HBGI Reports
California Full Service Partnerships Report
We are delighted to share the report from our work with the State of California, reviewing the current commissioning and delivery of the Full Service Partnerships (FSPs) - a recovery-oriented program which supports individuals who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and who have a severe, chronic mental illness.
In 2023, the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC) contracted HBGI to undertake a review of the current FSP contracts: exploring their performance, with a particular focus on contract design and performance management, and describing if and how outcomes-based contracts could enhance that performance or otherwise strengthen the behavioral health system. Our CEO, Richard Johson, along with our Chief Medical Officer, Dr Jonathan Sherin, spent a number of weeks over the summer and autumn delving deeply into this, speaking with key stakeholders across the State and in focus Counties, including government leads, service providers, service users and their families. The subsequent Report prepared by Richard and Jon sets out a number of observations and recommendations with the objective of: strengthening existing services; increasing impact and accountability; re-emphasizing recovery; exploring the possibility of piloting new outcomes contracts, and; gathering learning to inform future service enhancements.
Previous Reports
As part of our setup work, we created several reports on the mental health landscape and our approach. We hope you find these reports helpful and informative and welcome any feedback.
Paying for Outcomes on Mental Health Programs
This report summarizes learnings from HBGI’s Call for Expressions of Interest. We conducted this Call looking to understand the mental health landscape, what programs already exist, and which may be amenable to outcomes-based contracting. We are now releasing the results from the Call, along with launching the first of a series of free briefings on outcomes-based contracting.
We held the launch event of this report on 30th March 2023. The recordings from the session and the presentation can be found below.
Transforming the Way We Work: The Lived Experience Council Report
This report summarizes learnings from HBGI’s work with people who have lived experience of mental health challenges. In particular, it summarizes the reflections from the past two years of work with HBGI’s LEC and its first in-person workshop in Marrakesh, Morocco, held in October 2022 on how to effectively embed lived experience in a mental health organization.
We welcome any feedback and hope this report helps you reflect on how integrating lived experience can increase the impact of your work.
Mind the Gap: Research Priorities for Anxiety and Depression
This report summarizes findings from our work with MQ Mental Health Research (MQ) and I.G. Advisors (I.G.) understanding the needs and research priorities to address depression and anxiety in young people (10-29) globally.
As part of the study, we conducted a survey, focus groups, 1:1 interviews, and a literature review. Thank you to our global range of participants!
Check out our report summarizing high-level findings from the study by clicking the button below. A separate document about how we involved our Lived Experience Council can be found here.