Linda McKinnon, President & CEOLarry Allen, COO

Mental Health & Substance Abuse• Florida Facts• DCF Funding Data Trends 2000-2014

Florida FactsCurrent Situation: Behavioral Health Funding

• Florida’s 2013 population: 19,042,4581

• Floridians with behavioral health issues today: 3,897,0542

• Florida DCF funding per capita for behavioral health: $26.60 per person3

• The Kaiser Family Foundation ranks Florida 49th in the nation in per capita mental health services expenditures4

• Florida uninsured: According to a recent report based on the Kaiser Family Foundation study, Florida ranks at the bottom of the national rankings fourth behind Louisiana (20.91%), Mississippi (21.46%) and Texas (24.81%) in number of uninsured. Florida’s (19.61%) rate is equivalent to about 3.7 million residents5

1www.floridacharts.com/FLQuery/Population/PopulationRept.aspx2The National Council for Behavioral Health reports that 1 in 5 people suffer from a behavioral health issue each year. Most of us know someone in our own families or in our communities who suffer from mental health illnesses or self-medicate their illness with drugs and alcohol.3Florida State DCF SAMH Budget/Population 4http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/smha-expenditures-per-capita/ 5 http://wallethub.com/edu/rates-of-uninsured-by-state-before-after-obamacare/4800/

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