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The Baker Center, a national leader in children’s mental health, has received a 5-year grant from The National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health (a subset of the Department of Health & Human Services) to pursue research into community-driven drug prevention implementation strategies for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth in rural Hawai'i. The project is led by Dr. Kelsie Okamura, the head of The Baker Center’s Implementation Research team based in Hawai'i.

The Baker Center for Children & Families, a national leader in children’s mental health, has named Maria Gagnon, MSW to the role of Executive Director of The New England Association of Child Welfare Commissioners and Directors. Maria succeeds Julie Springwater, MSW, who previously held the role since 1994.