What It Captures
The plan captures unmet service needs, desired supports or responses, advocacy steps, barriers, and who to contact or how to raise the need.
Mental Health System Needs Plan
Mental Health System Needs Plan is a collaborative tool for mental health practitioners and clients managing mental illness. It helps clarify unmet service needs, desired supports or system responses, and realistic steps for raising those needs.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
Unresolved Details
A need without a known contact path can remain draft and be marked unresolved for follow-up.
Plan History
Reviewed plans can persist so continuing, resolved, or changed needs are visible descriptively over time.
Does this tool decide whether a client is eligible for services?
No. It organizes needs and advocacy steps; it does not make eligibility or authorization decisions.
Can a plan be created if the contact person is unknown?
Yes. The contact path can be marked unresolved and the plan can remain draft for follow-up.
Does the tool create referrals automatically?
No. It creates a service-needs and self-advocacy plan, not an automated referral workflow.