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2025 Mental Health - Community and Facility Services
Mission Statement Through collaborative and interdependent relationships with system partners, it is the mission of the Division of Mental Health (DMH), the State Mental Health Authority, to assure the provision of a recovery-oriented, evidence-based, community-focused, value-dedicated, and outcome-validated mental health service system, and to build the resilience and facilitate the recovery of persons with mental illnesses. 
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. Foster the continual development of a comprehensive public mental health system of care.
    1. By June 30, 2026, for all individuals admitted, the continuity of care between state hospitals and community services will be maintained as reflected by a readmission rate within 30 days of discharge of less than or equal to 6%. 
    2. By June 30, 2026, maintain the quality of state hospital services by maintaining an average staff-to-patient ratio of at least 1.9:1. 
Source of Funds General Revenue Fund, Mental Health Reporting Fund, State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund, DHS Federal Projects Fund, Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund, Community Mental Health Services Block Grant Fund Statutory Authority 20 ILCS 1705
Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
Input Indicators
Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 954,870.7 $ 716,740.7 $ 909,221.9 $ 696,702.7 $ 654,832.3
Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 954,870.7 $ 716,740.7 $ 909,221.9 $ 696,702.7 $ 654,832.3
Average monthly full-time equivalents 2,466.1 2,466.1 2,429.0 2,429.1 2,429.1
Output Indicators
Number of individuals served in the DMH Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program 600.0 615.0 600.0 641.0 564.0
Number of juveniles found eligible for mental health juvenile justice services (a) 2,220 1,886 750.0 1,603 1,478
Number of Medicaid-eligible individuals receiving mental health outpatient services 30,000 30,557 28,000 32,421 29,743
Number of mental health consumers enrolled in evidence-based supportive employment services 3,500 3,292 3,500 3,075 3,041
Number of mental health consumers living in permanent supportive households 3,999 3,574 3,000 3,294 2,965
Number of Colbert transitions 5,244 4,594 3,500 4,239 3,721
Outcome Indicators
Percentage of readmissions to state-operated hospitals within 30 days of discharge 6.00% 6.00% 3.00% 4.70% 3.80%
Persons receiving mental health treatment as a percentage of the estimated number of persons in need of mental health treatment 20.00% 22.39% 23.00% 23.80% 21.79%
Staff-to-patient ratio in state hospitals (#:1) 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9
Footnotes
DMH was able to increase our number of providers from 22 in fiscal year 2024 to 29 in fiscal year 2025. This was not allocated as an increase for the fiscal year 2025 estimate as the contracts were not finalized at the time of reporting. Also, allocated funding for this went from $3.5 million in fiscal year 2024 to $4.5 million in fiscal year 2025.

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