Duties of Council

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Juveniles
  4. Administration of Children and Youth Services
  5. Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth Act of 1988
  6. Duties of Council

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In addition to other duties imposed by law, the council shall also perform the following duties:

  1. Facilitate interagency coordination and collaboration in the planning, funding, delivery and evaluation of a statewide system of mental health care for children;
  2. Define accountability standards among all agencies and organizations that provide services and support relative to the mental health needs of children and their families;
  3. Encourage the matching of federal funds required by federal grants for children's mental health initiatives;
  4. Serve as an advocate within government and in the community for children's mental health care in this state;
  5. Stimulate more effective use of existing resources and services for children, and develop programs, opportunities and services that are not otherwise provided for children, with the aim of developing a comprehensive and coordinated system for the delivery of mental health services to children in the state;
  6. Assist the department of mental health and substance abuse services in the development of interagency agreements on services and supports for children; and
  7. Determine, in consultation with appropriate research experts, which programs that are currently being used to serve or support children's mental health needs in the state are evidence-based, as defined by § 37-5-121, research-based, as defined by § 37-5-121 and theory-based, as defined by § 37-5-121. The council shall provide such findings in its annual report submitted in accordance with § 37-1-115, including an explanation of the support for those findings.


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