1) Support funding for community mental health services, included integrated primary care and co-occurring substance abuse treatment.
2) Support funding for mental health crisis care for children, adolescents and adults; including community commitments for adults that meet current inpatient commitment criteria.
3) Improve transition services for children aging out of the children’s mental health treatment system
4) Oppose solitary confinement in both the treatment and corrections systems, realizing that there is still a need for short-term protective custody for the safety of the person, caregivers, and others.
7) Require transition services from public health and correction institutions into communities to prevent tragedies, improve recovery and reduce recidivism.
8) Conduct an interim study of the Montana Legislature to analyze the existing rate structure for caring for serious mental illness, analyze gaps in care for Montanans with serious mental illness, and make legislative recommendations to address issues.
9) Support research-based suicide prevention programs in all Montana schools.
