WELCOMING REMARKS by A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director Center for Mental Health Services CMHS, Subst

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WELCOMING REMARKSbyA. Kathryn Power, M.Ed.,
DirectorCenter for Mental Health Services
(CMHS),Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA)at theU.S.
Department of Health and Human ServicesBaltimore
, MDFebruary 14, 2006
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Federal Partners
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
Social Security Administration
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2005 FCCMH/FLAPRA Annual Conference
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(No Transcript)
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The Federal Action AgendaFundamentally Altering
the Mental Health System

• 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
• Describes the state of success for each
  principle
• Highlights current activities and proposes Year-1
  action steps for each principle

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Progress Toward Transformation

• Almost every State agency has adopted a recovery
  mission statement
• 93 have initiatives for individualized,
  person-centered treatment plans
• More than half of the State agencies are
  developing a Comprehensive State Mental Health
  Plan
• 61 of State agencies already have public
  information campaigns
• Every reporting State agency is implementing at
  least one adult evidence-based practice
• 94 are measuring client-outcome measures 

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First release of NOMs data
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National Outcome Measures

• Decreased mental illness symptomatology/improved
  functioning1
• Increased/retained employment (adults) return
  to/retention in school (children)1
• Decreased criminal justice involvement1
• 1Developmental (Cont.)

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National Outcome Measures

• 4. Increased stability in family and living
  conditions
• 5. Increased access to services
• (number of persons served by age, gender, race,
  and ethnicity)2
• Reduced utilization of psychiatric inpatient beds
  
• (rates of admission for 30 and 180 days)1, 2

1Developmental 2Required by the Office of
Management and Budget Performance Assessment
Rating Tool (PART) review
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National Outcome Measures

• Increased social supports/social
• connectedness3
• Client perception of care outcomes2
• Use of evidence-based practices (EBP)
• (Cost effectiveness)
• (number of persons receiving EBPs and number of
  EBPs provided by State)2
• 2 Required by the Office of Management
  and Budget Performance Assessment Rating Tool
  (PART) review
• 3 For Access To Recovery, social
  support of recovery is measured by client
  participation in voluntary recovery or self-help
  groups as well as interaction
• (Cont.)