The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), supports public mental health services and encourages the development of creative and cost-effective systems of community-based care for people with serious mental disorders.
Through the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant to the States, the CMHS works in collaboration with each State or Territory to develop and implement its own State Mental Health Plan for improving community-based services and reducing reliance on hospitalization.
The State is required to seek comments from the public on the State Mental Health Plan and Implementation Report. The Bureau of Behavioral Health encourages and welcomes such comments at anytime.
Each State or Territory is also required to have a mental health planning council, which includes consumers of mental health services and family members, as well as service providers and State officials, to review the Plan and the implementation of the Plan. New Hampshire's council is the State Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council.
FFY 2009 - FFY 2011
Community Mental Health Services Block Grant Application FY 10 (206 pages) - Community Mental Health Services Block Grant as submitted and approved. The public is invited to comment.
Community Mental Health Services Block Grant Application FY 09 (218 pages) - Community Mental Health Services Block Grant as submitted and approved. The public is invited to comment.
FY 08 Block Grant Implementation Report - as submitted. The public is invited to comment.
Guidance
MH Block Grant GUIDANCE 2009-2011 (118 pages) - This is the federal guidance that all the states must use in preparing their mental health block grant applications.
FFY 2008
Community Mental Health Services Block Grant Application (250 pages) - Submitted and approved by SAMHSA.
Federal Peer Review of the NH Plan
The application is presented and defended before a panel of reviewers. The State Planner and the Chair of the State Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council represent New Hampshire at the review.
Public Comments are Welcomed
The public is invited to comment on the planning and progress of the Community Mental Health Block grant initiatives.
To submit comments:
Lee Ustinich, State Planning and Review Specialist at
(603) 271-5048 or via email at lustinich@dhhs.state.nh.us |
