States Redesign Behavioral Health & Social Services In Response To Challenging Budget Issues

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

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We're starting to see the effects of state budget woes on the delivery of behavioral health and social services around the country. Over the past decade, both policy and funding decisions have moved from the federal government to the states. This has led to state systems for health and human services that are amazingly dissimilar. As states address the realities of a soft economy and the need to balance their budgets, the approaches to addressing budget shortfalls are quite . . .