Outpatient services to the seriously disabled mentally ill in Hawaii

The mental health system for the State of Hawaii includes 8 Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC), each a State-funded mental health clinic serving a special geographic area on Oahu, and the Hawaii State Hospital (HSH), operated by the Mental Health Division (MHD), State Department of Health (DOH). Hawaii is one of the states that allocates more funds into community-based services than it does to the hospital. Approximately 64% of the service budget is spent for outpatient services and 36% for the HSH.