| Next Membership Meeting |
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There will not be a membership meeting in December.
Enjoy the Holidays!
Our next meeting will be:
Monday,
January 11, 2010
8:30 a.m.
Trinity Springs at 20
Mental Health Connection at 10
The Women's Center
1723 Hemphill
Fort Worth, Texas 76110
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| Save the Date |
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Training in Privacy Law
Wednesday,
January 27
The Women's Center 1723 Hemphill Street
Fort Worth 76110
Seating Limited
More information will follow |
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Meetings Move to The Women's Center |
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Thank you to Tarrant County Juvenile Services
 It is hard to believe that 10 years have passed since Tarrant County Juvenile Services began so generously hosting our monthly membership meetings. Randy Turner and his excellent staff have worked hard to accommodate our meetings, even with ever-growing demands on the training facilities at the detention center. Without doubt, we have benefitted from their long-standing hospitality and generosity.
In the spirit of collaboration, it is now someone else's turn, and we are pleased that The Women's Center has invited us to meet at its new facility during 2010. Because of the high attendance levels, we know that the MHC monthly meetings have provided a valuable forum for this community to share information, network, problem solve and plan. Please join us on January 11 at The Women's Center. We will have the coffee on!! |
| Bridging the Gap Reports Online |
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 Successful Third Symposium
More than 200 individuals interested in research and transformation within the mental health care system attended the third annual Bridging the Gap Symposium at TCU in early November. Speakers explained the latest research in such areas as psychotropic medications in young children and the effects of trauma on the developing brain. We heard about the effects of poverty on mental health, as well as the scientific method of implementing transformation in a community.
If you were unable to attend the Symposium, you can still review the presentations on the Mental Health Connection Web site.
We look forward to next year's fourth Bridging the Gap Symposium.
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| DataLink Offers New Reporting Features |
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 Quick Queries Offer Useful Data
DataLink, the Mental Health Connection online client referral and information sharing system, has added reporting features designed to help agencies find specialized data. A quick query allows users to request reports that can show trends or provide backup information for grant applications. This versatile feature allows subscribers to pull information from any field and any view needed. For example, a quick query can pull all girls seen in a month who live in a specific zip code and have a specified diagnosis.
"This was one of the most common requests we received from our initial participants, and we are very excited to have it in place," said Tamra Walker of Solomon Edwards Group. She added that representatives from each participating agency have been trained to create the reports.
To add your agency to DataLink, contact Tamra by e-mail or call her at 214-850-4473.
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| Professionals Improve their Cultural Competence |
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Trainers for more sessions to be selected
 Thirty-six executives and 37 practitioners spent several days in October and November improving their ability to work with clients from all cultures. Training leader Gloria Morrow, Ph.D., will select 10 of the newly trained practitioners to receive additional training so they can pass the techniques along to others.
For more information about the Mental Health Connection Cultural Competence work, call Lydia Garcia at 817-492-4673 or email her at lgarcia@santafeyouth.org. |
| Hand in Hand Begins Providing Wraparound |
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First Referrals Arriving 
Hand in Hand, the SAMHSA-funded initiative focusing on children between birth and age six, has begun providing wraparound to families. Pecan Valley MHMR referred a grandmother who is raising her three-year-old grandson in Johnson County as the first Hand in Hand family.
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Mental Health Connection is a collaboration of public and private agencies, as well as individuals who need mental health care services and their caregivers. The organization works to revolutionize the mental health delivery system, with a vision of creating No Wrong Door to the Right Mental Health Resources.
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