Idaho Behavioral Health Council Strategic Action Plan Update 2021-2023
This strategic action plan update outlines the progress of the Idaho Behavioral Health Council's 2021-2023 plan, aimed at ensuring individuals with mental illness and addiction receive necessary behavioral healthcare. The plan is guided by principles of consumer voice, collaboration, evidence-based practices, recovery orientation, equitable access, financial sustainability, and accountability. Key priority recommendations address strengthening the behavioral health system through initiatives such as developing a comprehensive workforce plan, exploring Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) models, enhancing collaboration between behavioral health and criminal justice systems via Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) workshops, promoting early engagement for justice-involved individuals with behavioral health needs, increasing youth residential treatment options, improving civil commitment processes, developing a crisis response system for youth and adults, identifying services for long-term recovery support, and enhancing protective factors for youth resiliency.