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Grading the States 2006: Virginia

Alabama

Report Card

Overall Grade:

D

Category Grades:

Infrastructure:

D

Information Access:

F

Services:

D+

Recovery Supports:

D+
 

Spending, Income, & Rankings

   

National Rank

Per Capita Mental Health Spending

$68.54

30

Per Capita Income

$31,969

12

Total Mental Health Spending (in millions)

$496

18

Suicide Rank  
32
(tied with Michigan)
 

Recent Innovations

  • Governor Warner's $450 million investment initiative from state surplus
  • Workforce development initiatives
  • Jail diversion programs 
 

Urgent Needs

  • Full funding of the Warner proposal
  • Increased implementation of evidence-based practices across all Community Service Boards (CSB)
  • Solution to private psychiatric bed crisis
  • Culturally competent workforce
  • Affordable, quality housing

The above information was provided by the Nantional Alliance on Mental Ilness, http://www.nami.org. For more details, link to NAMI by clicking here>>