Advancing Public Policies for People with Mental Illness, Chemical Dependency or Developmental Disabilities
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New Fact Sheet Details Behavioral Health Home Models for Children
Developed by the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) and the National Center for Medical Home Implementation, this
fact sheet provides an overview of federal health home requirements, state considerations for implementing behavioral health homes for children, and three examples of successful state pediatric behavioral health home programs. This fact sheet supports states' utilization of a systems approach and showcases how state Medicaid agencies can improve care delivery and outcomes for children while containing costs.
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Job Opportunity: Executive Director of Friends of Recovery - New York
FOR-NY is hiring an Executive Director - please share with anyone who may be interested and qualified!
The Executive Director (ED) reports to the Board of Directors. Under the general direction of the Board, the ED is responsible for the successful execution of FOR-NY's Mission and Strategic Plan, focused on demonstrating the power and proof of recovery from addictions and its overall value. For a complete job description, click here.
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October 17, 11 am - 12 pm, OMH
innovaTel Telepsychiatry: Back to School: Helping Children and Parents
October 17, 1 - 2 pm, National Council for Behavioral Health
October 17, 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Manatt Health
Using PSYCKES for Clinicians
October 22, 10 - 11:30 am, OMH
Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program: Data Analytics State Learning Webinar "Solving Missing Data Problems"
October 23, 3 - 4 pm, National Academy for State Health Policy
State Options for Promoting Recovery among Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid or Substance Use Disorder
October 24, 1 - 2:15 pm, National Academy for State Health Policy
SOAR: A Reentry Tool for Individuals Involved in the Criminal Justice System
October 24, 3 - 4:30 pm, SAMHSA
Access and Engagement in the Value Equation: Solutions That Work
October 25, 12 - 1 pm, CTAC/MCTAC
Stepping Up Four Key Measures #3: Increasing the Number of People with Mental Illnesses Connected to Treatment
October 25, 2 - 3:15 pm, National Association of Counties
Recovery Dialogues: An Avenue for Culture Change in Psychiatric Hospitals
October 25, 2 - 3:30 pm, National Empowerment Center
Refresher Webinar for Children and Family Treatment and Support Services: OLP, CPST, and PSR
October 25, 3 - 4 pm, MCTAC
October 30, 12 - 1 pm, PsychU
October 30, 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Manatt Health
October 31, 3 - 4 pm,
National Academy for State Health Policy
PSYCKES Access and Implementation
November 1, 10 - 11 am, OMH
PSYCKES Mobile App for iPhones & iPads
November 6, 3 - 4 pm, OMH
November 7, 12 - 1 pm, PsychU
The Role of Technology in Solving the Opioid Crisis
November 7, 2 - 3 pm, National Council for Behavioral Health
November 8, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, National Council for Behavioral Health
November 15, 12 - 1 pm, PsychU
PSYCKES Train the Trainer
November 21, 12 - 1 pm, OMH
Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care: Solutions That Work
November 29, 12 - 1 pm, CTAC/MCTAC
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CLMHD Executive Committee Call
November 7: 8 am, GTM
CLMHD Office Closed - Veterans Day
November 12
CLMHD/DOH/OMH/C-SPOA Meeting
November 15, 3 - 4 pm, GTM
Children & Families Committee Meeting
November 20, 11:30 am - 1 pm, GTM
CLMHD Office Closed - Thanksgiving
November 22 - 23
CLMHD Directors Meeting
November 28, 9:30 - 11 am, GTM
Contact CLMHD for all Call In and Go To Meeting information, 518.462.9422
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Broome County's Drug Treatment Center Plans to Move Into Phase Two
County and state officials are saying Broome County's drug treatment center, Helio Health, has played a factor in lowering the number of opioid deaths in the county.
Helio Health is now moving forward to implement phase two.
That will include residential treatment, with longer stays, something officials say is much needed in the Southern Tier.
Right now, Helio Health offers medically supervised withdrawal, a treatment that typically only lasts four to seven days.
Officials say they think it has helped fight opioid numbers in the area, but there is still a lot more work to be done.
"Treatment doesn't end after the fifth day after you detox, treatment is a process that takes months and months," said Broome County Executive Jason Garnar.
Phase two looks to open up more options to the people of the Southern Tier. Read more
here.
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Effective Collaborative Responses to Individuals with Mental Illness: A Compendium of Models from Across the Nation
system. This brief discusses suggested avenues of engagement - and replicable models from around the nation - for DAs interested in promoting reform, including examples of promising practices that can avoid criminalization and reduce incarceration of people with mental illness at every stage of the criminal justice system.
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OMH, OASAS and DFS Announce New Program and Regulations to Help New Yorkers Access Insurance Coverage for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders
Three New York State agencies - the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, the Office of Mental Health and the Department of Financial Services -- today announced a new program to help ensure all New Yorkers are able to access their insurance coverage for substance use disorders and mental health services.
The new Ombudsman Program, called Community Health Access to Addiction and Mental Healthcare Project (CHAMP) will educate individuals, families, and health care providers on their legal rights to coverage, help them to access treatment and services and will investigate and resolve complaints regarding denial of health insurance coverage.
