CMHS
Mission:
In partnership with individuals, families and our community,
CMHS, Inc. provides the highest quality behavioral health services.
CMHS Vision:
All persons will be free to lead meaningful and purposeful
lives beyond the limitations of mental illness and addictions.
CMHS Values
t Client-Centered Care - We
believe that services should be designed around the needs and desires of individuals
and families, and should empower them to make appropriate choices regarding
their educational, employment, social and treatment opportunities.
t Dignity, Respect, & Ethics - We
believe that people should be treated with respect and dignity and in a just
and ethical manner.
t Valued Staff - We believe that the
staff are the organization's most valuable and important resource.
t Accessibility - We believe that people
deserve services that are easily accessible and affordable.
t Cultural Diversity - We
believe that people should be valued and receive services that reflect and
respect their culture, race, age, lifestyles, gender, sexual orientation,
religious practice and ethnicity.
t Competence - We believe that people
should receive services delivered by staff who are skilled, trained and competent.
t Prevention & Early Intervention - We
believe that people should receive immediate and preventive care rather than
long-term remedial care.
CMHS Goals
ü To provide, coordinate and
promote the development of a continuum of community-based services that are
provided in the least restrictive environment possible.
ü To provide, coordinate and
promote a system that emphasizes human values, protects individual rights,
supports families, enhances the potential for self-sufficiency and maximizes
human resources.
ü To provide the best possible
services in the most cost effective manner possible.
ü To maximize staff resources
through effective selection, training and incentives.
ü To be accountable to all constituents
of CMHS, Inc.
ü To maximize citizen participation
in program planning, evaluation, funding and advocacy of mental health services.
ü To achieve a level of financial
self-sufficiency which maximizes the degree of local support in conjunction
with encouraging equitable and rational distribution of state and federal
funding.
ü To develop a system of services
which assures geographic, cultural, financial and physical accessibility.
ü To provide prevention and education
services to the community in cooperation and coordination with other community
providers.
ü To acquire and maintain facilities
that are acceptable to the population served.
ü To develop a flexible corporate
structure that enables rapid response to new opportunities and changing community
needs.