Linda McKinnon, President & CEO Larry Allen, COO Mental Health & Substance Abuse •Florida Facts •DCF Funding Data Trends 2000-2014
Dec 26, 2015
Linda McKinnon, President & CEOLarry Allen, COO
Mental Health & Substance Abuse• Florida Facts• DCF Funding Data Trends 2000-2014
Florida FactsCurrent Situation: Behavioral Health Funding
• Florida’s 2013 population: 19,042,4581
• Floridians with behavioral health issues today: 3,897,0542
• Florida DCF funding per capita for behavioral health: $26.60 per person3
• The Kaiser Family Foundation ranks Florida 49th in the nation in per capita mental health services expenditures4
• Florida uninsured: According to a recent report based on the Kaiser Family Foundation study, Florida ranks at the bottom of the national rankings fourth behind Louisiana (20.91%), Mississippi (21.46%) and Texas (24.81%) in number of uninsured. Florida’s (19.61%) rate is equivalent to about 3.7 million residents5
1www.floridacharts.com/FLQuery/Population/PopulationRept.aspx2The National Council for Behavioral Health reports that 1 in 5 people suffer from a behavioral health issue each year. Most of us know someone in our own families or in our communities who suffer from mental health illnesses or self-medicate their illness with drugs and alcohol.3Florida State DCF SAMH Budget/Population 4http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/smha-expenditures-per-capita/ 5 http://wallethub.com/edu/rates-of-uninsured-by-state-before-after-obamacare/4800/
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