Mental Health Block Grant Plan Update

The draft of Pennsylvania’s third-year update (FY 2011) to the three-year Mental Health Block Grant Plan (FY 2009-2011) is now available for comments.  Any comments or recommendations on the draft Block Grant Plan Update should be emailed to Benny Varghese (bvarghese@state.pa.us) no later than Wednesday, August 25.

The update data for a few performance indicators are incomplete at this point; once that data become available, the revised plan update will be posted here and on the Department of Public Welfare (www.dpw.state.pa.us) web site.

Please note that, following the federal guidelines for submission, only relevant updates from the previous year are included in this draft.  There are also certain sections in the plan that do not require any updates as per the guidelines.For your reference, please click on the link(s) to see the PDF copies of the approved full 3-year FY 2009-2011 Plan - Approved September 2008  and last year’s approved Plan Update FY 2010 Update - Approved September 2009