Overcoming the Reagan Legacy

It should have been the rule of Fram, "pay a little now, or a lot later." Mental Health Service Costs Offset By Savings In Other Public Sectors.

Penn State researchers have found that reduced expenditures for inpatient hospitalization, the juvenile justice system, the child welfare system and the special education system offset the costs of the improved mental health services delivered to youth through the system of care approach now being tried in communities in every state in the U.S.