on Children's Mental Health Policy Guest Edited by CFS's Mario Hernandez

Research Day 2003 Highlights Real-World Research Projects of USF Students

When Evidence-based Practice Leaves Home: The Relationship Between Culture and Fidelity

CFS Chair Robert Friedman Provides Keynote Address

Friedman Key Speaker for the Collaborations in Children's Mental Health Systems of Care

Bringing Out the Best in Students Brings Out the Best in Behavior at Three Hillsborough Elementary Schools

Findings Reveal Success for Early Intervention School Readiness Program

CFS Staff Gear Up for Two New Projects

The Health Care Reform and Tracking Project Issues New Promising Approaches Series

USF Receives Funding for a National Technical Assistance Center on Youth Transition

Creating Change and Keeping it Real: Report Reveals how Excellent Child-serving Organizations Carry out Their Goals

CFS Staff Ask: What Makes Children's Mental Health Services Successful?

Promising Center for Young Children Receives Additional 2.2 Million

CFS Staff members Karen Blase and Dean Fixsen Receive Teaching-Family Association's Emeritus Award

Latino Astronaut Frank Caldeiro Participates in USF's ENLACE Program

New Reports Profile Strategies That Deal with Safety in the Schools

CFS's Richard Briscoe Receives Honor for Contributions to the African-American Community

October 29th Conference to Discuss Issues and Initiatives for Tampa Bay's 150,000 Young Adolescents

Bringing Out the Best in Adolescents: Grant Recipients Present Successful Results

Inauguration Ceremony and Seminar Celebrate First Activity of the Inter-American Consortium for Applied Research on Children and Communities (IAC)

Sept 14 -- CFS Chair Robert Friedman on Children And Mental Health: Tampa Tribune Op-Ed

CFS Evaluates Community-based Care in Florida: Report Now Online

CFS Leads State Discussion on Educating Children with SED at Tampa Leadership Academy

USF Professor Dr. Robert Friedman Addresses President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

New Consortium at CFS Promotes Collaboration Among U.S. and Latin American Researchers Working with Children, Families, and Communities.

State Training Teams Meet to Discuss Challenging Behaviors Students Bring in Today's Classrooms

CFS Helps Communities Help Themselves

HIPPY USA Selects Florida HIPPY Technical Assistance and Training Center as National Evaluator

A Look at Children's Challenging Behaviors:OSEP Funds Two New Centers for DARES

Neighborhoods Show Positive Results From ChangeMakers and Puentes Collaborative Initiatives

Why do Youth Make the Choices They Make?

CARD Gears up for 2001/2002 Teacher Partnership Program

CFS Helps Create More Opportunities for Summer Fun for Students with Disabilities

CFS Chosen as Partner For National Resource Center

CFS Conducts Research on Florida's Foster Children

Reaching Out Together Receives Funds to Go Statewide

New Grant for DARES Will Help Prepare Early Childhood Professionals Better Meet the Needs of Children with Problem Behavior

Preparing For Tomorrow: CFS Provides a TIP to Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties

CFS Evaluates Capital One Leadership Grant

Lessons for a Caring Community: CFS Goes to Summer School

CARD Selects Partners for New Program

Children with Problem Behavior: CFS Offers Help in Three New Projects - Inclusive Early Childhood Programs

Tracking THINK: Year Three Arrives

CFS Works with 11-Year-Old Who Dreams of Treating All Kids the Same

RTC Research Conference Hits All-time Attendance Record!

CFS Team Works to Enhance Resiliency for Children and Youth in Foster Care

CFS Helps Develop Model to Engage Urban Families

CFS's Reaching Out Together Reaches Goal!

CFS Heads Analysis Group for Children's Board

State and Local Completes Child Maltreatment Report

CARD Sites Come Together With Their Constituency

Children's Board of Hillsborough County Sends Change-Makers Participants to Community Development Workshop

US DOE Helps DARES Support Pasco Schools

CFS Completes Evaluation of Medicaid Services for Children's Mental Health

CFS Looks at Programs for Girls of Pinellas County

CFS's Good Work Results in Renewals and New Support!

CFS Attends Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health: Developing a National Agenda

Summit Brings Together Community & USF

Florida's Positive Behavioral Support Project Has Busy Year

New Program for Parents Results from Community THINKing

Consortium for Child Welfare Studies Is Off to a Busy Start

CFS Helps Ruskin's Parents Find Strengths in Their Community

Adolescent Girls and the Internet: CFS Participates in Surveying the Risks

Lessons of Friendship Teach Diversity, Altruism and Increased Self Esteem

Promoting Higher Education for Latino Youth: CFS Participates in Kellogg Foundation Initiative

CFS Keeps the Presses Rolling with Reports and Training Kits

Greater Awareness Brings Increased Demand for CARD's Expertise

Casey's Equipo Training Program Brings Unity to Center

CFS Conducts Site Study for WAGES