Mental Health

In order to achieve this outcome, the Foundation has identified intermediate outcomes, or preconditions, which we believe must be in place. For each of the three intermediate outcomes stated below, the Foundation has identified a set of indicators that can be used to guide program development and measure success.

Click on each outcome to review possible indicators for that area:

1. Availability of quality services and providers
2. Accessibility of services and providers to the target population
3. Issues addressed before critical need is reached (early intervention)

The following elements are essential to eliminating barriers to health care for poor, minority and medically underserved populations:

• A culturally competent workforce and organizational commitment to diversity and inclusion
• Integration of oral health, mental health and primary care services
• Public and private policies that enable fair and equitable access to comprehensive services

Note: Mental Health grantees will be expected to report service utilization data using the definitions of encounters and users per the Bureau of Primary Health Care Uniform Data System (UDS).

Mental Health Resources

See the websites below for more information on mental health conditions:

• NAMI, Kansas Chapter
• Mental Health America of the Heartland
• NAMI, Missouri Chapter
• NAMI of Greater Kansas City
• Mid America Regional Council (Behavioral Health Needs Assessment for Metropolitan Kansas City)
• Missouri Department of Mental Health
• The President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• 2012 Children’s Behavioral Health Needs Assessment for Greater Kansas City