INDIANAPOLIS – The Division of Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council is seeking new members for the Mental Health and Addiction Planning and Advisory Council to serve as an individual with lived experience (addiction and/or mental health) or a family member of an individual with lived experience.
Indiana’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction facilitates the Mental Health and Addiction Planning and Advisory Council. The council includes state employees, behavioral health providers and individuals with lived experience or their families. MHAPAC was established under Indiana Code 12-21-4 and is required by SAMHSA for DMHA’s Mental Health Block Grant. The MHAPAC meets regularly to provide multidisciplinary feedback on behavioral health activities and needs across the state. A key responsibility is the annual review of DMHA’s applications for the Mental Health Block Grant and the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Services Block Grant
Membership is established through Indiana Code 12-21-4-3. The council consists of twenty-nine (29) members, not less than fifty percent (50%) of whom must be individuals who are not state employees or providers of mental health services. MHAPAC meetings are open to the public; however, individuals must receive formal membership approval before serving on the advisory board.
MHAPAC meetings are being held quarterly with the next meeting scheduled for March 17, 2026, from 3-5 p.m. ET. Meetings are held in person at the Indiana Government Center, Indianapolis, Indiana with a virtual option for members and the public to attend via Microsoft Teams.
Click to submit a MHAPAC membership application. Please select “submit” at the end of the application to ensure it is received.
For any questions regarding the application, please email kiarra.pearson@fssa.in.gov.
