New York’s Community Based Services Decrease Costs & Improve Outcome: Satisfaction Of Families Receiving Specialized Family Support Services Reaches 96%
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry Statistics The State of New York has implemented a community-based service plan that is lowering mental health costs, in conjunction with improving outcomes. The success of the plan is demonstrated by high levels of consumer satisfaction, which in family support services and intensive case management has reached 96 and 95 percent, respectively. In the past several decades, New York's public mental health system has evolved from a system which relied heavily on state hospitals to deliver all care for individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) to one . . .