Research, Evaluation & Planning
Hogg
Foundation Grant
– –Began
a three-year assessment of the impact of STAR and STAR+PLUS
on children and adolescents with mental illnesses.
Consumer Satisfaction Surveys
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–Collected and evaluated
consumer satisfaction surveys of services on a quarterly basis.
Also initiated the collection process of similar data for the
NeuroPsychiatric Center (NPC), which will be expanded to cover
evaluation of NPC by law enforcement personnel and families
and friends of consumers.
Strategic Planning for the Agency
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–Provided staff support
to the divisional Planning Advisory Councils and coordinated
the planning process with each PAC.
Annual Local Plan
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–Completed the annual
Local Plan that was submitted by the Board of Trustees to the
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
CHIP Project Planning
– –Participated
in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Planning
Task Force and provided information about market potential and
penetration necessarily for marketing and service planning.
Consumer Housing Study
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–Completed a study
on the positive impact of MHMRA services on consumers’
ability to live in their own home – a part of the mission
of MHMRA – and presented the results to the Adult Mental
Health Planning Advisory Council.
Committee to Protect Human Subjects
Continued to supply staff support for the Committee to Protect
Human Subjects, providing collaborative and liaison work with
academic and community-based research programs. Also collaborated
in a study by the Veterans Administration-College of Medicine
to follow-up on 1,700 adult mental health consumers.
Other PAC, Advocacy Group and Agency Research Projects
––Medically
fragile persons with mental retardation; costs of mental health
services for youths in comparison with the cost of juvenile
justice; projected inpatient bed capacity for Harris County;
distribution of Medicaid eligible versus Medicaid recipients
among persons with SMI; consumer transportation needs and issues;
respite needs of families of persons with mental retardation;
AMH Team efficiency and effectiveness; data modeling support
for AMH revenue, capacity, and team composition; and the impact
of the NeuroPsychiatric Center on inpatient bed demand.
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