Modifications to Objectives and Subobjectives

The following discussion highlights the modifications, including changes, additions, and deletions, to this focus area's objectives and subobjectives as a result of the midcourse review.

The objective for SMI among homeless adults (18-3) was reworded to more accurately reflect the data source used, and its baseline and target were also reestablished. For the objective regarding employment of persons with SMI (18-4) and the subobjectives relating to treatment of adults with SMI (18-9a, b, and d), the data sources were changed, the baselines were set using baseline data from this decade, and the targets were set using available racial and ethnic population data and the better-than-the-best target setting method. The objective for State plans addressing elderly persons (18-14) was reworded to reduce complexity and more accurately reflect the data source.

Four developmental objectives were reworded to fit new data sources and became measurable:

• Disordered eating behaviors (18-5).⁷
• Primary care screening and assessment (18-6).
• Juvenile justice facility screening (18-8).
• Adult jail diversion programs (18-11).

Also becoming measurable with the identification of data sources, but not altered in language, were treatment for children with mental health problems (18-7) and treatment for co-occurring disorders (18-10).

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