“The mission of the Mental Health Division is to promote recovery and safety.”
Program/Planning Sub-committee
The purpose of this Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council subcommittee is to coordinate with the other Council Subcommittees to review, analyze, and evaluate the effectiveness based on costs and consumer outcomes of existing publicly funded policies and practices that pertain to access, treatment, rehabilitation, and reintegration of adults affected by serious mental illnesses and of children affected by serious emotional disorders, including recommending eliminations, expansions, and/or modifications for consideration by the Council. This Subcommittee consists of one representative from each of the special population subcommittees; one RSN representative; an expert in the subcommittee’s focus; and a consumer advocate, assuring balanced representation from rural and urban areas. The Subcommittee works in concert with the appropriate Subcommittees regarding issues pertaining to the populations they represent.
For questions relating to the Program & Planning Subcommittees contact:
Name |
Representation |
Committee |
| Alston, Thressa | Advocate | Rep Ethnic/Cultural Subcommittee |
| Baker, Nanette | MHD staff to MHPAC | MHPAC |
| Crozier, Rick | Older Adult Provider | Chair, Older Adults Subcommittee |
| Hammond, Russ | State Education Representative | MHPAC |
| Nash, Cathii | Parent advocate, Consumer | Chair, MHPAC |
| Nilon, Helen |
Consumer Advocate | MHPAC |
| Owen,Eleanor | Family advocate | MHPAC |
| Warden, Lenora | Consumer | Adult Consumer Subcommittee |
| Woodrow, JoEllen |
Advocate | MHPAC, Legislative Subcommittee |
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For more ways to get in touch with the Department of Mental Health Services, go to the DSHS Contact Information Web page. Mental Health Related Questions Contact:
