Publications & Issue Briefs

Beyond Compliance For most behavioral health organizations, program evaluation begins as a requirement — a line item in the grant budget, a reporting obligation to SAMHSA or another federal funder. It ends, too often, as ...

The Problem Most Nonprofits Don’t See Every year, behavioral health nonprofits identify grant opportunities that align with their mission, invest staff time in applications, and unfortunately frequently lose. The most common explanation organizations give themselves ...

The Challenge Behavioral health providers today operate in one of the most financially complex funding environments in the field’s history. Federal discretionary grant programs — long the backbone of new program development for community-based organizations ...

Beyond Compliance For most behavioral health organizations, program evaluation begins as a requirement — a line item in the grant budget, a reporting obligation to SAMHSA or another federal funder. It ends, too often, as ...

The Question Every Board Should Be Asking Behavioral health providers today operate under pressure that is simultaneously clinical, financial, regulatory, and operational. Funding systems are evolving. Workforce shortages are intensifying. Payers are demanding measurable value. ...

The Compliance Gap The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act was signed into law in 2008. More than fifteen years later, full compliance remains elusive for most health plans, and the consequences for behavioral ...