The Board identified certain priorities for the past few years that have become its principles for planning and contracting. These principles are also reflected in the Boards Strategic Plan. These principles of service delivery are:
· Early Engagement, Prevention and Intervention
· Integrated Service Delivery
· Recovery and Resiliency
· Workforce Development
· Strategic Community Partnerships
· Cost Efficiency
· Improved Access
· Research Based Programming
· Board Benefit Package
In FY 2010, the Board was challenged to make contracting decisions based on these principles in the face of the most extreme state budget cuts ever experienced. In this year the Core Benefits Package developed over the past 3 years is being used as a guide for funding and programming decisions. The implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Model (SBIRT) will be essential to ensure that people are placed in the right level of care the first time.
The FY 2010 Development Priorities are identified as follows:
1. High Acuity Focus First Priority
Persons with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness including those suffering with a dual diagnosis and those involved in the criminal justice system AND persons with addiction
i. Implementation of SBIRT Ensure that people with Mental illness or Addiction are engaged into the right level of care.
ii. Crisis Services Integrating Hope Line, Crisis Intervention, Crisis Stabilization, and AoD Screening 24 / 7 at Outpatient Campus
iii. Peer Support - Take the spirit of the Changing Seasons Model and through outreach efforts continue to develop social connectedness and skill building.
iv. We Care Wellness and Recovery Implementation of a continuum of AoD and MH services for adults on a single campus; One Stop
v. Primary Care Services Ensure that every client has access to primary care services either on site or through linkages in the community
vi. Permanent Supportive Housing Explore the possible number of units / apartments needed in the MH system for persons needing supports in order to live independently
2. Early Intervention / Prevention Focus Second Priority
Persons at an early stage of treatment; including adults, very young children and children / youth in school
i. School Programming Model Implement the new school programming model at Lima City Schools and then begin to incorporate the model into all school programming
ii. Increase in Support Groups [within and outside of the formal system of care] Enhance capacity for support group implementation throughout the community
iii. Senior Outreach Improve access to care for seniors through collaboration with PSA 3, Councils on Aging, LSS
3. Traditional Services Third Priority
Persons whose clinical diagnosis requires a moderate level of intervention
i. SBIRT Improve access to appropriate level of service; MH and AoD
ii. Group Treatment Continue to train staff and develop clinically indicated treatment interventions based on research
iii. Low Acuity Clients Develop a screening and protocol / procedure to link clients appropriately to less intense services / providers.
iv. Crisis Services see above
4. Workforce Development
Direct service staff and administrators
i. Agency Report as part of QA
5. Board / System Development
a. Advocacy Continue to expand and enhance advocacy efforts through the website, blogs, media attention, direct links to legislators, and development of grassroots campaigns to put behavioral health services top-of-mind.
b. Incident Command Structure Coordinate behavioral health response for 3 levels of emergency Critical Incident Stress management Training for Level 1 response
c. Board Collaboration Improve Board administrative processes through collaboration with other Boards
d. 529 S Elizabeth Explore potential use as an Administrative Center for Board staff and Agency staff.
e. Board QA Process Develop and implement an internal QA process for Board Operations.
f. Expand E Commerce Develop the ability to pay-on-line for trainings and merchandise
