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Mental
Health
Block
Grant
State
Mental
Health
Plan
Under
the
authority
of
the
Public
Health
Service
Act,
the
Secretary
of
the
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services,
through
the
Center
for
Mental
Health
Services
(CMHS),
Substance
Abuse
and
Mental
Health
Services
Administration
(SAMHSA),awards
Block
Grants
to
States
to
establish
or
expand
an
organized
community-based
system
for
providing
mental
health
services
for
adults
with
serious
mental
illness
(SMI)
and
children
with
serious
emotional
disturbances
(SED).
In
order
for
the
Secretary
to
award
these
block
Grants,
States
are
required
to
submit
an
application
for
each
fiscal
year
for
which
the
State
is
seeking
funds.
The
Plan
was
developed
in
partnership
with
the
Oklahoma
Mental
Health
Planning
Council,
which
includes
persons
receiving
services,
family
members
of
children
and
adults
receiving
services,
advocates,
representatives
from
other
state
agencies,
and
providers.
The
Plan
reflects
priorities
of
the
Council,
ODMHSAS,
and
the
President’s
New
Freedom
Commission
on
Mental
Health
Report,
Achieving
the
Promise:
Transforming
Mental
Health
Care
in
America.
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