Grading the States 2006: New Mexico

Overall Grade: C- Category Grades: Infrastructure: B- Information Access: F Services: C Recovery Supports: C+

Spending, Income, & Rankings     National Rank Per Capita Mental Health Spending $28.80 51 Per Capita Income $24,250 47 Total Mental Health Spending (in millions) $54 47 Suicide Rank 5

Recent Innovations Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative Medicaid waiver funding for peer services

Urgent Needs Continued decriminalization of mental illness Implementation of best practices

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Grading the States 2006: New Mexico - Narrative
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Grading the States 2006: New Mexico - Score Card
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N.M. gets C-minus for overseeing mentally ill
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Albuquerque Tribune - NM.
3/02/2006