This document presents the proceedings of the 8th Annual (1995) Children's Mental Health Conference. Eleven main sections focus on the following topics: (1) evaluation efforts within states and systems of care; (2) financing strategies of systems of care; (3) family participation; (4) school-based services; (5) the child welfare system; (6) the juvenile justice system; (7) case management services; (8) models to improve service delivery; (9) early intervention approaches; (10) research methodology and information systems; and (11) utilization research. Also included are two lectures in the Gwen R. Iding Brogden Distinguished Lecture Series: "New Approaches to Evaluating Systems" (Heather B. Weiss) and "Outcome Accountability and System Reform: What Should They Mean in Policy and Practice?" (Charles Bruner). (DB)