Block Grants and Rural Mental Health Services.

Hargrove, David S.; Melton, Gary B.

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ERIC Number: EJ364040

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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Block Grants and Rural Mental Health Services.

Hargrove, David S.; Melton, Gary B.

Journal of Rural Community Psychology, v8 n1 p4-11 1987

Block granting disburses mental health funds largely at the discretion of state mental health authorities, and state priorities typically focus on the most severely ill persons. Rural centers may suffer because multipurpose programs responding to a wide range of community needs are excluded from the mental health service delivery concept. (JHZ)

Descriptors: Block Grants, Community Services, Delivery Systems, Federal Legislation, Mental Health Programs, Public Policy, Resource Allocation, Retrenchment, Rural Areas, Rural Urban Differences, State Action

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Audience: Support Staff; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 1981

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