# Presentation: 307251

## Slide 1

## The Commission’s Vision

*New Freedom Commission                                                                         on Mental Health*

**The Commission’s Vision**

## Goals of a Transformed System

**Goal 1**** ****	****Americans understand that mental health is essential ****	****to overall health.**
**Goal 2**** ****	****Mental health care is consumer and family driven.**
**Goal 3**** ****	****Disparities in mental health services are eliminated.**
**Goal 4**** ****	****Early mental health screening, assessment, and referral ****	****to services are common practice.**
**Goal 5**** ****	****Excellent mental health care is delivered and research ****	****is accelerated.**
**Goal 6**** ****	****Technology is used to access mental health care ****	****and information.**

**Goals of a ****Transformed**** System**

**In a Transformed Mental Health System . . .**

## Slide 4

## Defining Transformation 

***...******identifies, leverages, and even creates new underlying principles for the way things are done***
***...******identifies and leverages new sources of power  ***
***...******once the process is begun, a profoundly different organization emerges, including changes in structure, culture, policy, and programs***** **

*Retired Vice Admiral Arthur Cebrowski*
*	**Special Assistant for Transformation  *
*U.S. Department of Defense*

**Defining Transformation **

## T = (V + B + A)  (CQI)2

**The Transformation Equation**

**T = (V + B + A) ******** (CQI)****2**

**Transformation ******** **
**(Vision ******** Belief ******** Action) ******** (Continuous Quality Improvement)****2**

## Federal Partners

**     ****AoA****	****	****  NIH/NIDA**
**     ****ACF****	****	****  NIH/NIMH**
**     ****AHRQ****	****  HHS/OS**
**     ****CDC****	****	****    - ASPE**
**     ****CMS****	****    - OCR**
**     ****HRSA****	****    - OD**
**     ****IHS****	****	****    - OPHS**
**	****	****  ****SAMHSA**

_**Other Partners**_
**Department of Education**
**Department of Housing****   and Urban Development**
**Department of Justice**
**Department of Labor**
**Department of Veterans ****   Affairs **
**Social Security ****   Administration**

**Federal Partners**

## Mental Health TransformationState Incentive Grants 

**Mental Health Transformation****State Incentive Grants **

## SAMHSA Transformation Activities

**Launch the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention **
**Develop a prototype of individualized plans of care that promote recovery and resilience **
**Expand the science-to-service agenda **
**Develop new toolkits on specific evidence-based practices **
**Initiate technical assistance on recovery and resilience **
**Provide technical assistance to help States develop comprehensive State mental health plans  **
**Educate payers about the practicability of supporting mental health services **

**SAMHSA Transformation Activities**

## What You Can Do To Advance Transformation

**Study the 6 goals and 19 recommendations in *****Achieving the Promise*****.  **
**Get involved in the development of your State’s comprehensive mental health plan.  **
**Apply for Federal grants.**
**Strive to build more partnerships that will contribute to change.**
**Spread the word that recovery is possible!**

## Recovery Refers To...

**The process by which people are able to live, work, learn, and participate fully in their communities**
**The ability to live a fulfilling and productive life despite a disability**
**A reduction or complete remission of symptoms**
**The ability to make important decisions affecting one’s own life**

## “...the true discovery of America is before us...the true fulfillment of our spirit, of our people, of our mighty and immortal land, is yet to come.”

- —Thomas Wolfe,Author