Advancing Public Policies for People with Mental Illness, Chemical Dependency or Developmental Disabilities
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How This Sundance Film Seeks to 'Fuel Outrage' About How People with Mental Illness are Treated
SALT LAKE CITY - The three largest providers of mental health care in America are the country's three largest jails.
Together, California's Los Angeles County Jail, Rikers Island in New York City and Harris County Jail in Texas house nearly 44,000 people, many of whom suffer from mental illnesses including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression.
That's according to Kenneth Rosenberg, practicing psychiatrist and director of "Bedlam," a documentary that premiered last week at the Sundance Film Festival. The reason many mentally ill individuals end up in jail - or living on the streets or frequenting emergency rooms - is that they can't get access to long-term care, he said.
"Bedlam," titled after the notorious London psychiatric hospital founded in 1247, follows several men and women who suffer from mental illness as they seek treatment, navigate the criminal justice system and face life on the street. Rosenberg also tells the story of his sister, Merle, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and subsequently institutionalized when she was 20 years old. Read more
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February 13, 10 - 11:30 am, OMH
Serving Safely: Enhancing Policing for Persons with Mental Illnesses and Developmental Disabilities
February 13, 2 - 3:30 pm, BJA/Vera Institute
'Stepping Up' Your Efforts to Reduce Mental Illness in Jails
February 14, 2 - 3:15 pm, NaCo
PSYCKES Train the Trainer
February 20, 10 - 11 am, OMH
What Do Providers Want to Know About Peer Support Services?
February 20, 11 am - 12:30 pm, Academy of Peer Services (APS)
Being Mindful about Adjunctive Therapies and Their Contributions to Treatment
February 20, 12 - 1 pm, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
Addiction Services 101 - The basics: Recovery Support Services, Medication Assisted Treatment, and Addiction Treatment
February 20, 1:30 - 2:30 pm, Corporation for Supportive Housing
Innovative Crisis Response Models
February 27, 2 - 3:30 pm, SAMHSA's GAINS Center
February 27, 3 - 4 pm, NAADAC
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CLMHD Offices Closed
February 12
CLMHD Offices Closed
February 18
Children & Families Committee Meeting
February 19: 11:30 am - 1 pm, GTM
Developmental Disabilities Committee Meeting
February 21: 1 - 2:30 pm, GTM
MARCH 2019
Executive Committee Call
March 6: 8 am
Regional Reps Call
March 13: 8 am
Children & Families Committee Meeting
March 19: 11:30 am - 1 pm, GTM
CLMHD Membership Call
March 20: 9 - 10:30 am, GTM
CSPOA/DOH/OMH Call
March 20: 3 - 4 pm, GTM
Contact CLMHD for all Call In and Go To Meeting information, 518.462.9422
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CLMHD Testifies at Joint Legislative Public Hearing on SFY2019-20 Mental Hygiene Budget Hearing
On Thursday, February 7, Kelly Hansen, Executive Director of CLMHD, testified on behalf of the Conference at the 2019-2020 Joint Legislative Public Hearing on Mental Hygiene Budget in Albany.
Please click here for video from the hearing. Click here for CLMHD's written testimony.
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Governor Cuomo Announces More Than $7.5 Million Available to Expand Addiction Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Services in New York State
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week announced more than $7.5 million in funding is available to enhance addiction prevention, treatment and recovery services in New York State. The funding will be awarded through a series of Requests for Applications issued by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.
"We are committed to fighting addiction and ensuring all New Yorkers have the resources and support they need for
recovery,"
Governor Cuomo said. "As we build on the progress we have made to combat this disease across the state, we will continue to fund these ongoing initiatives to promote a stronger and healthier New York State."
Read more here, including a list of funding opportunities which are available through this initiative.
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Governor Cuomo Announces $204 Million in Funding to Strengthen and Preserve Access to High-Quality Health Care
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week announced $204 million to support 95 projects that will protect and transform New York State's health care system. This funding from the Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program will improve patient care through the development of high-quality medical facilities and programs serving the inpatient, primary care, mental health, substance use disorder and long-term care needs of communities throughout the State.
For more information about the 95 awarded providers, the specific funding awarded, and details about the awarded projects, click here.
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Comptroller: NY Overdue to Address Gambling Addiction
New York's gaming landscape has radically evolved since the last time state officials took a comprehensive look at the need for problem gambling services in 2006.
In light of the developments over the past 13 years - including the expansion of electronic gambling at race tracks, the launch of four new commercial casinos, the availability of daily fantasy sports and the impending availability of sports gambling - state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office is recommending the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services undertake a needs assessment and social-impact study to determine the scope of problem gambling in New York.
The lack of an updated statewide review isn't due to any reluctance by OASAS, which is the agency responsible for administering and overseeing problem gambling treatment. The issue is money. Read more
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Tackling the Opioid Crisis: What State Strategies Are Working?
Among the many issues confronting new state governors and their administrations, the opioid crisis may be one of the most urgent and complex, and may leave the most devastating legacy. Opioids kill 130 Americans every day. For state policy makers, the ripple effect of the crisis reaches beyond health care systems to impact public safety and corrections, child protective services, and other state agencies and functions.
As part of National Academy for State Health Policy's (NASHP) work under a National Organizations of State and Local Officials cooperative agreement with the Health Resources and Services Administration, NASHP officials met with policy makers from a dozen states to talk about their challenges and most promising policy strategies to tackle the opioid crisis.
The group discussed and evaluated a range of policy approaches involving Medicaid, behavioral and public health departments, and governors' offices.
Read more
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How Cities Are Expanding Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
On January 25, The Pew Charitable Trusts convened public health officials from Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and
New York as well as providers from three Philadelphia care settings to share their insights and experiences related to
medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder.
More than 47,000 Americans died of opioid overdoses in 2017, and virtually no community has been spared from this public health crisis. Philadelphia alone recorded 1,217 accidental drug deaths that year-88 percent of which involved opioids.
In response, many communities are striving to make effective treatments more accessible. MAT, which combines Food and Drug Administration-approved medications with behavioral therapies, is considered the gold standard of care, as it is the most effective intervention to treat opioid use disorder (OUD).
Read more here.
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