Creating Opportunities: A Plan for Advancing Community-Focused Services in Virginia
Creating Opportunities: A Plan for Advancing Community-Focused Services in Virginia is DBHDS’s strategic planning initiative to 1) build on and continue progress in advancing the DBHDS vision, 2) support the Governor’s expressed intentions to achieve a Commonwealth of Opportunity for all Virginians, and 3) promote services system efficiencies in a manner that is effective and responsive to the needs of individuals receiving services and their families. Please click here for the Creating Opportunities Implementation Plan.
Creating Opportunities Strategic Initiatives follow:
- Behavioral Health Emergency Response Services
- Peer Services and Supports
- Substance Abuse Treatment Services
- Effectiveness and Efficiency of State Hospital Services
- Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Services
- Developmental Services and Supports Community Capacity for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder, or Other Developmental Disability
- Housing
- Employment
- Case Management
- DBHDS Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Health Information Exchange (HIE)
- Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Service Capacity
Implementation teams were then formed to assist in developing achievable and impactful objectives and priority actions needed to accomplish the initiatives. Over 200 individuals have been involved in this planning effort including representatives from DBHDS central office, state hospitals and training centers, community services boards, private providers, consumers, various departments of state government and other stakeholders.
As the process continues to move forward, more information on the process and outcomes can be found below.
- Creating Opportunities Initiatives Accomplishments (December 15, 2012)
- Creating Opportunities Implementation Report: Accomplishments and Planned Implementation Activities (April 2, 2012)
- Creating Opportunities Implementation Plan: Identifying the Priorities and Actions Needed
(July 25, 2011)
- Plan for Community-Based Children’s Behavioral Health Services – Final Report (November 1, 2011)
- Creating Opportunities for People in Need of Substance Abuse Services, An Interagency Approach to Strategic Resource Development (October, 2011)
- Emergency Response Team Report (July, 2011)
- Forensic Subcommittee Report (April, 2011)
- Case Management Workgroup Report (March, 2011)
- Interim DBHDS Plan for Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (October 1, 2010)
- Creating Opportunities: A Plan for Advancing Community-Focused Services in Virginia (Original Plan - June 25, 2010)
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