October 2006 - Racial and ethnic disparities in children’s mental health - Children from minority families are one-third to one-half as likely to receive mental health care as white youth. This briefing outlines some contributing factors and steps that can be taken to help reduce disparities, Wilder Research Center.

March 2006 - The Current Status of Mental Health in Schools: A Policy and Practice Analysis - At present, mental health activity is going on in schools with competing agenda vying for the same dwindling resources. Diverse school and community stakeholders are attempting to address complex, multifaceted, and overlapping psychosocial and mental health concerns in highly fragmented and marginalized ways. This has led to inappropriate competition for sparse resources and inadequate results, Center for Mental Health in Schools.

February 15, 2006 - Mind Games - According to Hennepin County Commissioner Gail Dorfman, 20,000 people have been diagnosed with serious persistent mental illness in Hennepin County alone, along with 12,000 children diagnosed with serious emotional disturbance, City Pages.

April 2004 - 2002 MN-SPPS Child Abuse and Neglect, Minnesota Department of Human Services, Partnerships for Child Development.

February 2004 - Wilder Research Center - Severely troubled children and youth: What everyone needs to know, A brief overview of major research about troubled children and youth, including definition of how the term "troubled" is used in this report, what is known about causes and impacts of their troubles, and effective approaches for working with them. An estimated 6,000 children and youth in Ramsey County have severe, long-term difficulties that make it very hard for them to function at home, at school, and in the community.

February 2004 - A Bad State of Mind: Minnesota's fractured mental health system, In Minnesota, families in crisis may have to wait months for treatment of mental health diseases, and health care organizations are closing mental health treatment facilities even as the rates of mental health disease soar. Some mental health experts say the state is "a basket case" when it comes to providing proper treatment, Minnesota Public Radio.

Invisible Children - Schools, Juvenile Justice, Child Protection, Police departments, Courts, and Criminal Justice systems are supposed to work together to foster the development of children and keep our communities safe and livable.