The Ohio Department of Mental Health (ODMH) funds, reviews and monitors community mental health programs coordinated by the 50 county-level boards serving all 88 counties.

Allocation Guidelines
ODMH receives funds from the Ohio Assembly and distributes those funds to local mental health systems that are administered by Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) or Community Mental Health (CMH) Boards. The distribution of funds is broadly guided by the intent of the Ohio Assembly. Within that broad guidance, ODMH provides direction and creates priorities for the use of funds by local mental health systems to provide a continuum of services that meet consumers’ needs and that is run efficiently, effectively and results in quality outcomes. The concrete result of legislative guidance and ODMH direction and priorities is the Allocation Guidelines, which provides funding distributions and program descriptions of mental health initiatives.

Annual Reports
In its annual report, the Ohio Department of Mental Health describes the services the department offers and how appropriated funds have been spent. The report includes utilization of state hospitals by each alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service board and the number and types of services provided to severely mentally disabled persons through state-operated services and community mental health agencies.

Block Grant
ODMH administers the federal Community Mental Health Services Block Grant from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration. The Community Mental Health Services Block Grant is used to improve the quality of services through the funding of activities that support and enhance evidence-based practices, quality improvement, consumer outcomes and support the values of recovery, resiliency and cultural competence. Block Grant funding is used to support consumer and family advocacy groups, consumer and family-operated educational programs and consumer and family participation in planning mental health services.

Community Medicaid
The Office of Medicaid administers the Ohio community Medicaid mental health program, as a sub recipient of ODJFS, overseeing local management of the program by local boards and assuring compliance with all federal and state Medicaid requirements.

Fiscal Reporting Forms and Templates
Fiscal reporting forms are completed annually by each Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health and Community Mental Health Board and submitted to ODMH. The data provides a complete picture of the types of services provided by mental health agencies and the corresponding expenditures and revenue in the mental health system.

Multi-Agency Community Services Information System (MACSIS)
The Multi-Agency Community Services Information System or MACSIS is the combined ODMH/ODADAS outpatient payment information system that compiles behavioral health care services for both Medicaid-paid and non-Medicaid paid services.