Allied Services Project. District V Integration Project, Utah

摘要

This report traces the progress of a service integration project in Utah's District V from 1972 to 1974 and examines the end products of the project. The purposes of the project were: to improve health and social service delivery through the development of an integrated delivery system; (2) to test the feasibility of developing an innovative and integrated Federal / State / local partnership; and (3) to serve as a pilot demonstration in the planning and development of a statewide delivery system for health and social services through a series of district centers. The systems approach was employed as the primary planning model, and a modification of PERT (program evaluation and review technique) was used to assist in the implementation of the approach. In keeping with the demand for input from all relevant systems, a task force concept was utilized in the overall planning process. Significant components of an integrated health and social service system were identified. Control of the project was exercised at State and local levels with respect to functionalization of the service delivery system and the development of a fiscal management system, an evaluation system, and a management information system. Functional units were defined as organized work groups which deliver services related to specific objectives having common elements. A needs assessment study, a resource assessment study, a functional task analysis, and an organizational analysis were performed. Accomplishments as of date of project report (1975) were an interim management information system and research and documentation toward the development of an integrated service delivery system.