PPS: Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

County agencies are required to submit data to the Program Participation System describing all enrolled mental health and substance use consumers, the services they receive, and their functional status.

We use this data to evaluate the performance and capacity of Wisconsin's behavioral health system.

Data specifications

PP60.150.DUV03-AODA (PDF) Technical notes for IT staff: AODA batch upload upload process
PP60.150.DUV09-Mental Health (PDF) Technical notes for IT staff: MH batch upload process
AODA Data Dictionary (Excel) AODA field definitions and reference tables
MH Data Dictionary (Excel) MH field definitions and reference tables
PPS MH-AODA Batch Modifications (Word) Modifications to batch file specifications for MH/AODA

Batch XML specifications

AODA and MH Excel File Templates - Excel templates from which an XML file can be created
AODA XXX YYYYMMDD HHMM (XML) XML file layout for AODA
Mapping Your Source Data to XML (PDF) Guidelines to generate MH and AODA XML files from an Excel spreadsheet
MH XXX YYYYMMDD HHMM (XML) XML file layout for MH
PPS Batch Processing Guidelines, P-02150 (PDF)

Training materials

Mental Health and AODA User Training (PDF)
Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
Report Guide (PDF)
Provider IDs in the PPS Mental Health and Substance Use Modules, P-02151 (PDF)

PPS portal

For PPS application questions or problems, contact:

DHS SOS Desk
608-266-9198
Fax: 608-267-2437
Hours of operation: 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. (Monday-Thursday)

You may call at other times and leave a message. Someone will return your call at the beginning of the next shift.

PPS redesign

We are redesigning parts of PPS. This project includes merging the mental health and substance use modules into one module. Learn more this project.