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ADULT – GOALS TARGETS AND ACTION PLANS
Name of Performance Indicator: Increase/ Retained Employment (Percentage)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Fiscal Year FY 2008 Actual FY 2009 Actual FY 2010 Actual FY 2011 Target
Performance
Indicator
N/A N/A 19.5% 19.5%
Numerator N/A N/A 8,332
Denominator N/A N/A 42,820
Table Descriptors:
Goal: Adults served by the Office of Mental Health and who have a serious mental illness will be
able to be employed and maintain their employment.
Target: A greater number of individuals with serious mental illness who are receiving mental health
services from the Office of Mental Health will be able to secure a job and if working, be able to
retain their employment.
Population: Adults diagnosed with a Serious Mental Illness
Criterion: 1: Comprehensive Community-Based Mental Health Service Systems
Indicator: The percentage of adults who have a serious mental illness who receive mental health
services from the Office of Mental Health who are capable of working and who have a job.
NOMS Indicator # 5; Table 4 of URS
Measure: Numerator: Number of Persons Employed: Competitively Employed Full or Part-time (Includes
Supported Employment). Unduplicated within program (community)
Denominator: [Employed: Competitively Employed Full or Part-time (includes Supported
Employment) + Unemployed + Not in Labor Force: Retired, Sheltered Employment, Sheltered
Workshops, Other (homemaker, student, volunteer, disabled, etc.)] Note: This excludes
persons whose employment status was “Not Available”.
Sources of
Information: OMHIIS
Special Issues: This was a new indicator for the state. The initial data collected will be used as a baseline.
Currently, this data is primarily ascertained at admission only; and therefore, the impact of
treatment at an OMH facility is not being captured. Employment programs have been severely
impacted by both the hurricanes, and the high levels of unemployment due to the economic crisis.
FY 2010 Actual: 8,332/ 42,820 X 100 = 19.5%
Significance: Measuring the number of adults with serious mental illness who are able to work and remain in
the workforce, as a result of receiving mental health services, is a significant component of the
Recovery movement.
Action Plan: The reporting of this information at each re-assessment/ update or discharge will need to be
emphasized in order to give meaning to this Indicator. The Block Grant indicators are
monitored through the Committee on Programs and Services of the Louisiana Mental Health
Planning Council. The Planning Council Committee on Programs and Services is responsible for
monitoring and evaluation of the mental health system and for recommending service system
improvements to the Council. Increased employment and retained employment are important
issues that warrant a high priority, and supported employment programs are even more critical
and will be promoted.
PART C LOUISIANA FY 2010 PAGE 182
SECTION III: ADULT PLAN
ADULT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, GOALS, TARGETS, & ACTION PLANS