Geographic Scope: National

The Behavioral Health Barometer: New Mexico, Volume 6 provides state-level substance use and mental health prevalence data that establishes critical baseline metrics for understanding behavioral health needs and treatment capacity across New Mexico's population.

This University of North Carolina guidance document outlines when Data Use Agreements are legally required for sharing research data, providing a decision framework that behavioral health systems can adapt for establishing secure data-sharing protocols between partner organizations.

The LOCUS (Level of Care Utilization System) is a standardized clinical assessment instrument that guides appropriate level of care placement decisions for adults with psychiatric and addiction needs, providing a common framework for systems to match individuals to the right intensity of behavioral health services.

This SAMHSA publication provides standardized model definitions for behavioral health emergency, crisis, and crisis-related services to promote service quality, consistency, and payer adoption nationwide—critical for any jurisdiction building a coordinated crisis system.

This is SAMHSA's 2025 national framework establishing principles, essential service elements, and implementation guidance for building coordinated behavioral health crisis care systems—directly applicable to Bernalillo County's efforts to develop an integrated crisis response continuum.

This 2019 HHS Office of Inspector General report documents critical behavioral health provider shortages and service availability gaps in New Mexico's Medicaid managed care system, providing evidence-based recommendations for workforce expansion, access improvements, and care coordination that directly inform systems change planning.

This is a national guidance document from the Stepping Up initiative providing counties with specific methodologies and targets for reducing the prevalence of serious mental illness (SMI) in jails, offering critical metrics and formulas that Bernalillo County can use to track and achieve meaningful reductions in justice-involved populations with SMI.

The Stepping Up Readiness Toolkit provides a framework for counties to assess and build their capacity to reduce the overrepresentation of individuals with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders in local jails through cross-systems collaboration.

This comprehensive toolkit provides a research-backed strategic framework, self-assessment tools, planning guides, and financing strategies for jurisdictions seeking to expand the System of Care approach to children's mental health — making it one of the most actionable national resources available for behavioral health systems change planning.