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Welcome to the National Center on Youth Transition website. Please access the links shown to learn more about our initiative and partners. You are also invited to visit our extensive collection of web links and to consult our e-news and other publications.

The Mission of the National Center on Youth Transition is to improve practices, systems, and outcomes for transition-age youth and young adults (14-25 years of age) with emotional and/or behavioral difficulties (EBD).

 

• The Road to Successful Adulthood: FMHI Lays a Pathway for Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Illness Dr. Hewitt (Rusty) Clark shares expertise on improving transition practices, systems and outcomes.

• Actively provides consultation and capacity building activities with personnel, youth, family members, and other stakeholders in communities, agencies, and states as they fully plan and implement transition supports and services across the transition domains of education, employment, living situation, personal adjustment, and community-life functioning

• Designs and conducts evaluations to improve the effectiveness of transition programs and outcomes for young people with EBD and their families in collaboration with communities, agencies, and states

• Formulates and disseminates effective practices, programs, and policies to inform stakeholders of factors associated with the development and sustainability of effective transition systems for these youth and their families
  
  For more information about NCYT, click here [.pdf document]

The Center's contact information is:
National Center on Youth Transition
Department of Child and Family Studies
Louis de La Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida 33612-3807