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 2009 NAMI Grading the States Report
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Grading the States 2009 Report Card: Kentucky- for the full report click here
In 2006, Kentucky’s mental health care system received an F grade. Three years later, the grade remains the same. Little progress has occurred, although there is potential for improvement.
Grades by Category
- Health Promotion and Measurement: F 25% of Total Grade
Basic measures, such as the number of programs delivering evidence-based practices, emergency room wait-times, and the quantity of psychiatric beds by setting.
- Financing & Core Treatment/Recovery Services: D 45% of Total Grade
A variety of financing measures, such as whether Medicaid reimburses providers for all, or part of evidence-based practices; and more.
- Consumer & Family Empowerment: D 15% of Total Grade
Includes measures such as consumer and family access to essential information from the state, promotion of consumer-run programs, and family and peer education and support.
- Community Integration and Social Inclusion: F 15% of Total Grade
Includes activities that require collaboration among state mental health agencies and other state agencies and systems.
Innovations
- DIVERTS program
- Collaboration with consumer and family organizations
- Strengthened statewide jail triage system and criminal justice planning grants
- Reduction in restraints and seclusion
Urgent Needs
- Leadership and political will
- Invest in community services and evidence-based practices
- Workforce development, especially psychiatrists
- Supportive housing
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