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City task force offers broad recommendations to engage hard-to-reach adults with serious mental illness
Summary
The CARE Task Force presented dozens of recommendations to engage adults with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders who are not connected to care. Proposals range from peer respite programs and expanded case management to data-sharing improvements and policy advocacy; the commission asked for prioritization, costing and cohort estimates.
The CARE (Contact, Assess, Recover, Ensure Success) Task Force presented a set of recommendations to the Health Commission aimed at adults with serious mental illness who are not engaging in services and often have co-occurring substance use disorders.
Jill Robinson, director of Community Behavioral Health Services, described the task force—s goal to identify programmatic and policy changes to reach a population that often hovers at the edge of formal treatment. Lonnie Kent of the Mayor—s Office walked the commission through a…
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