Conference Update: Only Three Weeks to Go!
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2012 NAMI CA Annual Statewide Conference
When: Friday, August 17th & Saturday, August 18th
Where: Marriot Hotel, Irvine, CA
The Conference Agenda has been posted at NAMI California. Organize your plans! Discover who is speaking, on what topic, and when.
Read about all our speakers. Or view the agenda. Register! We'll see you there! |
NAMI CAN!
Notes from the State Front |
Note: The California legislature reconvenes after summer recess on Monday August 6th.
Note: Most of "our bills" have yet to go through the appropriations (finance) committees so we are waiting to see what amendments happen there.
Note: We will adjust position statements as necessary and make them available to all members before they go to "the floor" of Assembly or Senate.
Note: We are planning several opportunities for NAMI California Conference attendees to learn more about advocacy in general and NAMI CA advocacy in particular:
- Leadership Institute on Thursday
- Brief introduction to NAMI Smarts in new programs section
- Advocacy Forum in the evening
- Workshop on Saturday afternoon - NAMI Smarts training: Emails and Phone Calls
Note: Vanessa Baird, 54, of Sacramento, has been appointed Deputy Director of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services at the California Department of Health Care Services, where she has served in an acting capacity since early 2012. The appointment requires Senate confirmation.
Note: The Chief positions for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders have not yet been filled.
Note to keep in mind: California has 36 million citizens. 7.1 m are uninsured (~20%). We expect 4.1 m newly enrolled on January 1, 2014.
- - Bettie Reinhardt, MPH
NAMI CAN! Coordinator
[email protected]
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Conference Call August 1:
The Affordable Care Act and Its Implications on African American Communities
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WHAT: The Supreme Court announced its highly anticipated decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). So what does it mean for African Americans, their health and well-being? The California Endowment and California Black Health Network will host a media conference call with health and policy experts on the potential impact of the Affordable Care Act and the Court's decision on African Americans, on the state of California and the nation. WHEN: The call is scheduled on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 11:00 AM PST. To register, please click on this link: http://www.atconference.com/events/registration.php?ID=c38e9df8-8b5e-4dc0-bd5f-b9c75ffeac22. WHO: - Herb Schultz, Director, Region IX, Department of Health and Human Services
- Senator Curren Price, California's 26th State Senate District, Chair, California Legislative Black Caucus
- Daniel Zingale, Senior Vice President, The California Endowment
- Calvin Freeman, Chairman, Board of Directors, California Black Health Network
- Darcel Lee, Executive Director, California Black Health Network
- Dr. Gary Puckrein, PhD, President & CEO, National Minority Quality Forum
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NAMI Statement on Aurora Shootings
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NAMI has posted a blog authored by Michael Fitzpatrick, The Colorado Tragedy: What Families are Asking. The blog is posted to the homepage of NAMI.org and shared via Blogger and our other social media channels; it is viewable at http://blog.nami.org/2012/07/the-colorado-tragedy-what-families-are.html.
As stated in the piece, it is important to stress that NAMI does not speculate about mental illness or other factors that may be involved in such tragedies-or for that matter other kinds of news events.
However, events such as Aurora often require our perspective and we may be called upon to assist in offering our viewpoint in advance of more details.
As more information surrounding the tragedy unfolds, we will keep you posted of any additional response NAMI may issue. For now, you are encouraged to read, share and join in echoing the blog's messages: the acknowledgement of the sadness of the tragedy and our commitment to helping those in need.
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California Workforce Education and Training Stakeholders
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With passage of the FY 2012/2013 Budget, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Workforce Education
and Training (WET) Program has been transitioned from the Department of Mental Health (DMH) to the
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD).
The WET Program will be administered through OSHPD's Health Professions Education Foundation led
by Executive Director, Lupe Alonzo-Diaz. Linda Onstad-Adkins, Director of Programs Administration is
managing the WET Program and Inna Tysoe is the Staff Mental Health Specialist providing daily program
administration of the Program.
OSHPD contact information is as follows:
Lupe Alonzo-Diaz, Executive Director, Health Professions Education Program
[email protected]
(916) 326-3700
Linda Onstad-Adkins, Director of Programs Administration
[email protected]
(916) 326-3695
Inna Tysoe, Staff Mental Health Specialist, WET Program
[email protected]
(916) 326-3650
For information visit our webpage at: http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/HPEF/wet.html
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New Phone for WWT Peer Certification Calls
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Due to the challenges on our Wednesday WWT Peer Cert. Call, CiMH staff quickly responded with a new call-in number for the 4th Wednesday of each month, 12-1pm, (which will be the same number for our other workgroup call on the 2nd Thursday, 12-1).
Number: 1-866-633-8010
Code: 1015102631
The issues of noise on the line and limited callers will hereby be resolved. Thanks for your patience. Attached find the updated flyer.
-- Karin Lettau Schoeneich, MS Working Well Together, Southern Region
Technical Assistance Coordinator
http://workingwelltogether.org
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California Parent Survey Results
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A joint parent survey was administered by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) California, Disabilities Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Family SOUP, and Team of Advocates for Special Kids (TASK) and results of the survey were presented to the AB Transition Work Group on February 16, 2012. The survey was administered statewide through Survey Monkey and over 500 families responded (surveys were administered in both English and Spanish). A new guidance document has been posted on the California Department of Education (CDE) Assembly Bill 114 Special Education Transition Web page, providing information regarding the structure and results of the survey, as well as information on related services, changing related services on an individualized education program (IEP), IEP Team membership, and use of insurance. This document can be found at http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/ac/prntsrvyltr.asp. A video recording of this presentation has been posted from the February 16, 2012, meeting on the California Department of Education AB 114 Transition Work Group Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/ac/ab114twg.asp and is available for viewing. -- AB 114 Transition Workgroup Team
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CA Reducing Disparities Population Reports Now Online
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Orange County Community Forum on the MHSA, Sept. 13
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To Jonee Shady with Gratitude
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NAMI California says farewell and thanks to Jonee Shady, who has served as the Family Programs Assistant for over 5 years. She has faithfully provided the family programs department with administrative support and has served as a trainer in some of the trainings held throughout the state.
Jonee will still be remaining active in the NAMI Los Angeles area and can be contacted via her personal email: [email protected].
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If You Paid for Paxil�, You Could Get a Payment from a Class Action Settlement
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A class action settlement will provide money to California residents who were 18 years old or older and who paid for any portion of the price of the prescription antidepressant Paxil� while living in California from January 14, 1999 through January 1, 2003, and who qualify under the settlement (these people are called "Class Members"). If you're included, you may ask for a payment, or you can exclude yourself from, or object to, the settlement. The Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los Angeles will have a hearing to decide whether to approve the settlement so that payments can be issued. The lawsuit claims that GlaxoSmithKline falsely advertised and promoted Paxil� as being non-habit forming or non-addictive and that GlaxoSmithKline's advertisements and promotional materials failed to disclose the risk of symptoms from stopping or discontinuing Paxil�. GlaxoSmithKline denies each of these allegations. Click here for details.
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Contact Information
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Weekly Report
NAMI California 1851 Heritage Lane,
Suite 150 Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone: 916-567-0163 Fax: 916-567-1757
www.namicalifornia.org
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