Louisiana 2020 Mental Health Services Block Grant Report

The 2020 Uniform Reporting System (URS) Output Tables for Louisiana provide an annual overview of the state's mental health delivery system. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services collects this data to support the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program, reporting on National Outcome Measures, evidence-based practices, and utilization measures.

Use Cases

• Analyze state-level National Outcome Measures (NOMs) to assess mental health service performance.
• Compare evidence-based practice implementation metrics across different service areas.
• Evaluate utilization measures to understand service capacity and demand within Louisiana's mental health system.
• Study the relationship between Block Grant program funding and reported service delivery outcomes.

Strengths

• Data is collected annually by State Mental Health Authorities, providing a standardized reporting framework.
• Report covers multiple analytical dimensions including outcomes, practices, and utilization.
• Produced by the authoritative U.S. Department of Health & Human Services for federal program oversight.

Limitations

• Data is limited to a single year (2020), preventing longitudinal trend analysis.
• The HTML file format is not machine-readable, requiring significant manual extraction for analysis.
• Scope is restricted to Louisiana, limiting broader geographic comparisons.

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

Report is from 2020, though metadata was last updated in September 2025.

Geography

Louisiana, United States