Mission
To provide Missourians with timely mental health treatment, prevention, education and support services.
Vision
Offer Hope and Opportunity for living fulfilled lives.
Values
- Community Inclusion – Missourians who participate in mental health services are welcomed and equally included in education, work, housing, and social opportunities in their communities.
- Accessible, Safe, Affordable, and Integrated Services – Missourians with mental health needs easily access safe, affordable, and integrated medical and behavioral health services.
- Partners in Personal Service Design – Missourians participating in mental health services are active partners in designing their services and supports.
- Effectiveness Measured by Participant Outcomes – The effectiveness of Missouri’s mental health services is measured by meaningful outcomes experienced by the people receiving them.
- Valued and Motivated Staff – Missourians receive mental health services from competent, motivated, and highly valued staff serving as effective stewards of the public trust.
- Prevention and Early Intervention – Emphasizing prevention and early intervention strategies avoids or minimizes the mental health problems of Missourians.
- Respected Unique Participant Characteristics – Missourians participating in mental health services are valued for their uniqueness and diversity and respected without regard to age, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or socio-economic condition.