Planning & Network Advisory Committee (PNAC)

Community input is vital to the work of Austin Travis County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center (ATCMHMR) and the services it offers to its stakeholders. One mechanism ATCMHMR utilizes to involve consumers, family members and advocates in planning, which ultimately influences policy development, is through its citizens’ advisory committee, PNAC.

Authorized by the Board of Trustees (Board), PNAC serves as a resource that makes recommendations to the Board on the local service delivery system, including the Provider Network, in the following areas: needs and priorities for the service area and ATCMHMR, planning, budget, and contract issues; processes for implementation of plans and contracts; and development, design, management, and evaluation processes of the Provider Network.

PNAC members are all volunteers from the community that include consumers, family members, and local residents with various roles. They are diverse and represent populations receiving services from ATCMHMR or its network of providers, specifically: Behavioral Health Services which includes adult mental health and substance use disorders, Children’s Mental Health Services, and Developmental Disabilities Services.

The Planning and Network Advisory Committee usually meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month from noon-1:30pm in Training Room 1 at 1700 South Lamar Blvd.

Click here to send an email to obtain more information on the committee or call (512) 445-7739.

Planning & Network Advisory Committee Members

The Citizens Planning Advisory Committee (CPAC) and the Network Advisory Committee (NAC) were the Board appointed advisory committees until they, in collaboration with the Board of Trustees, reviewed their functions and use of resources(both theirs and the Center’s) and merged into one committee, the PNAC, in September 2007. Listed below are meeting minutes for 2006 and 2007.