Strategic Planning Meeting Mahoney State Park

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Strategic Planning MeetingMahoney State Park
Scot L. Adams, Ph.D., Director Division of
Behavioral Health November 20, 2008
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Plans for Today

• Introductions by Region
• Purpose Identify services and processes
  necessary to ensure effective management of
  behavioral health needs in Nebraska.
• Outcomes Identify key recommendations the
  Division can share with the Behavioral Health
  Oversight Commission as it develops a strategic
  vision for behavioral health.

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Statewide Strategic Planning Timeline
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Parameters

• Use existing resources and levels of funding
• Move to managed care
• Focus Regional Centers on shifting from community
  psychiatry to serving special populations
• Provide seamless care by more fully integrating
  substance abuse, gambling and mental health
  service systems.

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FY09 Behavioral Health Appropriation
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Increases in Funding for Behavioral Health
Regions