August: National Wellness Awareness Month | |
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Prioritize self-care, reduce stress, and create healthier habits to feel like your best self. Research shows that self-care can help increase happiness by up to 71%. Self-care, however, is more than just massages and pedicures (although, they are nice!)
Self Care also includes:
- Getting Enough Sleep
- Setting Boundaries
- Exercise
- Less Screen Time
- Talking to a Counselor
- Alone Time
- Saying NO to Requests
- Drinking Water
- Time With Pets
- Time With Family & Friends
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The 2024 Mental Health America Conference theme was chosen to explore ways to DISRUPT systemic barriers, REFORM harmful practices that prevent progress, and TRANSFORM the current landscape, ensuring everyone has equitable opportunity for optimal mental health and well-being. | |
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) collects data on occupations, but, currently does not have a category specifically for peer support specialists. Today we need your help letting the federal administration know that more data is needed on the peer workforce to improve access and wages.
Recognizing peer workers through the Standard Occupational Classification system would: lead to greater recognition of peer specialists nationally, define the roles and tasks carried out by peer specialists, identify how many peer specialists are serving and in what settings, and provide information on the wages they are being paid.
This data will be critical to policymakers as they consider how to meet behavioral health needs.
We ask you to participate in this once-in-a-decade opportunity to ask OMB to add a completely new occupation classification for peer support specialists.
Will you weigh in today?
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News From the Iowa Department of Health & Human Services | |
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Iowa HHS announced the new Behavioral Health Service System District Map that will take effect July 1, 2025.
This map defines seven geographic service and planning areas that will support the full array of behavioral health needs in Iowa. House File 2673, signed into law on May 15, 2024, combines funding and work for mental health and addictive disorders.
Click below and learn more about the district map overview and behavioral health service system.
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Recovery in Iowa: Iowa's 2nd Annual Recovery Conference in West Des Moines, IA
Sponsored by Iowa HHS
This great conference is an opportunity for those interested in the field of recovery to learn about multiple pathways of recovery, with an emphasis on pathways of recovery for substance use.
Who Should Attend?
- Recovery Coaches
- Peer Support Specialists
- Collegiate Recovery Staff
- Alcohol and Drug Counselors
- Social Workers
- Mental Health Clinicians
- Prevention Specialists
- Anyone who wants to learn more
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Join NAMI Dubuque for their Sunset Community Walk
for remembrance and hope on September 8th, 2024 @ 6:00 PM
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Family/Loved One Support:
Are you a loved one, family member, caregiver, or friend of a person struggling with substance use or other unhealthy patterns? You are not alone.
Beginning Saturday, August 10th at 10:00 AM, NAMI Dubuque will host the Families Anonymous support group. This group will meet at the NAMI Dubuque Program Center, at 225 W. 6th St. in Dubuque. This group will meet on the second Saturday of each month.
Questions? Please contact:
Barb@namidubuque.org
Call 563-557-6264
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Save the dates for these upcoming NAMI Dubuque Events!
Hometown Days, Cascade, IA: Saturday, August 17th
Family & Friends Seminar, Epworth, IA: Saturday, September 28th
Family & Friends Seminar, Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, October 1st
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SAMHSA released the results of the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use & Health. This survey shows how people living in the U.S. reported their experience with mental health conditions, substance use, and the pursuit of treatment.
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Experiencing a crisis can be scary. Whether it's related to alcohol, drugs, gambling, mental health or suicidal thoughts. It can be difficult to know what to do or who to turn to. Remember you don't have to do it alone. Use the support and resources at Your Life Iowa!
Have you visited the YLI Resource Center? The Resource Center has over 300 free digital and print-ready resources. YLI has a new tutorial that can help you find what you’re looking for.
Call 855-581-1111 or text 855-895-8398 to talk to a trained, caring crisis counselor any time, 24/7. It’s free and confidential.
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News from Iowa Legislature | | |
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With mental health care on the ballot, through party platforms and candidate positions, it is more important than ever to be involved in this year’s elections at all levels.
Check out MHA's voter guide below.
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NEW RESOURCE: Ember Recovery - YSS | | |
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Ember Recovery, in Ames, IA, is offering the first and only addiction treatment program in Iowa specifically for young adult males (18-24). Providing effective treatment for this age demographic is critical, as many addiction treatment centers are focused on older adults. In a recovery-focused environment, clients have the opportunity to assess the impact of their substance use addiction on themselves and their loved ones. They will also explore other frequent co-occurring concerns, including mental health, physical health, relationship difficulties, and employment issues.
Contact Ember Recovery Today:
admissions@emberrecovery.org or (515) 461-8556.
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