One durable legacy of the Clinton era has been a public policy focus on youth that includes public behavioral healthcare. The emphasis on youth emerged during Clinton's first months in office, when several of former First Lady Hillary Clinton's former colleagues at the Children's Defense Fund received policy appointments in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It continued under a Republican Congress with creation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), a national healthcare entitlement, and federal government initiatives demanding "accountability" from public schools. In fact, review of federal government and private foundation grants in the second half of the 1990s reveals a degree of attention to youth issues unparalleled in our history.
The presentations by behavioral health grantees at the 2001 annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA) in Atlanta displayed the effects of this legacy on …
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