The Lackawanna-Susquehanna (L-S)
Mental Health/Mental Retardation
(MH/MR) Program serves more than
13,000 individuals through various
providers of mental health and
mental retardation services.
The program's service area consists
of two
Northeastern Pennsylvania
counties - Lackawanna and
Susquehanna - which have
a combined population of more
than 255,000 residents.
The MH/MR program was started
in 1967 under provisions of the
Mental Health and Mental
Retardation Act passed by the
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Each year, MH/MR spends nearly
$67 million in public funds to make sure the mental health and mental retardation needs of its service area
communities are met.
The program's primary goal is to facilitate the inclusion and full participation of all persons with mental disabilities in their local community.
It organizes itself to proactively address the planning, development, procurement, management, and evaluation of services, thereby enhancing consumer satisfaction and positive personal outcomes.
And finally, the MH/MR program assumes a leadership role in collaboration with consumers, families, advocates, providers and local government to ensure full participation of persons in their communities.
For a complete overview of the MH/MR program, see our
Overview
page.
