State Indicator Pilot Grants
CONNECTICUT
A Joint Effort of the Survey and Analysis and State Planning and Development Branches, the Center for Mental Health Services, operated through the MHSIP Program
| Co-Principal Investigator Wayne F. Dailey, Ph.D Director of Programs and Services Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services 410 Capitol, MS#14COM PO Box 341431 Hartford, CT 06134 Phone: (860) 418-6899 Fax: (860) 418-6691 wayne.dailey@po.state.ct.us Co-Principal
Investigator |
State Planner/Interim Project
Manager Eva Vavrousek-Jakuba, Sc.D. Associate Research Analyst Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services 410 Capitol Avenue, MS#14QAI PO Box 341431 Hartford CT 06134 Phone: (860) 418-6857 Fax: (860) 418-6896 Eva.Jakuba@po.state.ct.us |
GRANT NUMBER: 1 HR1 SM52511-01
FUNDING PERIOD: September 30, l998 - August 31, 2001
TOTAL ALLOCATION FOR FY’ 98: $98,293
PROJECT SUMMARY
The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services will pilot and refine performance and outcome indicators selected in the Five State Feasibility Assessment Project as well as develop additional indicators relevant to the State that reflect informational needs of a broad array of stakeholders. Stakeholder participants will include consumers, family members, behavioral health service providers, the State Planning Council, legislators, and the public. Project tasks will include: (1) assessing of indicators in the current DMHAS system; (2) achieving consensus by stakeholders regarding additional indicators (other than the Feasibility project indicators) needed in the state, (3) involving key stakeholders in selecting measurement instruments, refining definitions, developing meaningful state-specific indicators, and in designing a process for the use of information that reflects the concerns of consumers and families, (4) considering cultural competence in the context of indicator selection, (5) and completing of pilots before preparing to report statewide.