| What is the Community Mental Health
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| | partnerships among Federal, State, and
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| Services Block Grant Program?
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| | local government agencies.
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| The Community Mental Health Services
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| | • The Community Mental Health Services
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| Block Grant is authorized by Part B of
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| | Block Grant supports grassroots
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| Title XIX of the Public Health Service
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| | involvement of the major stakeholders in
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| Act and is the single largest Federal
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| | mental health services at both the State
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| contribution dedicated to improving
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| | and the Federal levels. Each State or
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| mental health service systems across the
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| | Territory is required to have a mental
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| country.
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| | health planning council to review the
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| The Center for Mental Health Services'
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| | State Mental Health Plan. Each council
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| Community Mental Health Services Block
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| | must include consumers of mental health
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| Grant awards grants to the States to
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| | services and family members, as well as
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| provide mental health services to people
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| | service providers and State officials.
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| with mental disorders. Through the
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| | The State also is required to seek
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| Community Mental Health Services Block
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| | comments from the public on its plan.
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| Grant, a joint Federal-State partnership,
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| | • At the Federal level, mental health
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| CMHS supports existing public services
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| | planning council members-including family
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| and encourages the development of
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| | members, consumers, State officials, and
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| creative and cost-effective systems of
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| | service providers-serve as CMHS reviewers
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| community-based care for people with
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| | of State Mental Health Plans and
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| serious mental disorders.
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| | Implementation Reports. They often share
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| With the current changes in the health
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| | their expertise at regional and national
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| care delivery system, improving access to
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| | technical assistance meetings.
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| community-based systems is especially
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| | What types of technical assistance does
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| important. CMHS is the Federal agency
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| | CMHS provide?
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| that oversees State Mental Health Plans
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| | Five percent of funding is set aside for
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| and Implementation Reports, using mental
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| | the Center for Mental Health Services to
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| health experts for the regional
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| | provide technical assistance, data
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| consultative application review process.
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| | collection, and evaluation activities to
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| Who does the Community Mental Health
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| | States and territories and their
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| Services Block Grant Program serve?
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| | representatives, as well as mental health
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| • In communities throughout the United
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| | planning council members, consumers, and
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| States, mental disorders affect people of
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| | family members. Technical assistance
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| all ages and in all walks of life. Almost
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| | activities include:
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| 54 million adults in the United States
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| | • The Mental Health Statistics
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| are affected by mental disorders in any
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| | Improvement Program, designed to develop
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| given year.
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| | minimum data standards that provide a
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| • Preliminary studies indicate that
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| | basis for uniform, comparable,
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| more than 12 million children (20 percent
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| | high-quality statistics on mental health
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| of all children) in the United States
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| | services;
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| experience mental and emotional
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| | • The National Reporting Program, the
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| disturbances while growing up.
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| | only national source of information on
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| • Each year in the United States, more
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| | mental health organizations, services,
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| than 5 million adults and children are
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| | and service recipients; and
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| diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar
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| | • National Technical Assistance
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| disorder, severe depression, and other
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| | Centers: one of which evaluates systems
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| serious mental disorders. People with
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| | that serve children, another of which
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| these disorders have extensive and
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| | evaluates systems that serve adults, and
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| complex needs, and most individuals
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| | the third of which provides technical
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| quickly exhaust available insurance
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| | assistance to the States for mental
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| benefits. At that point, they and their
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| | health planning.
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| families often turn to their States and
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| | CMHS conducts national and regional
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| the public system of mental health care.
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| | technical assistance meetings dealing
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| What does the Community Mental Health
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| | with the Community Mental Health Services
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| Services Block Grant Program do?
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| | Block Grant application process, the
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| • Because what is effective in one
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| | enhancement of existing systems of
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| State may not be effective in another,
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| | community mental health services,
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| the Community Mental Health Services
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| | strategies for transitioning into a
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| Block Grant works in close collaboration
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| | managed care environment, development of
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| with each State or Territory to develop
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| | a national set of mental health
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| and implement its own State Mental Health
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| | objectives, and use of consumer outcome
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| Plan for improving community-based
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| | objectives.
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| services and reducing reliance on
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| | • Community Mental Health Services
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| hospitalization. The program stipulates
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| | Block Grant Funding
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| that case management be provided to
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| | For free information about the Mental
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| individuals with the most serious mental
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| | Health Block Grant Program and other CMHS
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| disorders and encourages appropriate
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| | programs - including publications,
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| partnerships among a wide range of
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| | references, and referrals to local and
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| health, dental, mental health,
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| | national resources and organizations -
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| vocational, housing, and educational
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| | call 1.800.789.2647; (TDD)
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| services. The program also promotes
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| | 1.866.889.2647.
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