Several disparate agencies in a city have recently been combined into a single agency that is responsible for the planning and provision of a community support system for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness
This policy change reflects what characteristic of effective community support systems?
A) Services must be geographically centralized.
B) Services must be well coordinated.
C) Agencies must exercise cost-containment.
D) Agencies must frequently undergo change.
Ans: B
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Coordination is vital to the success of community support services. Change for change's sake is not a goal and geographical centralization is not necessarily synonymous with coordination.
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