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TRANSFORMATION
Fiscal Year 2015 was a year of uninterrupted hard work for
MHMRA of Harris County. Our team had a laser-sharp focus: To
build and strengthen the infrastructure necessary to support
exponential growth in services and delivery improvements.
New funds from the 84th Legislative Session and the Delivery
System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) initiative of the 1115
Medicaid Transformation Waiver provided an unprecedented
opportunity to help meet the ever increasing need our community
has for adequate mental health supports. Our team worked around the
clock to boost, expand, refine, develop and implement the framework to
deliver these monumental improvements.
To mention a few examples, our workforce grew by 13 percent: 252 new
employees. We continued implementation of our 27 approved DSRIP
projects, bringing in over $30 million per year in additional Federal
funds to support mental health services in Harris County - some
through the five collaborative DSRIP projects with partners like
The Lighthouse for the Blind, which provides mental health
treatment capacity for persons with visual impairments.
We moved our main administrative operations to a
building twice the size to make more room and to better
accommodate enhanced clinical services. And, we continued the
process to revamp our brand identity with the selection of a new
name: The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD.
These are only a few of the endeavors our team began this
past year. Our vision for improvement is not limited to a
period of 12 months. Our work in Fiscal Year 2015 will
pave the way for continued progress to better meet the
demands for enhanced services and supports. The Harris
Center for Mental Health and IDD is engaged in life-changing
TRANSFORMATION.
I invite you to learn more about how our progress during this
fiscal year is shaping the future of mental health care and
IDD supports, and empowering our vision for better care for our
community.
Steven B. Schnee, Ph.D.
Executive Director
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