I often have speaking engagements relating to the initiative, and one question that I frequently get is whether money raised by the law enacted by the initiative will fund a bureaucracy, and I imagine many of you have questions about that.
When I and the team of people working on the initiative drafted its provisions, we made certain that this wouldn’t happen.
When the initiative is adopted by the voters in November, the law it enacts will establish an oversight and accountability commission. Any organization receiving a grant or funding under the initiative will be required by law to provide information as to outcomes achieved and the number of persons served by the programs and services funded by revenues received pursuant to the initiative, and the oversight and accountability commission will be required by law to ensure that those outcome measures are provided.
Any organization that does not successfully achieve outcomes will not be funded in the next funding cycle. The initiative is designed to provide incentive to private nonprofit providers and to governmental providers to achieve efficiency and positive outcomes.
The text of the initiative is on the Web site, and I invite you all to read its provisions relating to oversight and accountability so that when you talk to your friends, and they ask you the question I hear so often, you’ll be prepared to answer it.
And I hope you do talk to your friends, because I need your help on this campaign. This initiative is about making sure that people who need mental health services have access to them, and let’s work together to see that it’s adopted by the voters in November. Click here to share our website with your friends.
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