Goal Area: Continuum of Care

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The continuum of care goal is to build, enhance, and evaluate services to ensure the continuum of care across the lifespan, settings, and health–illness experience.

Objectives

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• Step-up and Step-down – Provide expanded levels of service (e.g., Intensive Outpatient Programs).
• Substance Use - Provide increased access to substance use treatment.
• Trauma - Strengthen ability to treat patients with complex trauma from a culturally informed perspective.
• Decrease Disparities - Increase access and decrease mental health disparities among racial/ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities.
• Integrated Care - Expand and enhance the availability of integrated care.
• Specialty Clinics - Continue to develop specialty clinics.

Major Initiatives

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Committee Chair: Chris Schneck