A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director

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Moving Toward a New Day On the Horizon of
Ohios Mental Health Care May 4, 2006Columbus,
OH

• A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director
• Center for Mental Health Services

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Ohios Mental Health Care System
Category Grades Infrastructure B Information
Access A Services B Recovery Supports
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Source A Report on Americas Health Care System
for Serious Mental Illnesses, National Alliance
for Mental Illness (2006)
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Federal Partners Workgroup
Department of Health and Human
Services AoA NIH/NIDA ACF NIH/NIMH
AHRQ HHS/OS CDC - ASPE CMS - OCR
HRSA - OD IHS - OPHS SAMHSA
Other Partners Department of Agriculture Departmen
t of Education Department of Defense Department
of Housing and Urban Development Department of
Justice Department of Labor Department of
Transportation Department of Veterans Affairs
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Social
Security Administration
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Common Characteristics of Successful
Transformation SIG Applicants

• Governors who are active and invested in the
  process and dynamic leaders in pertinent
  government agencies.
• Collaboration across agencies, with local
  collaboratives, and with the private sector.

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Ohios Population
Persons under 18 years old 25 percent
Persons 65 years old and older 13 percent

• Total population
• 11.5 million

Source http//quickfacts.census.gov
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An existing network of partners who can help to
promote and protect the mental health of Ohioans.
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Every day, more than 52 million students attend
more than 114,000 schools in the United States.
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Common Characteristics of Successful
Transformation SIG Applicants (continued)

• Ability to build on existing strengths.
• Consumers and families very active in and central
  to the process.

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Let Your Vision of Transformation Take Flight!
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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the
conviction that there is a better life, a better
world, beyond the horizon.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt U.S. President,
19331945
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