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2 Orange Person Chatham Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Authority Local Business Plan 2007 - 2010 In December 2002 OPC Area Program developed and submitted a local business plan (LBP) that outlined how mental health, developmental disability and substance abuse services would be restructured as part of the state-wide mental health reform efforts. This first plan was atime-limited document that expired in December 2006. Its principle purpose was to define how OPC Area Program would divest itself of direct service delivery, create a comprehensive provider community, and begin development of the new "local management entity" or LME. In October 2006 the Division of Mental Health released the template for preparation of the new local business plan. which is expected to span the time period 2007 through 2010. The template, which DMH continued to revise until early January 2007, created the format under which each area program would develop and submit their new plan on or before March 31, 2007. The primary focus of the new plans will be the design and implementation of the local management entity for each catchment area. The new plans are limited to no more than 50 pages and are expected to contain specific information regarding the six local management functions of 1. Governance & Administration 2. Business Management & Information Management 3. Provider Relations & Development 4. Customer Service & Community Planning 5. Care Management 6~. Quality Management For each function OPC's plan will provide the following specific information: • Mission statement -each function within the LME is expected to define how their operations will support the overall mission of the agency. • Purchaser standards -the .Division of Mental Health, identified as the "purchaser" .of management functions from each area program, has multiple standards that area authorities are expected to meet. The plan is expected to address compliance with all identified standards. • Current operations -describes how the specific activities and responsibilities within the function are currently implemented in the organization. • Strategic objectives -are the specific tasks that the area authority will be undertaking .over the next three years, with responsible parties and stakeholders identified. • Resource allocation -describes how the current resource allocation supports the function of the LME. • Business rules -identifies rules or practices that both enhance and inhibit the agency's ability to operate efficienfily and effectively.