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Evaluation Of Florida's Medicaid Managed Mental Health Plans: Year 8 Report, David L. Shern, Pat Robinson, Julienne Giard, Amy Vargo, Patty Sharrock, Roger A. Boothroyd
Evaluation Of Florida's Medicaid Managed Mental Health Plans: Year 8 Report, David L. Shern, Pat Robinson, Julienne Giard, Amy Vargo, Patty Sharrock, Roger A. Boothroyd
Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications
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2005 Pinellas County Human Services Priorities Conference Summary Report, Eric M. Eisenberg
2005 Pinellas County Human Services Priorities Conference Summary Report, Eric M. Eisenberg
Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications
On March 2, 2005, influential leaders in Pinellas County Human Services gathered to discuss the state of the county and set priorities for the future. The starting point for this conversation was findings from a comprehensive assessment of services conducted by researchers at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida. The purpose of this brief report is to summarize the main points made in the conference in the hope that they can provide significant direction for the development of future plans and initiatives in this arena.
The Public Library As A Public Forum: The (De)Evolution Of A Legal Doctrine, John N. Gathegi
The Public Library As A Public Forum: The (De)Evolution Of A Legal Doctrine, John N. Gathegi
School of Information Faculty Publications
When dealing with First Amendment free speech issues in the context of public libraries, courts have merely cited the supposition that constitutional public forum analysis leads to the conclusion that the public library is a limited public forum for the purposes of First Amendment analysis. By focusing narrowly on the issue of whether Internet access in libraries constitutes a public forum, and determining that it does not, the U.S. Supreme Court not only misses an opportunity to refine the concept of the public forum in modern-day terms but also somehow implies that public library activities are different from other speech …
Human Services Needs Assessment - Qualitative Data: Public Forums, Mail Surveys, Focus Groups, And Interviews, Julienne Giard, Peter Gamache
Human Services Needs Assessment - Qualitative Data: Public Forums, Mail Surveys, Focus Groups, And Interviews, Julienne Giard, Peter Gamache
Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications
Researchers at the Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, under contract to the Pinellas County Human Services Department, collected data over several months in 2004 from people in Pinellas County for a human services needs assessment. Human Services was defined in collaboration with the county as including four areas: homeless services, health care, mental health and substance abuse services, and basic needs. This report details the methods and findings from data collected at public forums, focus groups, key informant interviews, and through open-ended questions on the mail surveys to providers and citizens/consumers.