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ADULT – GOALS TARGETS AND ACTION PLANS
Name of Performance Indicator: Regional Advisory Councils
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Fiscal Year FY 2008 Actual FY 2009 Actual FY 2010 Actual FY 2011 Target
Performance
Indicator
90 100 100 100
Numerator 9 10 10--
Denominator 10 10 10--
Table Descriptors:
Goal: Consumers, family members, and other stakeholders are involved in the policy decisions,
planning, and monitoring of the mental health system
Target: All local and Regional Advisory Councils will be fully constituted, trained, active, and formally
linked to the Louisiana Mental Health Planning Council
Population: Adults diagnosed with a Serious Mental Illness
Criterion: 5: Management Systems
Indicator: The percent of fully constituted and trained Regional Advisory Councils (RAC's) formally
linked to the Louisiana Mental Health Planning Council.
Numerator: number of fully constituted and trained RACs formally linked to the Planning
Council
Denominator: number of Regions / LGEs (10)
Measure: Count of fully constituted, trained, active Regional Advisory Councils on June 30 of the fiscal
year as verified by Planning Council Regional Advisory Council training staff
Sources of Regional Advisory Councils, Planning Council Executive Committee Reports, Survey of
Information: Regions & Districts, and Survey of Hospitals
Special Issues: The Planning Council Liaison has been working diligently with the regions/ LGEs to have fully
functioning and engaged RACs. The help offered has been warmly accepted and it is
recognized that the progress made thus far will require continued effort. FY 2010 Actual:
10/10 X 100 = 100%
Significance: Local planning and advocacy is the cornerstone of statewide system change and progress
Action Plan: The Planning Council Liaison will continue to provide training and support to RACs, reporting
to OBH and the Planning Council when there are problems. LGEs have been made aware that
a RAC is necessary in order to be recipients of Block Grant funding. 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.
PART C LOUISIANA FY 2010 PAGE 190
SECTION III: ADULT PLAN
ADULT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, GOALS, TARGETS, & ACTION PLANS