Plan to Transform Regional System of Care

To summarize, the County has made encouraging progress to fill system of care gaps identified by the HSRI report in 2016. But much more needs to be done. Because the system of care is uncoordinated, over-dependent on the crisis system, and often fails to connect individuals with appropriate treatment, timely and costeffective care is often the exception. Until the region can make funding decisions to deploy resources where they will do the most good, for example early prevention and intervention, the siloed approach to offering behavioral health care and social determinants will continue. And though the benefits of clinical integration are widely acknowledged, the number of fully integrated clinics will likely continue to remain low. Only major structural changes, discussed in the next section, can address these issues. Additional County revenue should be allocated based on the above principles as more fully discussed below.