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Purpose
The Dallas County Behavioral Health Leadership Team (BHLT) is empowered by the Dallas County Commissioners Court and Parkland’s Board of Managers specifically to function as a single point of accountability, planning, oversight, and funding coordination for all Dallas County behavioral health services and funding streams. Behavioral health, for purposes of this document and the sphere of responsibility of the BHLT, is defined as mental health and chemical dependency.

Goals

leverage all of its resources (both NorthSTAR – which is less than 60% of the total – and non NorthSTAR county resources) more effectively;
provide more empowered and coordinated representation and oversight into the functioning of the NorthSTAR system itself; and,
create a single point of accountability and interface for Dallas County behavioral health services with the Commissioners Court, the Dallas County Hospital District (Parkland), the North Texas Behavioral Health Authority (NTBHA), and other stakeholder groups including, but not limited to: the Criminal Justice Advisory Board (CJAB), the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance (MDHA), other County Departments, state agencies (DSHS, HHSC, TDCJ), the local legislative delegation, foundations, and consumer and family advocates;
begin the process of forming a true authority for all Dallas County behavioral health services that ensures local control of the funding for and delivery of services, and
ensure that Dallas County is a partner with other counties in developing a strong regional behavioral health care system.

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