Nebraska’s Consumer Voice now available on line

MHA-NE's white paper, Nebraska's Consumer Voice:  Leading a Change in Mental Health Services, is now available on line.  The paper was prepared with the assistance of over 600 mental health service consumers, and outlines 11 "Rules for Quality Mental Health Services in Nebraska."  Technical assistance with the paper was provided by Steve Miccio, Executive Director of PEOPLe, Inc, and funding provided by the SAMHSA/CMHS.

These rules include

1. Transportation barriers must be eliminated
2. It must be recovery focused
3. There must be access to services
4. There must be peer provided services
5. There must be access to complete medical records
6. Care must be based on a partnership between consumer and provider
7. There must be access to affordable housing
8. There must be more recovery education
9. There must be opportunity for competitive employment
10. There must be access to information regarding benefits
11. Must do no harm

To read the paper in its entirety: Nebraska's Consumer Voice.