In this webinar, the SOAR TA Center shared results from the 2014 SOAR Outcomes Summary. As in past years, they shared data and provided community examples in areas including; initial applications, appeals, cost savings, and collaborations. Participants learned which states have top approval rates! Presenters also included states that have achieved consistent outcomes and states that showed significant improvement in 2014. Presenters shared their secrets to success and explained how your community can get there too.
This webinar is recommended for SOAR Providers, SOAR Coordinators, SOAR Trainers, SOAR Leaders, and others in the community who are interested in SOAR outcomes and successful SOAR states.
Presenters:
- Kristin Lupfer, Director, SAMHSA’s SOAR TA Center, Policy Research Associates, Inc. will introduce the 2014 SOAR Outcomes Summary.
- Douglas Wallace, SOAR State Lead, is a Housing & Homeless Specialist and State PATH Contact with the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services/Community Services & Programs Commission in Topeka. He will discuss how maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders will lead to sustainability.
- Marilyn Hampton, SOAR State Lead, is the Quality Assurance Coordinator and State PATH Contact with the Arkansas Department of Mental Health/ Division of Behavioral Health Services in Little Rock. She will share her secret for steadily increasing the number of quality SOAR applications over the past 3 years.
- Carl Falconer, SOAR Local Lead, is Director of Community Engagement with LSF Health Systems in Jacksonville. He will discuss SOAR implementation strategies from a regional perspective which has led to an increase in the number of successful SOAR applications.
- Trisha Hinson, SOAR State Lead, is Director of Housing and Community Living and State PATH Contact with the Department of Mental Health in Jackson. She is co-presenting with Sherry Holloway, SOAR Local Lead and Transition Coordinator with Mississippi State Hospital in Jackson. They will discuss how good planning and collaborating at the state level has improved their outcomes in 2014.
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