a future when mental illnesses can be prevented or cured, a future when mental illnesses are detecte

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Achieving the Promise
Transforming Mental Health Care in America
a future when mental illnesses can be prevented
or cured, a future when mental illnesses are
detected early, and a future when everyone with a
mental illness at any stage of life has access to
effective treatment and supportsessentials for
living, working, learning, and participating
fully in the community. New Freedom
Commission on Mental Health
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Recovery is a
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Federal Partners Workgroup
Department of Health and Human
Services AoA NIH/NIDA ACF NIH/NIMH
AHRQ HHS/OS CDC - ASPE CMS - OCR
HRSA - OD IHS - OPHS SAMHSA
Other Partners Department of Agriculture Departmen
t of Education Department of Defense Department
of Housing and Urban Development Department of
Justice Department of Labor Department of
Transportation Department of Veterans
Affairs Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Social Security Administration
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The Federal Action Agenda
Transforming Mental Health Care in America

• Provides a model and promotes shared
  responsibility for change at the State and local
  levels
• Features the five principles around which the New
  Freedom Commission on Mental Health framed its
  vision, cross walked with the NFCs six goals
• Highlights current activities and proposes Year-1
  action steps for each principle

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The Year of the Consumer
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The First SAMHSA- Sponsored Voice Awards

• Film, TV, and radio writers and producers who
  have created positive, accurate, and dignified
  portrayals of people with mental illnesses
• Mental health advocates whose efforts have
  expanded public understanding of mental illnesses
• Others whose activities promote mental health
  awareness

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Consumer-Driven means
http//www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/AdvisoryCo
uncil/consumerdrivenDraft.asp
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The Power of One
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