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This paper describes results of a secondary analysis of interorganizational
network data collected in an evaluation of a system-level intervention tha
t was designed to integrate service delivery across multiple sectors servin
g children with serious emotional disturbances. Data measuring the extent o
f interorganizational resource exchange were analyzed to investigate change
s in patterns of interagency collaboration involving child welfare and juve
nile justice sectors. A general pattern of increasing resource exchanges ov
er time is characterized as relatively modest but important in demonstratin
g incremental growth in cooperative interorganizational relationships. Find
ings are consistent with reports documenting the project's implementation a
nd qualitative impressions of agency respondents.