Pocket Guide to Mental Health Resources

Administration and Regulation of Mental Health Services

The organizations listed below are involved with the administration, regulation, and policy-making aspects of mental health services. Their responsibilities include conducting research, setting quality standards for service delivery, monitoring the success of policies and procedures, and identifying and promoting public policy issues.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Executive Office Center
2101 East Jefferson Street
Rockville, MD 20852
301-427-1364
http://www.ahcpr.gov

Association of Social Work Boards
400 South Ridge Parkway, Suite B
Culpeper, VA 22701
540-829-6880 or 800-225-6880
http://www.aswb.org

Center for the Advancement of Health
2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Suite 210
Washington, DC 20009-1231
202-387-2829
http://www.cfah.org

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly the Health Care Financing
Administration
(Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
410-786-3000
http://cms.hhs.gov

Mental Health Policy Resource Center
(A service of the Missouri Institute of Mental Health)
5400 Arsenal Street
St. Louis, MO 63139
314-644-8787
http://www.mimh.edu

National Disability Rights Network
900 Second Street, NE, Suite 211
Washington, DC 20002
202-408-9514
http://www.ndrn.org/

National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
325 Seventh Street, NW Suite 625
Washington, DC 20004-2802
(202) 393-6700
Fax (202) 783-6041
http://www.naphs.org

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
66 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 302
Alexandria, VA 22314-1591
703-739-9333
http://www.nasmhpd.org

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