Danny Cook with Kids First Law Center (now Iowa Center for Children's Justice)

Summary

Danny worked towards the broader initiative of building bridges between mental health professionals and the family court system. The primary pillar of this project is the creation of a database which would include mental health professionals interested in providing therapeutic, evaluative, and/or supportive services for people going through family court cases. The database would be used to facilitate connecting families and attorneys with the mental health services they were looking for.

Overview

  • Collected background information by interviewing mental health professionals, family law attorneys and judges

  • Analyzed information to identify common themes

  • Surveyed mental health professionals to collect contact information and services they can provide

  • Built internal database to share when needed of contact information and the relevant services different mental health professionals can provide

Impact

Approximately 100 youth annually