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Our next meeting will be:
Monday,
May 9, 2011
8:30 a.m.
Please note a change in meeting location for this month only:
Catholic Charities
249 W. Thornhill Dr.
Fort Worth, TX 76115
Presentations:
Mental Health Services for Tarrant County's Refugee Population Interpretation and Translation Services
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Have you used information from the Community-Wide Children's Health and Planning Assessment? If so, send Cook Children's a note with the way you used it.
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Tarrant Cares Launches | | |
Share the news
 After months of hard work by providers from throughout the community, Tarrant Cares launched on March 30. Since then, groups have been receiving emails and in-person presentations in an effort to spread the word. The campaign also includes advertising on area buses and bus benches. Check out the site for yourself at www.tarrantcares.org.
Tarrant Cares is a comprehensive, interactive, web-based system that provides information about local services, along with a library of more than 30,000 articles on a variety of issues. The library also includes information on thousands of medications, including many photographs. Another section provides information about hundreds of medical tests. The Community Dashboard on the Public Health/Healthy Communities page offers demographic, health and other data about Tarrant County, including a comparison with state numbers.
We would appreciate your help in letting others know about this new resource. Here are some ways you might help:
- Place the Tarrant Cares logo with a link to www.tarrantcares.org on your Web site
- Send an e-mail flyer to your stakeholders
- Include the information in your newsletter
- Follow Tarrant Cares on Facebook and Twitter
- Place rack cards explaining Tarrant Cares in key locations
- Post the flyer in your public areas
Click here to find Tarrant Cares logos you can use, along with a flyer and other materials. If you would like rack cards, magnets or "business cards," please email kay.barkin@mhmrtc.org.
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Hand in Hand Celebrates
Children's Mental Health Awareness Day | |
Series of performances recognize May 3 observance
Hand in Hand is celebrating Children's Mental Health Awareness Day with a series of puppet shows in each of the counties it serves. Nationally known ventriloquist Nancy Burks Worcester will perform in Granbury on May 2, in the Atrium at Cook Children's Medical Center on May 3, in Mineral Wells on May 4, at Burleson's Cinco de Mayo celebration on May 6, and in Weatherford on May 11. The Granbury, Mineral Wells and Weatherford performances will be presented in conjunction with the Head Start Center in each of those communities.
Nancy's fun presentation will include messages about preschool emotions, friendships, bullying and other topics designed to nurture mental health and prepare children for Kindergarten. Parents will be invited to join their children so they can hear the messages as well. For the parents, there will also be an emphasis on the importance of playing with their young children. The Tarrant County Commissioners Court will present a proclamation recognizing Children's Mental Health Awareness Day on Tuesday, May 3, at 10 a.m., during its regular meeting. Chuck Hoffman, the new Hand in Hand Project Director, will accept the proclamation.
If your agency is celebrating Children's Mental Health Awareness Day in some way, please click here to let us know what you are doing. |
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Next Cultural Competence Training Set for May | | |
Register now to reserve your space
 The next California Brief Multicultural Competency Scale (CBMCS) Training is scheduled for May 12 & 13 and May 19 & 20. Participants must attend all four days. The training will be held at Higher Praise Church, 3730 Camp Bowie, Fort Worth 76107.
Each agency can send up to eight people to the May training. The registration deadine is May 3. Click here to register. For more information, click here.
Future CBMCS trainings in 2011 will be:
June 16 & 17 and June 23 & 24
August 3 & 4 and August 11 & 1
Oct. 13 & 14 and Oct. 20 & 21
For more information about the CBMCS trainings, email Lydia Garcia or call her at 817-492-4673.
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Fort Worth Named Finalist for All America City | | 
Mental Health Connection included in entry
The City of Fort Worth has been named one of 26 finalists vying for a 2011 All America City Award. Mental Health Connection was cited in the entry as one of three organizations that have effectively addressed major challenges in the community. Others cited are the Directions Home program to address homelessness and the We Are Legal (WAL) program, which addresses graffiti in the City.
On June 15, representatives from Fort Worth will join the other finalists to make a presentation to a panel of judges in Kansas City. The 10 All America Cities will be announced on June 17.
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| Hand in Hand, CPS Join Forces for National Study | | Results to be compared with Dallas County
Hand in Hand has been selected as one of two communities across  the country to participate in a study with Child Protective Services. Each community will be compared with a control site that does not have a system of care or offer wraparound. The research will determine the outcomes of wraparound for children and families who receive CPS in-home services or out-of-home placement. Results from the Hand in Hand study will be compared to a control group in Dallas County. Children in the study must be between 2 and 5 and reside in Hood, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker or Tarrant County outside of Fort Worth.
Members of the Hand in Hand team have been making presentations to CPS supervisors and workers to urge them to refer children they think are appropriate. The study calls for at least 50 children to be enrolled by August 2012. |
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Amerigroup, Your Texas Benefits Update Members | | |
Services help Medicaid and Medicaid-eligible clients
Amerigroup and Your Texas Benefits presented updates on their services to Mental Health Connection members on April 11. Your Texas Benefits works with the Tarrant County CHIP Coalition and other partners to identify, educate, screen and enroll eligible but unenrolled Tarrant County residents in all Health and Human Services benefits. These benefits include Medicaid, Food Stamps and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Your Texas Benefits also provides in-depth program presentations and support to partner agencies, collaboration on various community outreach events, enhanced application processing times, and case tracking services. For more information, contact Your Texas Benefits at 817-569-4789 or email elewechi.ndukwe@mhmrtc.org.
Amerigroup serves as a managed care provider for Medicaid in Texas with the STAR, CHIP and STAR+PLUS program. Below are links to two documents that explain the new STAR+PLUS program's services and benefits.
Star+ Medicaid/Medicare Comparison
Star+ Medicaid Only Comparison |
| DataLink Posts Usage Charts | | |
Information to be updated monthly
DataLink statistics are now being posted on the Mental Health Connection Web site. Click here for the latest information about usage of the online system that expedites referrals while sharing client information between agencies.
For more information on DataLink, including the current pricing, click here. |
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Agencies hold training, events
Click on the links for more information about each of the following events.
1st Annual 5K for Santa Fe
Demystifying Psychotropic Medications
Santa Fe Believing in Youth Dinner
For more information, contact Cid Bladecki:
817-492-4673, cbladecki@santafeyouth.org.
Mental Health Association 5K Run
NAMIWalks Fort Worth, October 15, 2011
Save the date. More information to come.
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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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