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Reinventing A Multicounty Behavioral Health Care System: The Local Philanthropy As Change Agent

Communities across the country struggle to care for their most vulnerable and disenfranchised members, including those with mental illness. Local foundations can contribute to improvement of service systems for persons with psychiatric disabilities and their families, in several ways.

They can (1) exert strong influence on the community through a strategic philanthropic agenda; (2) be an honest broker, since they are generally not perceived as benefiting from modifications in service delivery; (3) transcend political considerations and terms of office of elected officials; (4) respond more rapidly and adroitly than government, by deploying relatively small amounts of money in strategic, timely, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Promoting Systems Change In Behavioral Health

 

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