Article Publication Date:
3/10/2004
Summary:
This paper subtitled: A Look at Federal, State and Public Systems as Sources of Cash-Outs and Other Fiscal Expansion Opportunities, examines promising interconnections between the concepts of recovery, self-determination, and self-directed care. It reviews the five principles of self-direction and explores the major systems that can serve as sources of cash-out funding. The paper concludes with a series of recommendations for next steps in adopting this mental health care financing mechanism.
Topics:
Consumer/Participant Direction
Types/Tools:
Populations:
Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness
Sources:
National Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disability, Center on Mental Health Services Research and Policy, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago
Programs/Initiatives:
Ticket to Work
States:
Keywords:
N/A
recovery; self-directed care; freedom; authority; support; responsibility; confirmation; cash-out funding;
Community Mental Heath Block Grants; workforce development; public disability income support; Individual Development Accounts; financing mechanism; peer-to-peer services
Contact
Judith Cook
UIC Mental Health Services Research Program
cook@ripco.com
Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50388