The 2018-19 Budget includes $1.5 million to establish the new Ombudsman program in partnership with Community Service Society (CSS), the Legal Action Center and the NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, organizations with a proven record and a statewide network that has helped individuals, families, and small businesses gain access to affordable, quality health coverage. Read more
here.
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Addiction Treatment Gap Is Driving A Black Market For Suboxone
Months in prison didn't rid Daryl of his addiction to opioids. "Before I left the parking lot of the prison, I was shooting up getting high," he says.
Daryl has used heroin and prescription painkillers for more than a decade. Almost four years ago, he became one of more than 200 people who tested positive for HIV in a historic outbreak in Scott County, Ind. After that diagnosis, he says, he went on a bender.
But about a year ago, Daryl had an experience that made him realize he might be able to stay away from the heroin and opioid painkillers. For several days, he says, he couldn't find drugs. He spent that time in withdrawal.
His friend offered him part of a strip of Suboxone, a brand name version of the addiction medication buprenorphine that's combined with naloxone. Buprenorphine is a long-acting opioid that is generally used to treat opioid addiction. It reduces cravings for the stronger opioids he'd been taking; prevents physical withdrawal from those drugs, and comes with a significantly lower risk of fatal overdose. Read more
here.
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Consortium of Private and Public Industries Award Innovators Co-creating Solutions to Curb Opioid Epidemic in New York
In partnership with the State of New York, Northwell Health, the Office of the Staten Island Borough President, Columbia Engineering, and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies (CAMTech) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) convened over 200 people at the Empire State Opioid Epidemic Innovation Challenge on September 28-30, 2018 to co-create solutions to curb the local and national opioid epidemic.
The Challenge Summit gathered clinicians, government representatives, public health experts, the private sector and affected community members to facilitate a discussion of challenges and provide critical insight into the opioid epidemic.
The Summit also included 20 panelists discussing the scope of the opioid epidemic, prevention, treatment and recovery.
Following the Challenge Summit, the Solutions Sprint on September 29-30 served as an open-innovation platform for a diverse community to co-create innovations over a 48-hour period. Participants with diverse backgrounds and skill sets pitched 40 challenges related to the opioid epidemic and formed 12 cross-disciplinary teams to solve for these needs. Read more here.
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NYS Education Department and NYS Office of Mental Health Awarded $1.8 Million for Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education Project
The New York State Education Department and the State Office of Mental Health will be awarded $1.8 million to increase mental health support in schools, the agencies announced today in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week. The grant, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is a 2018 Project Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education (AWARE) award and is intended to expand the capacity of states to detect and respond to mental health issues in school-aged youth.
The State Education Department selected Rensselaer City School District, Burgard High School in the Buffalo City School District, and the Whitelaw Reid Educational Campus, located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn to participate in the first phase of the program based on a data analysis of need and consent to participate. Read more here.
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NYS Community-Based Organizations - Request for Proposals
The mental health and substance use disorder ombuds program ("Ombuds"), a program of the Community Service Society of New York (CSS) and its partners, invites non-profit community-based organizations to participate in this
Request for Proposals (RFP).
CSS anticipates awarding 4-5 contracts to organizations serving New York State to assist with providing education and outreach to individuals with mental health and substance use disorder needs, their families, providers, and local public health entities. Agencies serving the North Country, Long Island, Staten Island, and Western New York are highly encouraged to apply. The grant award is $20,000 - $30,000 for a 6-month period during the first contract year. CSS expects to announce the award on November 8, 2018 via the CSS website,
www.cssny.org.
Questions about the RFP are due by October 3, 2018 and should be sent to
klopez@cssny.org. Answers will be posted on the
Community Health Advocates website on October 8, 2018.
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HealthlinkNY Partners with Fellow Health Information Exchange to Boost Offerings, State Presence
HealthlinkNY, a nonprofit that operates a health information exchange utilized by many Hudson Valley health care providers, will form a strategic partnership with another nonprofit exchange operator to expand its coverage of the state.
Binghamton-based HealthlinkNY announced Sept. 27 that it would team up with Syracuse-
based HealtheConnections. The two nonprofits operate health information exchanges that together cover more than 40 percent of the state.
The health care information exchanges allow health care providers such as hospitals, laboratories and doctors' offices to share patient records across a regional platform. The health records are not publicly accessible, care providers can only access a patient's record after receiving the patient's consent. Read more
here.
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New Study Reveals Lack of Access as Root Cause for Mental Health Crisis in America
This week, Cohen Veterans Network (CVN), a national not-for-profit philanthropic organization, and National Council for Behavioral Health, the unifying voice of America's health care organizations that delivers mental health and addiction treatment and services, issued the inaugural
America's Mental Health 2018, a comprehensive study of access to mental health care, at the 2018 Cohen Veterans Care Summit in
Washington D.C. The study, which assesses Americans' current access to and attitudes towards mental health services, revealed American mental health services are insufficient, and despite high demand, the root of the problem is lack of access - or the ability to find care.
Read more
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