2020 State Mental Health Services Block Grant Outcome Measures

The 2020 Uniform Reporting System (URS) Output Tables from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services provide an annual overview of state mental health delivery systems. State Mental Health Authorities report on National Outcome Measures (NOMS), evidence-based practices, and utilization measures to support the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program.

Use Cases

• Analyze state-level performance on National Outcome Measures (NOMS) to benchmark mental health service delivery.
• Compare adoption rates of evidence-based practices across different State Mental Health Authorities.
• Assess utilization measures to understand service access and capacity within state mental health systems.

Strengths

• Data is collected annually, providing a consistent time series for trend analysis.
• Covers state-level mental health systems across the United States.
• Reports on standardized measures including National Outcome Measures (NOMS) and evidence-based practices.

Limitations

• Specific data structure, column names, and row counts are not provided in the input.
• Data is presented in HTML format, which may require parsing for structured analysis.
• The dataset is from 2020, which may not reflect current conditions.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Collection Method

Collected annually from State Mental Health Authorities via the Uniform Reporting System (URS).

Time Range

2020

Freshness

Data is from 2020, but the metadata was last updated in September 2025.

Geography

United States (state-level)