Problem Gambling Services

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Problem Gambling Services

• ACTION PLAN
• Paul D. Potter

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• A Goal Without A Plan
• Is Just A Wish

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How we got here
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What you told us

• Overall, a good system has
• developed with provider
• input now its time to adjust certain key
• elements, including

• Allocation/Payment
• Treatment special populations rural
  increasing our numbers
• Prevention overlap with outreach
• Data/Reporting

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Where to start?

• Immediate/easy to do
• Impacts 09-11 budget
• Impacts 09-11 outcomes
• Implications across division for 11-13
• Implications for 11-13 budget

Work Groups
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1. Immediate

• Initiate E-meetings
• Improve communication via monthly e-news
• Clarify service element/billing misunderstandings
• Combine AD 81 (treatment) and AD 83 (treatment
  enhancement)

in process
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2. Implications for 09-11 budget

• Improve allocation formula/process
• Address rural issues
• Revisit counselor certification requirements

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3. Implications for 09-11 outcomes

• Increase number of people in treatment
• Improve ability to demonstrate success (data
  collection and evaluation)
• Provide services for special populations

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4. Cross-AMH issues for 11-13

• Problem gambling as COD
• Integrate problem gambling prevention into
  existing prevention efforts (ATOD)
• Re-envision the PGS system

5. Implications for 11-13 budget
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• Vision Without Action
• Is Merely a Dream

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Proposed Process

• Workgroups of 4-5
• Specific charge and deliverables
• Analyze and make recommendations
• Short term

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Workgroup Resources

• Planning template
• Website via Google groups
• PGS staff sponsors support, information, data,
  etc.

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Project Teams

• 1 Allocation Management - Paul
• 2 Rural Issues - Paul
• 3 Clinical Practice - Jackie
• 4 Enrollment Expansion - Wendy
• 5 Demonstrating Success - Jackie/Wendy
• 6 Special Population Treatment - Jackie
• 7 COD Treatment - Jackie
• 8 Prevention Integration - Wendy

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Team Members

• Working groupstasks will be assigned!
• Estimated time commitment 4 hrs/mo for 6 mos
• Able to think outside the box
• Be on time, prepare for and participate in all
  meetings no subs
• Work for consensus majority vote if consensus
  isnt reachable

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Structured Process

• meet monthly for no longer than 6 mos
• team leader/facilitator agenda w/timelines prior
  to the meeting
• staff sponsor at all meetings for informing
  process and providing resources
• recommendations guided by set of stated values
• identify barriers and ideas for overcoming them

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Team Tools
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Process Management
Paul and Madeline
Recommendations Legal? In line with DHS
policy? Etc
Project Teams
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Next steps

• Staff preparation for teams clear
• deliverables, templates, information
• Populate workgroups
• October launch staff will initiate all first
  mtgs
• March completion
• Email follow-up respond if you are interested
  in participating