{"id":12540,"date":"2016-10-17T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imph.org\/?p=12540"},"modified":"2021-06-01T20:27:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T20:27:55","slug":"hope-for-tomorrow-progress-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imph.org\/hope-for-tomorrow-progress-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Progress Report \u2013 Hope for Tomorrow: The Collective Approach for Transforming SC\u2019s Behavioral Health Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Behavioral-Health_Progress-Report-Oct-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the Progress Report<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Significant Progress Made in SC Behavioral Health Services and Supports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The South Carolina Institute of Medicine &amp; Public Health (IMPH) released the first annual\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BH1yearupdate.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Progress Report<\/a>\u00a0presenting a status update on each recommendation from May 2015\u2019s Behavioral Health Taskforce report, \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Hope4TmwrReport-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Hope for Tomorrow: The Collective Approach for Transforming South Carolina\u2019s Behavioral Health Systems<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the release of the report, IMPH formed an&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/taskforces\/behavioral-health-task-force\/\" target=\"_blank\">Implementation Leadership Council<\/a>&nbsp;of key leaders to provide the vision for how the recommendations would be achieved, to foster collaborations and to propel forward movement in improving our state\u2019s behavioral health systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are pleased to share that significant progress has been achieved in a number of areas across South Carolina\u2019s system of behavioral health services and supports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most notably:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>A Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) will be opening in Charleston in early 2017, and the communities of Anderson, Florence, Greenville and Spartanburg are planning a similar facility.<\/li><li>The&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.sc.us\/dmh\/\" target=\"_blank\">South Carolina Department of Mental Health<\/a>&nbsp;(DMH) will use a new $1 million legislative allocation to support the development of CSUs.<\/li><li>Community Crisis Response and Intervention services will be offered statewide. A partnership between the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scdhhs.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services<\/a>&nbsp;(SC DHHS) and DMH will now offer services in all 46 counties.<\/li><li>In March of this year, the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.sc.gov\/pubweb\/\" target=\"_blank\">South Carolina Department of Corrections<\/a>&nbsp;(SCDC) opened a CSU for inmates in serious psychological distress.<\/li><li>SCDC inmates now have continuity of care with Medicaid benefits as they transition from institutional care back to their communities.<\/li><li>The&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.daodas.state.sc.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services<\/a>&nbsp;will use a new $1.75 million state budget allocation to support local providers in increasing capacity and to improve access to Medically-Assisted Treatment programs, an evidence-based tool for detoxification from opioids.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join us as we celebrate these successes and support continued enhancements to existing gaps in our state\u2019s mental health and substance use disorder service systems. It remains a critical area of health improvement for South Carolina, and we must continue to maximize the collective impact through new and enhanced collaborations and innovative approaches to care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please contact&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:maya@imph.org\" target=\"_blank\">Maya Pack<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Media Coverage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goupstate.com\/news\/20161020\/report-sc-has-high-prevalence-of-mental-illness\" target=\"_blank\">Report: SC has high prevalence of mental illness<\/a>&nbsp;<em>(The Spartanburg Herald-Journal, October 21, 2016)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goupstate.com\/news\/20161101\/sc-report-highlights-mental-health-fixes\" target=\"_blank\">SC Report Highlights Mental Health Fixes<\/a>&nbsp;<em>(The Spartanburg Herald-Journal, November 1, 2016)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/features\/your_health\/behavioral-health-task-force-says-it-s-making-progress-in\/article_78788b22-ac09-11e6-a56b-93e7ca4231c4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Behavioral health task force says it\u2019s making progress in S.C.<\/a>&nbsp;<em>(The Post and Courier, November 21, 2016)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/story\/news\/health\/2016\/11\/21\/report-sc-mental-health-system-making-progress-but-much-more-do\/93256376\/\" target=\"_blank\">Report: SC mental health system making progress, but much more to do<\/a><em>&nbsp;(The Greenville News, November 22, 2016)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Behavioral-Health_Progress-Report-Oct-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the Progress Report<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Significant Progress Made in SC Behavioral Health Services and Supports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"work-type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12540"},{"taxonomy":"work-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work-type?post=12540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}