About DMHAS

DMHAS Goals and Objectives for 2016-2018

Goal 1. Improve Quality of Services and Supports

  • A. Use data and informatics to track system and service process and outcomes to inform design, policy, and decision-making, to reduce disparities, and to make efficient use of available resources
  • B. Use data and informatics to promote continuous quality improvement and the delivery of person-centered, evidence-based care
  • C. Identify and respond to emerging trends in health care

Goal 2. Increase Stakeholder and Community Partnerships

  • A. Identify and establish meaningful ways for stakeholders (e.g., persons in recovery, family members, allies, community leaders) to participate in all aspects of system design, evaluation, and oversight
  • B. Collaborate with stakeholders in eliminating discrimination against persons with behavioral health conditions
  • C. Create mutually beneficial partnerships with other state agencies
  • D. Cultivate mutually beneficial partnerships with local communities to build on existing resources and foster community inclusion

Goal 3. Develop Workforce across the System of Care

  • A. Hire and retain quality staff
  • B. Expand and support peer staff
  • C. Align training resources with current needs and strategic priorities
  • D. Cultivate career mobility
  • E. Develop supervision infrastructure
  • F. Plan and provide mentoring for succession

Goal 4. Promote Integration and Continuity of Care

  • A. Provide holistic, person-centered, culturally and spiritually responsive, and integrated mental health, addiction, and primary care, including prevention, health promotion, and alternative and complementary approaches
  • B. Develop Behavioral Health Homes and increase access to primary care
  • C. Promote continuity across levels of care
  • D. Further integrate mental health and substance use services within a behavioral health framework across the system of care