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Funding Service And Delivery. CHAPTER I Introduction: The Bureau of Justice
Statistics, [BJS], (2005), found that “mental illness ...
... organization I work for Operates as a nonprofit human service delivery industry,
through ... Since my industry is nonprofit the agency depends on funding from the ...
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... It has showed greater efficiency, more effective service delivery and stronger
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... farming • Lack of coordination of service delivery at local level • Hidden poverty •
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CHAPTER I
Introduction:
The Bureau of Justice Statistics, [BJS], (2005), found that “mental illness is the second leading cause of disability and premature death in the nation and one in four Americans will experience some type of disability from a diagnosable mental illness in any given year” (n.p).
The United States Census Bureau, [USBS], stated in 2007:
Oklahoma’s population was 3,617,316. Approximately 1,308,505 live in rural areas and 15.7 percent of those are living at or below poverty level. Of the total population in Oklahoma, the percentage of the mentally ill is 10.4 percent, and is the highest in the nation, which averages approximately seven percent.
This means 376,201 persons were diagnosed or were treated for a mental illness in Oklahoma last year.
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illnesses, [NAMI], state-by-state report card (2006), they concluded:
Oklahoma earned a “D” for its failure to make the mentally ill population a statewide priority. Oklahoma is ranked forty sixth nationally per capita in funding for the treatment of mental illness, and that lack of support for the mentally ill translates into an overall economic impact of $1.8 billion annually.
While no numbers can calculate the distress accompanying mental disorders, the economic impact can be calculated and the numbers are astounding.
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse [NCASA], (2001), concluded that “disability payments (SSI or Medicaid) to the seriously mentally ill, treatment costs, loss of
productivity, and the burden on the criminal justice system all contributed to this economic impact” (n.p.).
Since 1986, the state of Oklahoma has downsized two mental health inpatient hospitals, attempting to redirect resources to community-based services. Oklahoma downsized Western State Hospital at Fort Supply in 1986 and Eastern State Hospital at Vinita in...
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