Promising practices

Medstat identified common factors of system change in a six-page brief, based on a review of organization transformation literature and, more importantly, the experiences of eight state long-term support systems that were the subject of a series of case studies on comprehensive system reform.

This report is designed to help Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and Title VI–Native American aging programs share their success stories about an innovative physician outreach program, Making the Link: Connecting Caregivers with Services through Physicians. The practices highlighted can have widespread application, the strategies can be adapted by other community-based organizations and AAAs, Title VI programs will find ideas that can be applied to workforce, PTAs, and other venues.

The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program is an employment program for people with disabilities who are interested in going to work. The quarterly newsletter covers marketplace news, opportunities and experiences. This Autumn 2004 issues details the new marketing alliance and offers the experience of promising practices and partnerships. The publication also has a calendar and lists all recently approved Employee Network Providers.

States have used a variety of techniques to combat the rising costs of prescriptions, especially for psychotropic medications. This paper notes that it is important to consider alternatives that have the potential to both contain costs and improve the quality of care and outcomes. The paper provides some examples of promising practices from Pennsylvania, Missouri, Texas, and Massachusetts.

Brief description of Georgia's experience in streamlining their financial determination process. Prepared by the Community Living Exchange Collaborative for the ADRC grantees.

Oregon administrative rule establishing the standards for the Oregon Community Mental Health Housing Fund that was created with certain proceeds from the sale of a state facility. The fund will be used to create community housing arrangements for persons with serious mental illness.

Presentation bt Jean Campbell at Oregon Real Choice grant conference in June 2004. Presentation looks at advantages and disadvantages of peer support programs moving to evidence based approaches.

More than 30 of the 101 Systems Change Grants that began in FY 2001 or FY 2002 have activities to improve the recruitment, retention, or quality of the direct service workforce. RTI International conducted phone interviews with the 20 FY 2001 grantees with workforce activities and conducted site visits with 7 of them to document their initiatives. This teleconference presentation will address a policy framework that identifies initiatives that appear promising to states.

This document is a draft paper designed for consumers by the SAMHSA/RWJ grantee in the evidence-based practices project. It discusses medication management strategies for psychiatric medications, including a systematic approach and consumer involvement.

Powerpoint presentation from Oregon conference that addressed issues in mental health. Focus is on consumers' roles in reshaping mental health services to support a recovery model.