Speculation that policy and funding shifts in the nation's mental health system would
negatively impact program evaluation services in community mental health centers (CMHC) …

In an exploratory study of the program evaluation efforts of federally funded community
mental health centers prtor to the enactment of mandatory program evaluation, survey data …

Community mental health centers are increasingly conducting studies of program
effectiveness and impact. But conducting evaluative studies does not mean that the results …

Presents the case report of a mental health improvement project to illustrate that the
administrative nature and quality of the agency being evaluated is an often neglected and …

Experience with federally mandated Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) program
evaluation (PL 94-63) is examined in terms of three issues:(1) the purposes which …

A major aspect of the effort of the Mental Health Systems Evaluation Project of the Northwest
Denver Community Health Center's has involved studying the utilization of program …

A national survey of CMHC directors and program evaluators yielded responses by both
directors and evaluators from 323 CMHCs (60% response rate). The majority of centers …

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Many approaches can be used to develop understanding of service programs. These
approaches vary in how much they rely on technical vs. political procedures, who controls …

Abstract The Federal Community Mental Health Centers Program (CMHC)—from 1963 to
1981—was heralded as a revolution in mental health care. Championed by many, and …