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Resources for Recovery: State Practices that Expand Treatment Opportunities
July 27, 2007 | Program Result
Resources for Recovery: State Practices that Expand Treatment Opportunities was designed to help states expand their substance abuse treatment systems through more efficient use of existing resources and funding streams.
Independent Review of Social and Population Variation in Mental Health Could Improve Diagnosis in DSM Revisions
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
At stake in the May 2013 publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), are billions of dollars in insurance payments and government resources.
Giving Clients Freedom to Choose Services Helps People with Severe Mental Disabilities
September 22, 2003 | Program Result
The Monadnock Developmental Services developed a project that enabled persons with chronic developmental disabilities to exercise greater self-determination in the care they receive and make their own decisions about how their needs are met.
Indiana's 'Dawn Project' Improves Youth Mental Health Services and Saves Money
June 1, 2000 | Program Result
The State of Indiana Office of the Secretary of Family & Social Services, Indianapolis, developed a state-level consortium of agencies to pool mental health treatment dollars to serve seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.
South Carolina Seeks to Privatize its Child Welfare Services
June 1, 2000 | Program Result
Starting in April 1996, the State of South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, sought to pilot a project in which a private contractor would develop and manage organized systems of care for child protection through in-home intervention, foster care and adoption under a comprehensive blended rate payment system.
Lone Star State Doesn't Go it Alone in Providing Youth Mental Health Services
June 1, 2000 | Program Result
Between March 1996 and December 1997 the State of Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, set up the Texas Integrated Funding Initiative to develop local organized service-delivery systems for children with multiple needs that are family based, accountable for outcomes, and that maximize all funding sources.
The Mental Health Services Program for Youth
January 1, 1999 | Book
The chapter takes the reader through the program's attempts to address the challenges related to creating, financing and coordinating community services for children with mental health problems.
State Laws That Provide Parity for Mental Health Care Benefit Children and Ease Families' Financial Burden
February 29, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers at Yale University examined the financial impact on children and their families of state laws mandating that insurers provide parity in coverage for mental and physical illness.
Maine's Pilot Program for Regional Mental Health Boards Lacked State Support
November 1, 1996 | Program Result
The State of Maine Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation in Augusta established a pilot regional mental health board, the Southern Maine Regional Mental Health Board.
Studying State Legislation of Cultural and Linguistic Competence
October 21, 2009 | Program Result
The National Center for Cultural Competence at Georgetown University analyzed efforts by 14 states to integrate cultural and/or linguistic competence into curricula, continuing education and licensure requirements for health and mental health care professionals.