Case Study: Butler County Behavioral Health Strategic Planning

The Organization

The Butler County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Services Board serves as the local planning and funding authority for behavioral health services in Butler County, Ohio.

The Challenge

Behavioral health systems must continually adapt to changes in community needs, healthcare policy, funding, service utilization, access to care, and the availability of resources.

Butler County needed a structured assessment of its behavioral health system to help identify current strengths and challenges, evaluate service needs and gaps, and establish priorities for the next three years.

Brown Consulting’s Approach

Brown Consulting provided strategic planning and assessment services designed around the Board's specific needs.

The documented planning process included:

• Reviewing existing strategic plans and community planning documents

• Conducting an industry scan addressing healthcare reform, state policy, and funding considerations

• Reviewing local mental health and addiction service utilization trends

• Evaluating service availability, access, capabilities, and gaps

• Gathering perspectives from stakeholders and community partners

• Assessing current and future behavioral health needs

• Identifying strategic priorities and recommendations

• Updating the Board's strategic plan

• Identifying resource and budget considerations associated with strategic priorities

Publicly available Butler County planning documents also describe an interview and research methodology involving Board leadership, providers, community stakeholders, consumers, local government, health professionals, and criminal justice representatives.

The Result

The planning and assessment process culminated in a three-year strategic plan designed to establish priorities, goals, objectives, and resource considerations for the behavioral health system.

The Butler County documentation specifically identifies Brown Consulting as the organization responsible for conducting the strategic planning assessment and supporting development of the strategic plan.

Why This Matters

This engagement demonstrates Brown Consulting's experience working at the behavioral-health system level, where strategic planning requires more than an internal organizational assessment.

The process incorporated community data, service utilization, stakeholder perspectives, service-system capabilities, access considerations, and emerging healthcare issues to help inform strategic priorities.

Documented engagement: Butler County Mental Health Board / Butler County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Services Board
Service: Strategic Planning & Assessment
Focus: Mental health, addiction, behavioral health systems, needs assessment, stakeholder engagement, service gaps, strategic priorities

Source documentation: Butler County Community Plans and Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services records.