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Table 3 Inter-agency Collaboration across the Service System

From: Results of a national survey of substance use treatment services for youth under community supervision

     

Across Service System

 

CS

BH

Neither CS nor BH

Either CS or BH

Both CS and BH

Activities

%

%

%

%

%

1. Hold joint staffings

85

67

8

37

55

2. Written protocols for sharing information

56

74

12

52

36

3. Have agreed to similar requirements for program eligibility

67

46

23

44

33

4. Modified protocols to meet the needs of this partner agency

29

53

36

49

15

5. Cross-train staff with this partner

31

17

65

24

11

6. Pooled funding to provide services

19

18

73

19

8

7. Shared operational oversight of treatment programs

18

17

75

17

8

8. Shared budgetary oversight of treatment programs

11

13

82

14

5

9. Developed joint policy/procedure manuals

13

12

75

23

0.3

Collaboration Index

(“yes” on 1 + items 1–9)

96

87

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64

  1. Note: CS = Community Supervision; BH = Behavioral Health