The Performance Improvement Project (PIP) Participants

PIP Sites

• Allegheny County Office of Behavioral Health
  Pittsburgh - Allegheny County, PA
• Austin Travis County Integral Care
  Austin - Travis County, TX
• Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare
  Portland - Multnomah County, OR
  
• Neighborhood Service Organization
  Detroit - Wayne County, MI
• Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health (Adult Services Division) 
  White Plains - Westchester County, NY

News from the Sites

Some of these articles are about PIP, while others illustrate the need for this work.

• Care Coordination, Peer Support, and Discretionary Fund Improve Quality of Life and Reduce Costs for Adults with Serious Mental Illness
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, March 7, 2012
• Wayne State University professor investigates mental health emergencies;
  Study seeks to understand, modify police interaction with mentally ill
  The South End, July 19, 2011
• Portland Police Chief Mike Reese vows to search for ways to reduce police use of deadly force
  The Oregonian, January 3, 2011
• Multnomah County awarded grant to study police encounters with mentally ill
  The Oregonian, July 8, 2010
• When Keaton Otis was lost
  The Oregonian, editorial, June 12, 2010

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