Behavioral and Mental Health
Evaluation, research, and technical assistance for programs that support mental health, recovery, crisis response, and behavioral health care.
Data for Good and Human Intelligence for behavioral health systems.
Behavioral health work is complex.
People often move across multiple systems of care: mental health, substance use treatment, crisis response, schools, child welfare, justice, housing, family support, and community-based services. Programs must understand not only whether services are being delivered, but whether people can access them, engage with them, and experience meaningful support.
How we support behavioral health and mental health work
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Evaluation & Performance Monitoring
We evaluate behavioral health programs to understand implementation, service delivery, participant engagement, quality, outcomes, and progress toward program or grant goals.
Systems of Care & Service Quality
We help partners assess how behavioral health services are experienced by children, youth, adults, families, providers, and system partners, with attention to access, coordination, quality, and responsiveness.
Crisis, Recovery & School Mental Health
We support evaluation and technical assistance for crisis support, suicide prevention, peer support, recovery services, school mental health, and programs serving youth and adults with behavioral health needs.
Data Tools, Reporting & Technical Assistance
We help partners build logic models, select measures, strengthen data collection, improve reporting, meet funder requirements, and use findings for continuous improvement.
What Clients Say:
"This was a project that developed over the course of six months, and the entire LMA project team was gracious enough to continuously provide additional support and pivot multiple times. The lead project manager, Kara Jones, continuously delivered timely, thoughtful, and informed professional service and went out of her way to make herself available to address our needs. Her patience is OUTSTANDING. BRAVO to the entire team."
What Clients Say:
"LeCroy and Milligan's expertise in administering the Behavioral Health Needs and Assets report for the Pima County Health Department was invaluable. Steven's exceptional communication throughout the process ensured that all stakeholders were well-informed and aligned. His ability to listen, adapt, and provide high-quality insights allowed us to stay ahead of challenges and produce a comprehensive report that will guide future community efforts. The professionalism and dedication to excellence demonstrated by Steven and the team exceeded our expectations. We look forward to collaborating again in the future."
What Clients Say:
"LeCroy and Milligan provides a tailored experience while quickly adjusting to needed changes or modifications to produce high quality data collection and professional reports."
Recent Projects:
Arizona Project AWARE School Mental Health
LMA serves as an evaluation partner for Project AWARE, supporting efforts to expand awareness of youth mental health needs, strengthen referral pathways, and improve school-based support systems. The work includes monitoring progress toward grant goals, supporting data collection across participating districts, and providing reporting that helps state and local partners use findings for continuous improvement.
Wyoming Project AWARE
LMA provides technical assistance and training support for Wyoming Project AWARE, a SAMHSA-funded initiative focused on school mental health. The work supports participating local education agencies in areas such as comprehensive school mental health, facilitated referrals, staff support, and implementation practices that connect students and families to needed services.
AHCCCS Suicide Prevention Program
LMA supported performance monitoring and reporting for suicide prevention efforts serving uninsured and underinsured adults in Pima County. The work included data collection support, data quality review, analysis, and reporting tied to SAMHSA requirements, including progress updates on referrals, emergency housing, training completion, accomplishments, and implementation barriers.
Systems of Care Practice Reviews
LMA has supported quality review work for children’s behavioral health services, helping partners assess how services align with system-of-care principles. This type of work helps agencies and providers understand service quality, coordination, family experience, and opportunities to strengthen behavioral health supports for children, youth, and families.
Teen Lifeline Evaluation Consultation
LMA provides evaluation consultation and technical assistance to support Teen Lifeline’s youth crisis, suicide prevention, and school-based prevention work. Support includes logic model development, measurement strategy, data collection tools, evaluation planning, and consultation related to evidence-based suicide prevention training and reporting.
Intermountain Post-COVID Support and Recovery Program
LMA evaluated a SAMHSA-funded behavioral health initiative focused on restoring and strengthening clinical treatment services for individuals with serious mental illness whose needs were intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. The work included performance measurement, data collection, analysis, reporting, and support for action planning based on program findings.
Use evidence to strengthen behavioral health programs and systems.
Whether you are evaluating a mental health initiative, strengthening school-based supports, improving crisis response, reviewing children’s behavioral health services, assessing service engagement, or meeting complex reporting requirements, LMA can help turn information into practical action.
We help behavioral health partners use experience, data, and human intelligence to improve programs, support better decisions, and strengthen outcomes for individuals and families.