Dan Eisenhauer, Administrator

100 Chestnut Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101

(717) 780-7050 Telephone
(717) 780-7061 Fax

Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

06-07 Annual Report Final (*PDF)
06-07 Annual Report Slideshow (*PPT)

Mission

The Dauphin County MH/MR Program provides funding and administrative oversight for various services in our community for persons with mental disabilities and for children with special needs or developmental disabilities. Our mission is to assure that these services are of the highest quality possible, are cost effective, and are readily available to all who need them. We promote the principles and fundamentals of self-determination in our mental retardation program, of recovery and resiliency in our mental health program, and family-centered services in our early intervention program.

Vision

Every person with a mental disability and every child with special needs and/or developmental disabilities will have a network of family, friends, advocates, and supportive services to provide assistance in living a full and productive life in our community.

Values

The Dauphin County MH/MR Program will develop a continuum of services that assures that:

1. All persons, including consumers, family members, and treatment providers, are treated with honesty, dignity, and respect.

2. Service providers work in partnership with our consumers and other providers to assure consistency and coordination of services.

3. Service providers share in the responsibility for positive results from services and supports, and they undertake active measures to facilitate consumer success.

4. Services are developed to meet consumers' identified needs and are readily accessible and available.

5. Services are delivered in a manner that improves consumers' life satisfaction and promotes the consumers' independence.

6. Consumers maintain control of their lives and exercise choice in the services and supports that they receive.

7. Consumers are encouraged to use natural supports in their communities and to exercise their rights to participate fully in their communities.

8. The health and safety of consumers is promoted and protected, and individuals' rights are abridged only to protect the health and safety of the consumer or the community.

9. Funds are utilized efficiently and equitably.

10. Consumers' individual, family, and cultural experiences, values, and preferences are respected and are integral to service planning.

Adopted by the MH/MR Advisory Board on 5/31/2007