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National Outcome Measures (NOMs)

The National Outcome Measures (NOMs) are designed to embody meaningful, real life outcomes for people who are striving to attain and sustain recovery; build resilience; and work, learn, live, and participate fully in their communities. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) developed the NOMs domains in collaboration with the States. The NOMs are key to SAMHSA's initiative to set performance targets for State and Federally funded initiatives and programs for substance abuse prevention and mental health promotion, early intervention, and treatment services.
 
The left-hand panel lists the major sections within the NOMs portion of the web site:  

  • Program Priority Area Summaries—Contains performance reports (in PDF) for SAMHSA’s 12 program priority areas. Expand the entry in the left-hand panel for the list of priority areas.
  • Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse Treatment, and Substance Abuse Prevention—Includes data standards and the relevant NOMs measures for which data are currently available. Access measures two ways: by State [select “By State (State Summary)”] or by measure (select “By Measure”). The Substance Abuse Prevention section also includes a State-Level Trends Report section, which allows you to access a trend report for each State.
  • NOMs State Summaries—Provides the latest data for each measure in all three NOMs areas for a selected State.
  • NOMs Grid—Lays out ALL of the NOMs domains, outcomes, and measures. Measures marked with an arrow have active links to the data pages. The interactive grid is also available below, or you can go to the accessible grid page.
  • Performance Partnerships (PDF - 233 KB)This is a 508 compliant PDF file—Contains the report A Discussion of SAMHSA’s Efforts to Increase Accountability Based on Performance in Its Block Grant Programs by Instituting National Outcome Measures.
 

Data come from SAMHSA national-level datasets and the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Federal Block Grant Applications. For more information, go to the Data Sources section. (You can also use the link on the top navigation bar.)  

NOMs Grid

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DomainOutcomeMental Health Measures, Substance Abuse Treatment Measures, and Substance Abuse Prevention Measures
Reduced Morbidity
Employment/Education
Crime and Criminal Justice
Stability in Housing
Social Connectedness
Access/Capacity
Retention
Perception of Care
Cost Effectiveness
Use of Evidence-Based Practices
Abstinence from Drug/Alcohol Use
Improved Level of Functioning
Increased/Retained Employment or Return to/Stay in School
Decreased Criminal Justice Involvement
Increased Stability in Housing
Increased Social Supports/Social Connectedness (Refer to footnote 1 below)
Increased Access to Services (Service Capacity)
Increased Retention in Treatment – Substance Abuse
Reduced Utilization of Psychiatric Inpatient Beds – Mental Health
Client Perception of Care (Refer to footnote 2 below)
Cost Effectiveness (Average Cost) (Refer to footnote 2 below)
Use of Evidence-Based Practices (Refer to footnote 2 below)
Not Applicable
Under Development
Go to profile of adult clients by employment status and of children by increased school attendance page
Under Development
Go to profile of client’s change in living situation (including homeless status) page
Clients Reporting Positively about Social Connectedness
Go to number of persons served by age, gender, race and ethnicity page
Not Applicable
Go to decreased rate of readmission to State psychiatric hospitals within 30 and 180 days page
Go to clients reporting positively about outcomes page
Under Development
Under Development
Go to reduction in/no change in frequency of use at data of last service compared to date of first service page
Not Applicable
Go to increase in/no change in number of employed or in school at date of last service compared to date of first service page
Go to reduction in/no change in number of arrests in past 30 days from date of first service to date of last service page
Go to increase in/no change in number of clients in stable housing situation from date of first service to date of last service page
Under Development
Go to unduplicated count of persons served page
Go to penetration rate-numbers served compared to those in need page
Go to length of stay from date of first service to date of last service page
Go to unduplicated count of persons served page
Not Applicable
Under Development
Under Development
Under Development
Go to 30-day substance use (non-use/reduction in use) page
Go to perceived risk/harm of use page
Go to age of first use page
Go to Perception of disapproval/attitude page
Not Applicable
Go to Perception of workplace policy
Go to attendance and enrollment page
ATOD-related suspensions and expulsions
Go to Alcohol-related car crashes and injuries page
Go to Alcohol and drug-related crime page
Not Applicable
Go to Family Communication Around Drug Use page
Go to Number of persons served by age-gender, race and ethnicity page
Go to Total number of evidence-based programs and strategies page
Go to Percentage youth seeing, reading, watching, or listening to a prevention message page
Not Applicable
Under Development
(SAPT) Percent of prevention set-aside funds spent on evidence-based practices; (PRNS) cost per unit improved
Go to Total number of evidence-based programs and strategies page
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Go to the accessible grid page.
Go to printable version of grid.