Date: 9/26/2007 Media Contact: SAMHSA Press Office Telephone: 240-276-2130
$21 Million Awarded to Help States Enhance Mental Health Data Recording and Reporting Systems
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced 55 grant awards totaling approximately $21 million over three years to help states and territories enhance their capacity to record and report on the performance of their mental health services. A Uniform Reporting System (URS) will be used to ensure program consistency and thoroughness among state grantees.
“These grants will support state efforts to collect and report data in a consistent and complete manner,” said Terry Cline, Ph.D., SAMHSA administrator. “Use of these data can lead to better program management and planning, and ultimately better services for people with mental illnesses.”
Grantees receiving these awards will be able to implement the following activities and special initiatives:
Collect and continue reporting the URS measures, including National Outcome Measures (NOMs);
Improve state and local data infrastructure to ensure accurate record and report URS and NOMs measures;
Collaborate with State Mental Health Planning Councils on setting targets for service provision and consumer outcomes, using the URS/NOMs as a framework;
Implement data quality initiatives including efforts to reduce missing, incomplete or incorrect data; and
Develop web-based systems or approaches for improved URS reporting;
State grantees meeting all URS reporting requirements may propose additional activities, which include addressing development and refinement of client level reporting as well as working with state and local entities to develop electronic health records and personal health records.
Each state and the District of Columbia will receive up to $142,200 per year in total costs. U.S. Territories will receive up to $71,100 per year in total costs. Continuation of these grants is subject to the availability of funds and progress achieved by the grantees. Total funding for year one is $7.2 million.
The grantees are:
Alabama Dept. of MH and Mental Retardation; Montgomery, AL -- $142, 200 DHHS/Division of Behavioral Health Svc; Little Rock, AR -- $142, 200 Arizona State Department of Health Services; Phoenix, AZ -- $142, 200 California Department of Mental Health; Sacramento, CA -- $142, 200 Colorado Department of Human Services; Denver, CO – $142, 200 Connecticut State Dept of MH/Addiction Services; Hartford, CT -- $142, 200 District of Columbia Dept of Mental Health; Washington, DC -- $142, 200 Delaware Department of Health and Social Services; New Castle, DE -- $142, 200 Florida Dept of Children & Families; Tallahassee, FL – $142, 200 FSM (Micronesia); Palikir, Pohnpei, FM -- $71,100 Georgia State Department of Human Resources; Atlanta, GA -- $142, 200 Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Tamuning, Guam -- $71, 000 State of Hawaii; Honolulu, HI -- $142, 200 Iowa Department of Human Services; Des Moines, IA – $142, 200 Idaho Department of Health and Welfare; Boise, ID – $142, 200 Illinois Department of Human Services; Chicago, IL -- $142, 200 Indiana Family & Social Services Administration; Indianapolis, IN -- $142, 200 Kansas Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services; Topeka, KS -- $142, 200 Kentucky Department for MH & Mental Retardation; Frankfort, KY -- $142, 200 Louisiana Office of Mental Health; Baton Rouge, LA – $142, 200 Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Boston, MA -- $142, 200 Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene; Catonsville, MD -- $142, 200 Department of Health and Human Services; Augusta, ME -- $142, 200 Ministry of Health; Majuro, Marshall Islands -- $50,000 State of Michigan; Lansing, MI -- $142,200 State of Minnesota, Dept of Human Services; St. Paul, MN -- $142,200 Missouri Department of Mental Health; Jefferson City, MO -- $142,200 Mississippi Department of Mental Health; Jackson, MS -- $142,200 Mental Health Services Bureau; Helena, MT -- $142.200 North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; Raleigh, NC - $142,200 North Dakota Department of Human Services; Bismarck, ND -- $50,000 Nebraska Health/Human Services System; Lincoln, NE -- $142,200 State of New Hampshire; Concord, NH -- $142,047 New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services; Trenton, NJ -- $142,200 New Mexico Department of Health; Santa Fe, NM -- $142,200 State of Nevada; Carson City, NV -- $142,200 Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc; Menands, NY -- $142,200 Oklahoma Dept. of MH & SA Services; Oklahoma City, OK -- $142,200 State of Oregon Department of Human Services; Salem, OR -- $133,138 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Harrisburg, PA -- $142,200 Puerto Rico MH/Anti-Addiction Services Administration; San Juan, PR -- $71,100 Republic of Palau Ministry of Health; Koror, PW -- $71,100 State of Rhode Island; Cranston, RI -- $142,200 South Carolina State Department of Mental Health; Columbia, SC -- $142,170 South Dakota Department of Human Services; Pierre, SD -- $55,622 Tenn. DMH & Developmental Disabilities, Nashville, TN -- $142,200 Texas Department of Health Services; Austin, TX -- $141,999 Utah Department of Human Services; Salt Lake City, UT -- $142,200 Virginia State Dept. of MH/MR/Substance Abuse; Richmond, VA -- $142,200 Virgin Islands Department of Health; Christiansted, VI -- $71,100 Vermont Department of Health; Burlington, VT -- $142,200 Department of Social & Health Services; Olympia, WA – $142, 200 Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services; Madison, WI -- $142,200 West Virginia State Dept of Health/Human Resources; Charleston, WV -- $142,200 State of Wyoming; Cheyenne, WY -- $142,200
Grants under this initiative will be administered by SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services. For more information:
About other SAMHSA programs, please visit www.samhsa.gov .
SAMHSA is a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability, capacity and effectiveness of the nation's substance abuse prevention, addictions treatment, and mental health services delivery system.
