About URS

Details 

State Mental Health Agencies (SMHAs) use the URS to put together and report annual data. This is a part of SAMHSA’s Community Mental Health Services Block Grant. URS is part of an effort to use data in decision support and planning in public mental health systems. The effort also attempts to use data in supporting program accountability. 

Where Does the Data Come From? 

URS is made of a series of Excel tables that are developed by the federal government in consultation with SMHAs. Data collected from the United States and its territories include:  

• sociodemographic characteristics of clients served by the states and territories
• outcomes of care
• the use of selected evidence-based practices
• client assessment of care
• insurance status
• living situation
• employment status
• readmission to state and territorial psychiatric hospitals within 30 and 180 days