2. Challenge To serve the needs of the community by providing behavioral health services to returning Veterans in need of assistance Understand where services are currently being deployed Help National Guard and SAMHSA identify where services are needed

3. Understanding To help us understand what currently exists today, let us look at the services and facilities in Kansas and New Mexico These maps display the following: Mental Health Facilities and the primary service they provide Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities and their primary focus Army National Guard Armory locations Air National Guard locations

9. Opportunity Make this information accessible to the people who need to use it Provide it in such a way that it will take the fewest number of “clicks” to get the information they need Ensure that they have access to the most up-to-date information

10. Solution Develop a spatial web-based application Allows base officers and returning Veterans to find the services nearest to them Filter only the information they need Assist management in Understanding the concentration of services Addressing the gaps in service areas Allowing management to query the databases Updating information in real time

11. Applications development Identify the best tools for deploying this application How the databases will be maintained and updated Leverage knowledge already developed Motto: “We do not need to reinvent the wheel.”

12. Vendors Capabilities View Navigation Ability to display and map routes Actions Services Pricing

13. Example of current web-based mapping applications  Find the location  HRSA Find a Health Center Locator HRSA Find a Health Center Locator  Identify by geographic area the concentration of:  Resources – (Mental Health or Substance Abuse Facilities)  Veterans  Special populations (youth, minorities, etc.)  Examples  USDA Food Environment Atlas USDA Food Environment Atlas  Maryland State Statistics Maryland State Statistics

14. Potential vendors Google API Yahoo! Maps Microsoft Bing Maps Mapquest Enterprise Ask Maps ESRI Maps Online ArcGIS Server

15. Analysis of the various options