Transform the children’s behavioral health system to a system that is family driven and youth guided.

• Establishment of Child-Family Teams to support transformation.
• Create home and community-based alternatives to residential treatment.
• Partner with Education to support the development of effective school based supports and interventions.
• Create behavioral health competency to honor the strengths and address the unique individualized needs of
  children and adolescents.
• Develop a process for identifying and implementing evidence based practices, promising practices, and
  culturally relevant practices.
• Develop strategies to address the needs of Transitional Youth.

Implementation of services and policies to support recovery and resiliency in the Adult Behavioral Health System.

• Define and expand the range of and financial commitment to consumer-run services, supports and trainers.
• Develop Centers of Innovation around evidence-based and promising practices.
• Support community re-integration of individuals who have been in state hospitals over two years.
• Implement an integrated system of services and support for co-occurring mental health/drug and alcohol recovery.
• Implement the recommendations of the Housing Workgroup.
• Implement, monitor and expand peer specialist services.
• Implement recommendations of the Forensic Workgroup.
• Develop plan for expanding employment opportunities to support recovery.
• Collaborate on the delivery of trauma informed care.
• Restructure the Medicaid State Plan to support recovery and resiliency.

Assure that behavioral health services and supports recognize and accommodate the unique needs of older adults.

• Expand access to services for older adults with the flexibility to provide services wherever they are.
• Increase awareness of and planning for suicide prevention for older adults.
• Review the impact of dual eligibility on service provision.
• Expand access to the interagency planning project for older adults with complex needs.
• Increase awareness of needs of older adults for substance abuse treatment and programs structured to accommodate those needs in a culturally competent manner.
• Ensure community consumer involvement by providing support to individuals transitioning from South Mountain
  Restoration Center into communities where they live.
• Continue to assure appropriate mental health services are available to older adults experiencing dementia who have behavioral health problems.
• Develop a collaboration with physical health partners (Home Health, Visiting Nurses Assn, etc.) to promote behavioral health screenings for older adults.
• Ensure an active role for the Older Adult Advisory Committee in the Money Follows the Person (MFP) project.
• Support efforts to promote a study of Older Adults through the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LBFC).