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Grading the States 2006: Massachusetts
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Overall Grade:
C-
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Category Grades:
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Infrastructure:
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C- |
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Information Access:
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F |
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Services:
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D+ |
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Recovery Supports:
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B+ |
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National Rank
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| Per Capita Mental Health Spending |
$106.21
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15
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| Per Capita Income |
$37,802
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4
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| Total Mental Health Spending (in millions) |
$683
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11
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| Suicide Rank |
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48
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- Medicaid "carve-out" incentives based on clinical outcomes, not on service denials
- Public-private collaboration to rebuild Massachusetts Mental Health Center
- Proposed construction of a new state hospital, while closing two old facilities
- Model regulations for minimizing use of restraint and seclusion
- Agency collaboration to help mothers with mental illnesses whose children are taken into state protective custody
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- Funding and investment
- Study possible Medicaid and service delivery changes; learn from experience of states such as North Carolina
- Housing and rehabilitation supports
- Jail diversion
- Co-occurring disorder integration
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