Overview

Vision

Transformational Change

Practice Reform

Finance Reform

Program Overview

The Western New York Care Coordination Project (WNYCCP) is a collaborative partnership among state and country governments, peers and family members, and mental health provider agencies.

"It is a real rethinking of what we in mental health services do
— of moving the system away from management to recovery."

—Bob Long, Director of Planning and Quality Improvement, Onondaga County Dept. of Mental Health and co-chair of the WNYCCP Steering Committee

The WNYCCP consists of an interrelated set of programmatic, clinical, regulatory, fiscal, and technical initiatives designed to transform clinical and social support services.

Transformational goals include:

A system-wide, recovery-oriented culture change that is peer/family driven
Performance management and financial strategies
Dissemination of best practices, including:
- Person-Centered Planning
- Family Education and Support
- Mental/Physical Health Integration

Results achieved to date:

Decrease in Medicaid spending
Improvement in quality of life
Decrease in contacts with criminal justice
Increased use of person-centered practices
Evidence of recovery focus or recovery orientation

The participating upstate New York counties (Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Onondaga, and Wyoming) are currently serving approximately 3,000 persons through 12 local, not-for-profit care coordination agencies.

Design: Breviloquent