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New grants from MCF

Press release from Megan O’Leary, Minnesota Community Foundation

Community Mental Health Fund of Minnesota Community Foundation Announces $1.5 Million in New Grants and Results of Four Previous Awards

SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA—(January 21, 2004)––Minnesota Community Foundation and the Community Mental Health Fund of Minnesota Community Foundation announced today that new grants totaling $1,530,000 have been awarded to three organizations working to address mental health issues in the Metro Area. A collaboration of five Minnesota health plans, the Fund was created in response to the regional behavioral health care capacity crisis; the Fund awarded a total of $3.2 million in 2003 to new and innovative community programs that address this crisis. Organizations that received funding in July are already putting dollars to work in the community with crisis response, transitional housing, and on-site services for behavioral health patients.

Full press release (Word doc).

Update on MHAG Committee Work

We are now posting the draft recommended action steps posted by each Action Team.

Reports

• Action Team #1: Public Private Partnership Model
  
• Action Team #2: Fiscal Framework
  
• Action Team #3: Coordination of Care and Services
  
• Action Team #4: Standardized Assessment, Performance Measurement & Outcomes
  
• Action Team #5: Earlier Intervention and Secondary Prevention

We are also in the process of synthesizing these recommendations into a report that will be released for comment on February 12 at 2:30, at the Snelling Office Park, 1645 Energy Park Drive in Saint Paul.

If you want to provide comments and feedback before the 12th, please Contact Us. Thanks!