The Greater State of Mind results were shared today on the front page of the region V+ largest and farthest-reaching newspaper, the Brainerd Dispatch. The article highlights the results of a C4BHI evaluation project, with the hope that this type of exposure to the data will enhance understanding of the mental health needs in the region and motivate further collaboration and action.
“Using survey data, focus groups and individual interviews, Kinner and his colleague Cathleen Scully, a program manager with the center, identified common themes across the answers of those ranging from mental health providers with decades of direct experience to those receiving psychiatric care themselves. The largest group surveyed consisted of community partners regularly in contact with the mental health system, including those working in county social services agencies, criminal justice, child welfare, schools, housing and other areas.”
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“Breaking down barriers to transportation, enhancing the mental health workforce, addressing stigma, promoting culturally responsive care, developing new funding opportunities and rethinking how law enforcement responds to mental health crisis situations were among the collaboration opportunities the assessment identified. Taking these steps as a community, Kinner said, can move the system as a whole in a more positive direction.”