It is the purpose of the Community Mental Health Services Act to (1) provide a range of community-based inpatient, outpatient, and support services for persons with mental disorders; (2) assist communities in planning, organizing, and financing community mental health services through locally developed, administered, and controlled community mental health programs; (3) better develop and use resources at both state and local levels; (4) develop and implement plans for comprehensive mental health services based on demonstrated need on a regional basis; (5) improve the effectiveness of existing mental health services; (6) integrate state-operated and community mental health programs into a unified mental health system; (7) ensure that consumers, families, and representatives of communities within mental health planning regions can participate in planning for, determining the need for, and allocating mental health resources; (8) provide a means of allocating money available for state mental health services according to community needs; (9) encourage the full use of all existing public or private agencies, facilities, personnel, and funds to accomplish these objectives; and (10) e mental health services according to community needs; (9) encourage the full use of all existing public or private agencies, facilities, personnel, and funds to accomplish these objectives; and (10) prevent unnecessary duplication and fragmentation of services and expenditures.
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