Strategies

Provide mental health care services (e.g., psychotherapy or counseling) via telephone or videoconference

Place youth with mental, emotional, and behavioral health challenges in foster families that provide a structured, nurturing, therapeutic environment; also called Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC)

Prohibit all drivers from texting or talking on a cell phone while driving

Require both licensed firearm dealers and unlicensed (i.e., private) firearm sellers to conduct background checks of potential firearm purchasers; also known as comprehensive background checks

Transfer arrested youth from the juvenile justice system to the adult criminal justice system