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Emmet County Mental Health
Emmet County Courthouse
609 1st Avenue North
Estherville, IA 51334
Phone: 712-362-2452
Fax: 712-362-7835
Mental Health Coordinator: Dorothy Christensen
(In
Iowa Code this position is titled Central Point of Coordination.)
Beginning in the 1994 legislative session, a number of laws were enacted whose
purpose was to significantly increase state funding of mental health/mental
retardation/developmental disabilities (MH/MR/DD) services and provide the
parameters under which the counties must manage the system. The primary
purposes of this legislation was to provide property tax relief, and to improve
the county's management of the system through requiring counties to hire
qualified staff, develop a system of accountability and control by funders,
improve the planning process by increasing stakeholder involvement, and to
improve the coordination of services and assure the appropriateness of services
that are authorized for public funding. Counties are required to submit
their policies and procedures and strategic plan for their system to the
director of the Department of Human Services for approval. The plans must
identify how the county plans to implement the following elements:
planning, identifying a provider network and contracting for services,
determination of eligibility, funding authorization, service monitoring and
coordination, service and cost tracking and evaluation, and quality assurance.
Each county is required to establish a central point of coordination (CPC)
process (also referred to as the single point of entry process), and employ a
qualified CPC administrator. In Emmet County these functions are carried
out by the Mental Health Coordinator.
Copies of the
policies and procedures and strategic mental health plan are available by
request at the mental health office or click on the links below.
Strategic Plan
Policies and
Procedures Manual
Income Limits
CPC Application Form
(Appendix A)
Income Defined
(Appendix B)
Notice of Decision
(Appendix F)
2007 Annual Report
2008
Annual Report
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