What Alliance Values

Ellen S. Holliman
Chief Executive Officer

• Discovering ways to nurture community strengths in order to accomplish what none of us can do alone
• Involving stakeholders for the advancement of all citizens in our diverse community
• Partnerships with community agencies that assure that best practices are applied through person-centered planning
• Community resources that offer enduring ways to support people with disabilities
• Community partners that leverage dollars and develop in-kind partnerships to respond to the mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse services needs of all citizens
• Advocacy efforts that challenge the MH/DD/SAS delivery system to improve continuously
• Accountability of all parties in the system
• Exemplary practices that lead to meaningful outcomes and are cost effective
• High consumer and family satisfaction
• Collaboration with our community partners and stakeholders
• Building community capacity that includes the identification of existing community resources and gaps
• Services and supports that are consumer and family friendly, age appropriate and culturally competent
• The flexibility of the MH/DD/SAS system to provide programs and supports when needed, at the level needed and in the amount necessary, so people may enter and exit components of the system as their needs change and without fear of re-entry complications
• Ongoing community education that assists in the elimination of stigma and discrimination.