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Orange County Community Forum on the MHSA, Sept. 13
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CalMHSA Advisory Committee Teleconference - Sept 14th at 1 pm
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The CalMHSA Advisory Committee is holding a teleconference meeting on Friday, September 14, 2012 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. This meeting is subject to the Brown Act and, therefore, is open to public participation. The agenda packet may be viewed at or downloaded from the CalMHSA Website:
Teleconference Information
Dial-in Number: 877-339-2412
Access Code: 2250381321
WebEx Registration:
https://calmhsa.webex.com/calmhsa/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=598978543
Registration Password: 1234
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California Department of Health Care Services Business Plan
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The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has retained the California Institute for Mental Health (CiMH) and the Alcohol and Drug Policy Institute (ADPI) to develop a stakeholder informed business plan for addressing critical mental health and substance use disorder services.
This business plan will inform the actions of DHCS and counties in preparing for and responding to a myriad of changes facing the delivery of mental health and substance use disorder services in California...to read more of the DHCS announcement click here.
If you would like to register to participate in the online survey and receive updates, please click here.
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Family Programs News
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Below are the dates for the Family Programs trainings for the fiscal year:
2012
- November 9-11, Family to Family Teacher Training in Oceanside, CA
- November 30 - December 2, Train the Trainer - Support Group - in Sacramento, CA
2013
- January 18-20, Spanish Familia a Familia, in Los Altos, CA
- February 8-10, Teacher Training, Pittsburg, CA
- April 12-14, Support Group, Pasadena, CA
- May 31 - June 2, Teacher Training in Citrus Heights (Sacramento) CA
If you are a current NAMI support group leader, please consider applying for becoming a support group trainer. Contact Lynn Cathy at: Lynn.Cathy@namicalifornia.org
If you would like to become involved as a Family to Family teacher or support group leader, please contact your local affiliate. Thank you!
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Latino Behavioral Health Week
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In Recognition of Latino Behavioral Health Week and
National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 17th-21st)
"Celebrating Wellness, the Heart and Soul of Latino Families"
Presenter:
Sergio A. Aguilar-Gaxiola, M.D., Ph.D.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
3 pm - 5 pm
La Familia Counseling Center
5523 34th Street, Sacramento CA 95820
Training and CEU's offered FREE:
1.5 Continuing Education Units for MFTs and/or LCSWs Provider Number PCE 3653.
The public is welcome. No registration required.
Links to Flyers:
English
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Update on Merced Regional Meeting
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Merced Regional Meeting: Includes Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Merced and Tuolumne counties. (There are no active affiliates in Madera or Mariposa counties.)
The meeting dates and locations will be announced shortly.
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Local MHSA News
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To SF Bay Area NAMI Affiliate Presidents and Contacts:
Alameda County, East Bay, Tri-Valley, Santa Clara County, Sonoma, Solano, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Sacramento, California, et al.
You are invited to the Alameda County Sponsored INN Round 1 Grant Results Conference on Friday, October 12th, 8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m in Oakland, CA.
For details and registration click: INN Round 1
Final results of this Project will be presented at the INN Round 1 Conference stated above. Guy Qvistgaard, Hospital Administrator, JGPP (John George Psychiatric Pavilion), San Leandro, CA will be presenting the final MoD project results.
Although these 22 grants were an Alameda County Project, the grants were funded by the MHSA. Therefore, results are in the public domain and may be used by anyone who sees that the project results provide value to their community.
In addition, FYI, Guy Qvistgaard, received the NAMI California 2011 "Zero Tolerance for Seclusion & Restraints" Award for reducing S&R's by one half at JGPP from Feb 2010 to Feb 2011. His goal was to reduce S&R's in half again by Feb 2012.
The S&R reduction and MoD programs are not NAMI programs. However, it is through my relationship with Guy on the MoD program that he has agreed to be NAMI Alameda County South's "VP of Provider Outreach." As such, we are working together to bring NAMI consumer programs to JGPP, other psychiatric facilities and our community.
To see what our new affiliate has been able to accomplish to date, please visit our website at www.NAMIacs.org.
Please forward this information to whomever you think may have an interest in this information.
MoD Grant Coordinator for JGPP,
President, NAMI Alameda County South
510-378-1578
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Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services (ACBHS) Intern Stipend Program
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In FY 2012-13, ACBHCS will provide up to 35 stipends to graduate student interns who are enrolled in a qualifying school and pursuing a Master's or Doctoral Degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology, Psychiatric Nursing or as a Physician's Assistant.
Selected interns will receive two payments at the completion of each semester, of up to $6,000 per year, in exchange for 720 internship hours for the academic year 2012-13.
View the application for the stipend program, and follow this link to their website which has the program announcement:
http://www.acbhcs.org/internships/grad_internship.htm
Congratulations to Alameda County for developing this program which is designed to meet their specific workforce needs.
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The 2012 NAMI California Annual Statewide Conference Survey
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We hope you got the most out of our 2012 Annual Conference in Irvine. Your feedback will help us to develop our meeting program and events for 2013.
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Training for Trainers Scheduled Nov. 30.
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Attention current NAMI - trained support group facilitators:
Announcing a training for state trainers of Support Group Facilitators, November 30 through
December 2 in Sacramento. NAMI California will be flying in two National NAMI trainers to conduct this training.
Please contact Lynn Cathy, State Family Programs Coordinator, for a state trainer application.
Deadline: November 16th, but please submit as soon as possible. Thank you!
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If You Paid for PaxilŽ, 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 PaxilŽ 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 PaxilŽ 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 PaxilŽ. 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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