About CHOICES
CHOICES Network of Arizona serves over 7,000 Maricopa County residents with serious mental illness. Case management and psychiatric medical care is provided at seven neighborhood clinics where local residents are helped to successfully manage their illness, achieve recovery, and live fruitful lives. The focus of care is on healthy lifestyles, emotional well-being, employment and meaningful community activity.
CHOICES is a Provider Network Organization (PNO) and part of the Maricopa County behavioral health service system under Magellan of Arizona, the Regional Behavioral Health Authority. Collaborating with Magellan and partnering with other providers enable CHOICES to connect recipients with a network of local community resources.
Sponsor Agencies supporting CHOICES include Arizona Healthcare, Chicanos Por La Causa, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD), New Arizona Family Inc. (NAFI), TERROS, and Triple R Behavioral Health.
CHOICES Member organizations include Ebony House, Foundation for Senior Living (FSL), Quality Care Network, Native American Connections, Stand Together and Recover (STAR), North Valley Visions of Hope and consumer representation from the community.
Mission
To offer choices and promote recovery for people needing behavioral health services through a collaborative provider network organization.
Principles
CHOICES will:
- Meet community needs through the delivery of quality behavioral health services
- Operate with honesty, integrity, and trust
- Promote the recovery model in all aspects of our service delivery
- Respect the cultural diversity of the community through the provision of competent services
- Recognize our behavioral health system as a community asset that must be maintained for the good of consumers and the community
- Endorse the principles of cooperation, collaboration, and coordination
