Welcome to the "Behavioral Health Network of Northeast Florida"
The Behavioral Health Network of Northeast Florida is an independent mental health and substance abuse advisory and planning group.
The Network's meetings are open to anyone who would like to improve access to behaviorial health wellness and recovery. Current members include mental health providers, substance abuse providers, professionals, state and local government agencies, advocacy group representatives, individuals receiving mental health services along with their loved ones and family members, and concerned citizens.
We envision a community where all citizens experience optimal behavioral health. To that end, the Network exists to promote the establishment of a System of Care that ensures optimal prevention, treatment and recovery services to the entire community through a person and family-centered approach.
While recognizing that no list of “Principles for a System of Care in
- Consumer and Family-driven System
- Ensure local control, transparency and accountability
- Implementation of evidence-based practices and culturally competent services
- Ensure that services are available, accessible and seamless
- Development of consumer oriented outcome measures
- Preservation of service dollars
- Ensure that management services are value added
- Expand flexible funding strategies and an organizational structure to eliminate silo-ed services
- Reduction of duplicated services and duplicated monitoring activities
- Promote the use of data management and data sharing
- Implement creative, cost-saving strategies
- Ensure substance abuse is adequately represented and fairly addressed
- Promote early identification and prevention services which provide linkage between the children and adult systems
- Improve the ability of the community to offer support services such as stable housing
- Utilize workforce development tools and strategies to engage and educate stakeholders
- Ensure that underserved populations are not left behind and that services for minority groups are available and accessible
- Improve coordination and communication among service providers, non-providers and other stakeholders
- Improve use of IT to increase efficiency and effectiveness
We are always looking for new members. Contact us anytime, or just stop by.
For more information contact us: info@mhcjax.org
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GENERAL MEETING SCHEDULE
1st and 3rd Fridays – Governance Committee
2nd Friday – Behavioral Health Network of Northeast Florida - General Meetings
Behavioral Health Network of Northeast Florida, along with the Department of Children & Families, have been developing a plan in response to the implementation of ‘Behavioral Health Managing Entities’ or similar models throughout the State of Florida .
The plan has been submitted as a preliminary proposal to designate BHNNEF as the Managing Entity (ME) for Baker, Clay, Duval and Nassau counties. This is the initial implementation plan that will develop further as we move forward through this process of community consensus.
The Mental Health Coalition began when concerned members of the city's adult mental health care system offered recommendations for improvement. They created the Adult Mental Health Strategic Plan and presented their findings and recommendations to Mayor John Peyton in 2006. The Mental Health Coalition of Jacksonville was formed shortly after the strategic plan was created to implement it's finds.
