Priority Populations / Model of Care

  1. Persons with severe and persistent mental illness (youth, adults, seniors)
    • Recovery Model / Psycho Social Rehab
  2. Persons dually diagnosed with mental illness and chemical dependency
    • Dartmouth New Hampshire Model
  3. Juveniles and adults criminally involved with mental illness and/or chemical dependency
    • Multi-Systemic Therapy (juvenile justice involved youth)
    • Crisis Intervention Teams (law enforcement)
    • Assertive Community Treatment
    • Thirteen Principles of Effective Treatment (chemical dependency)
    • Research-based comprehensive prevention programs (e.g., Life Skills Training / Youth Mentoring / Focus on Families)
  4. Families in danger of losing their children because of mental illness and/or chemical dependency
    • Home Based Treatment / Family Preservation Model
    • Early Intervention / Prevention (funding / shared funding and programming to be developed)
  5. Persons with mental retardation / developmental disability and coexisting mental illness and or substance abuse
    • Funding / Shared Funding and programming to be developed
Funding Criteria
  • Research-Based, Best Practice (Outcomes/Quality/Effective)
  • At-Risk Population (Noted Above)
  • Continuum of Care / Collaborative Approach
  • Cost-Effective / Shared Funding

Priority Service Areas for At-Risk Populations

  1. Adult Foundational Services (priority funding)
    1. Mental Health Treatment and Prevention
      • Comprehensive Emergency / Crisis Services
        1. Hotline / Warm line
        2. Intensive Acute Respite Care
        3. Crisis Counseling
        4. Emergency Drop Off
        5. Crisis Assertive Community Treatment Team
        6. Intake based on uniform assessment
      • Housing - an array of housing that is safe, stable and supportive [supervised housing settings and medically intensive residential services] - explore capital grant
      • Clubhouse: Employment / Outreach / Family - explore capital grant
      • Psychiatrists/MEDS (all age groups)
      • Assertive Community Treatment Teams
    2. Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Prevention Services based on Best Practices:
      1. NIDA's 13 Principles of Effective Treatment
      2. Research-based Prevention Programs such as:
        1. Life Skills
        2. Youth Mentoring
        3. Focus on Families
  2. Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement (priority funding / shared funding development):
    • Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT)
    • Drug Court [training and implementation development]
    • Corrections (Chemical Dependency and Mental Illness)
    • Sex Offender treatment (all age groups)

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    Foundational Services for Children, Adolescents, and Families (priority funding)
    1. Mental Health Treatment and Prevention
      • Family Preservation Program (Home Builders - Family-Focused Therapy Approaches)
      • Psychiatrists and MEDS
      • System Coordination and Shared Funding for multi-system involved youth and families
        1. Family and Children First Councils (FCFC)
        2. Schools
        3. Juvenile Court and CSB
      • Early Intervention / Prevention (priority funding / shared funding development)
    2. Alcohol and Drug Treatment & Prevention Programs [e.g., Life Skills/Youth Mentoring/Focus on Families]

Priority Services for general population (mental health and chemical dependency)

Children and Adult Outpatient

  • Family Group Therapy Approaches
  • Adult Group Therapy Approaches (waiting list groups, motivational groups, etc.)
Resources
  • Federal, State (ODMH/ODADAS) - Non Medicaid
  • Local Levy (Mental Health)
  • Cooperative Funding Arrangements with Schools, Courts, Jobs & Family Services, Law Enforcement, Family and Children First Councils, Corrections, etc.
  • Special Grants / Capital Funds