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Grading the States 2009 Report Card: Idaho
In 2006, Idaho’s mental health care system received an F. Three years later, it receives a D, although the state still has steep mountains to climb. Unfortunately, state budget cuts threaten even this initial step forward. Full narrative (PDF).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Community Integration and Social Inclusion: D 15% of Total Grade
Includes activities that require collaboration among state mental health agencies and other state agencies and systems.
Innovations
- Leadership by criminal justice community
- Community Collaboration Grants
- Planning for peer specialist training and certification program
Urgent Needs
- System planning and accountability
- More inpatient psychiatric beds
- Housing
- Olmstead, cultural competence, and workforce plans
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"I think that the mental health professionals here work very hard, but there are too few doing too much."
"There are practically NO rural services. All the money goes to Boise."
"Intervention in Idaho seems to come only from court-mandated counseling or from someone who has taken an extreme action or been involuntarily committed. Preventive care is very hard to find."
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Consumer and Family Member Comments
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