TY - JOUR KW - Capital Financing KW - Community Health Centers/organization & administration KW - Community Mental Health Services/organization & administration KW - Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/organization & administration KW - Health Care Costs KW - Health Services Needs and Demand KW - Humans KW - Medicaid/economics KW - Mental Disorders/economics/therapy KW - Missouri KW - Primary Health Care/organization & administration KW - Public Sector KW - United States AU - D. Schuffman AU - B. G. Druss AU - J. J. Parks A1 - AB - Missouri has begun a three-year pilot program across the state to integrate the primary care services provided by federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and the behavioral health services provided by community mental health centers (CMHCs). This column describes the integration initiative, in which start-up funds were provided in 2008 to seven FQHC-CMHC partnerships (a total of $700,000 to each pair over 3.5 years). It reviews lessons learned during the first year of the project in bringing these two very different public systems of care together to mend the public health safety net. BT - Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) C5 - Healthcare Policy CP - 5 CY - United States DO - 10.1176/appi.ps.60.5.585 IS - 5 JF - Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) N2 - Missouri has begun a three-year pilot program across the state to integrate the primary care services provided by federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and the behavioral health services provided by community mental health centers (CMHCs). This column describes the integration initiative, in which start-up funds were provided in 2008 to seven FQHC-CMHC partnerships (a total of $700,000 to each pair over 3.5 years). It reviews lessons learned during the first year of the project in bringing these two very different public systems of care together to mend the public health safety net. PP - United States PY - 2009 SN - 1557-9700; 1075-2730 SP - 585 EP - 588 EP - T1 - State mental health policy: mending Missouri's safety net: transforming systems of care by integrating primary and behavioral health care T2 - Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) TI - State mental health policy: mending Missouri's safety net: transforming systems of care by integrating primary and behavioral health care U1 - Healthcare Policy U2 - 19411343 U3 - 10.1176/appi.ps.60.5.585 VL - 60 VO - 1557-9700; 1075-2730 Y1 - 2009 ER -