Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
OMHSAS Mission and Vision
Every individual served by the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service system will have the opportunity for growth, recovery and inclusion in their community, have access to culturally competent services and supports of their choice, and enjoy a quality of life that includes family members and friends.
The current goals of OMHSAS are to:
- Transform the children’s behavioral health system to a system that is family driven and youth guided.
- Implement services and policies to support recovery and resiliency in the adult behavioral health system.
- Assure that behavioral health services and supports recognize and accommodate the unique needs of older adults.
OMHSAS Guiding Principles
The mental health and substance abuse service system will provide quality services and supports that:
- Facilitate recovery for adults and resiliency for children;
- Are responsive to individuals’ unique strengths and needs throughout their lives;
- Focus on prevention and early intervention;
Recognize, respect and accommodate differences as they relate to culture/ ethnicity/race, religion, gender identity and sexual orientation; - Ensure individual human rights and eliminate discrimination and stigma;
- Are provided in a comprehensive array by unifying programs and funding that build on natural and community supports unique to each individual and family;
- Are developed, monitored and evaluated in partnership with consumers, families and advocates; and
- Represent collaboration with other agencies and service systems.
Northern Management Consultants
Northern Management Consultants offer consultation, training and technical assistance directed at helping service organizations improve their capacity to address their core mission. Often this effort involves change, either in the form of process - the manner in which work is conducted - or technology - the methodology used to provide goods and services.
In particular NMC will help your organization bridge the chasm that yawns between the inovators in your organization and the mass of people who are hesitate or reluctant to adopt new approaches to desired outcomes.
What We Do
- Needs Assessment
- Program Assessment
- Customer service quality assessment
- Organizational capacity assessment
- Environmental scan
- Strategic planning
- Program planning and development
- Grant writing
- Planning process facilitation
- Futures vision facilitation
- Program start-up
- Organizational change event Planning and facilitation
- New program start-up
- Board training and development