Office Of Adult Services
Primary Responsibilities:
The Office of Adult Services develops, administers, and monitors the statewide continuum of community-based mental health programs and services for adults and older adults; formulates policy, protocols, regulations, and practice guidelines to support systems transformation for improved consumer outcomes; and promotes evidence-based, consumer-directed, and recovery-oriented rehabilitation and treatment services and supports that have demonstrated effectiveness and are responsive to consumer needs and preferences.
Functions:
The office plans and directs the:
- Dissemination, implementation, and evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices(EBP) , including supported employment, Assertive Community Treatment, Co-occurring Disorders, and Family Psychoeducation, in accordance with established fidelity criteria;
- Development of certain standards for care and regulations for publicly funded mental health services for adults;
- Design and development of specialized programs and services for youth transitioning into the adulthood; older adults and adults aging in place; individuals in state hospitals, and adults who have sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI);
The office:
- Provides training, consultation, and technical assistance in areas of supported employment, case management, psychiatric rehabilitation programs, crisis services, housing and residential rehabilitation services, transitional-age youth, aging and older adult services and traumatic brain injury services;
- Develops, with CSAs, crisis response and hospital diversion systems and programs
- Facilitates the development of resources for affordable housing, crisis systems, and competitive employment, and monitors and oversees residential rehabilitation and support employment systems.
- Performs Pre Admission Screen Resident Review (PASRR) of admissions to nursing homes for individuals with a history of mental illness;
- Implements and manages the Medicaid traumatic brain injury home and community based waiver program
- Oversees the interstate compact agreement among States that provides for the interstate transfers for individuals requiring inpatient psychiatric treatment within state-operated facilities.
Collaborations:
This office collaborates with other relevant state agencies in developing an integrated, coherent, consumer-centered service delivery system; provides specialized program, consultative and research resources to MHA and other agencies; provides administrative, program, and consultative mental health services to the adult programs of all Core Service Agencies; and promotes discharge initiatives that include innovative programs to facilitate the discharge of individuals from state hospitals to the community.
Stefani O’Dea, Director of TBI Services
Nikisha Marion, TBI Waiver Case Manager
Anastasia Edmonton, TBI Projects Director
Steven Reeder, Director, Supported Employment Services, EBP Evaluations
Penny Scrivens, Coordinator, Housing and Case Management
Marge Mulcare, Coordinator, Older Adult Services, PASRR
Fran Haddow, EBP Evaluator
Georgia Stevens, Psycho geriatric Nurse Consultant
Charmaine Flood, Office Secretary
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