New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

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The Federal Action Agenda
Achieving the Promise
New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
New Freedom Initiative
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We Are on the Threshold of Achieving the Promise
in America.
Not since the Americans with Disabilities Act
and the Supreme Court's Olmstead v. L.C.
decision...has there been cause for such promise
and opportunity for full community participation
for all people with disabilities, including
those with psychiatric disabilities.
New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
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Achieving the Promise
Transforming Mental Health Care in America
Called for a fundamental transformation of the
mental health system into one that is

• Recovery-focused
• Consumer and family driven
• Evidence-based

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The Commission Framed Its Work Around Five
Principles That Seek to Improve the Lives of
Consumers.
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Executive Order Principles (continued)
from Executive Order 13263

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The Federal Action Agenda  First Steps

• Provides a model and promotes shared
  responsibility for change at the State and local
  levels
• Features the five principles around which the New
  Freedom Commission on Mental Health framed its
  vision
• Describes the state of success for each
  principle
• Highlights current activities and proposes Year-1
  action steps for each principle

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The SAMHSA/CMHS Response  2005 Priorities for
Transformation

• Mental Health Transformation State Incentive
  Grants
• Transformation Action Initiative
• Comprehensive State Mental Health Plans
• Individualized Plans of Care
• Transformational Leadership

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2005 Priorities for Transformation(continued)

• Workforce Development
• Stigma Reduction
• Elimination of Disparities
• Science to Services Initiative

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We Must Be the Standard-bearers by

• Embracing a behavioral health perspective
• Adopting a consensus definition of recovery
• Overcoming divisiveness
• Modeling the behaviors we want to promote

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