Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability

Review of the Efficacy of Community-Based Services to Severely and Persistently Mentally Ill Persons

Report 97-61, March 1998




Report Summary

  • The Adult Mental Health Program historically has not had an effective performance accountability system to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of community-based mental health services; however, the Department of Children and Families is currently establishing better accountability mechanisms for the program.
  • Available data on program outcomes are limited but suggest that adults with mental illness are generally satisfied with the services they receive and that community-based mental health services are effective in keeping adults in the community. In addition, some service districts appear to experience better outcomes than others given efforts to improve employment, transportation, and housing services for clients.


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Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
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