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National Drug Facts Week: January 27-February 2, 2014
National Drug Facts Week is a health observance week for teens that aims to shatter the myths about drugs and drug abuse. Find an event in your area or register your own here.   
January 16, 2014
The New York State Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors   
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Erie: New Consolidated Mental Health Services Center offers more, better care 

 

 

Rensselaer: County's safe ride home program participation up

HHS strengthens community living options for older Americans and people with disabilities  

 

60% Of U.S. Counties Have An Outpatient Addiction Treatment Facility That Accepts Medicaid

Medicare to disclose physician reimbursement data

Union activity in healthcare expected to spike in 2014

SAFE Act: Cuomo says controversial gun law made a difference in 2013

 

CMS Proposes eliminationg Medicare Access to Mental Health Treatments  

NY's Obamacare enrollees: young and old and online

NY: A few Insureres Get a Nice Slice of Obamacare Pie

School violence lands more than 90,000 a year in the ER, study finds

Deal Reached on Tobacco Firm Corrective Statements

E-Cigarettes Spark New Workplace Issue for Employers

WEBINARS & Resources:

  

NY-ALERT is a one-stop-shop for all the public alerting needs of NYS municipalities & public safety agencies  and provides a secure platform for the dissemination of emergency information during a crisis. To obtain an account send an email to [email protected]   


The American Association on Health and Disability released a 

 

Navigators and other enrollment specialists can use this guide to learn the unique considerations people with disabilities face as they shop for healthcare coverage.

 


First in the GAINS Center Five-Part Series of
Evidence-Based Practice Webinars:  

January 21st  3:00-4:30
Forensic Assertive Community Treatment 

Link to the Webinar and Brief.  For a list of other upcoming EBP webinars click here.  

 

7 New Grant Opportunities

for Substance Abuse Treatment Programs and Mental Illness here 

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CHIS: Creating the business case for integrated care toolkit

 

NYSDOH: NYS Health Innovation Plan (NYSHIP) final documents here.

 

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The Intersection of Housing Policy and Health

January 24 12:30-2:00

Register

 

Providers: Prepare for the Transition to ICD-10

January 24th 12-1:30

Register

 

Join the 2014 Drug Facts Chat Day: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is joining the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) on January 28, 2014 for Drug Facts Chat Day.  Learn More

The Affordable Care Act & Mental Health Parity
January 30th 11-12

DOH: 2014 OMH/MHANYS Suicide Prevention Minigrants Webinar January 31 3PM

Register

Save the Date for the next CLMHD Committee Day:  
Tuesday, February 25th 
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 pm 
 Best Western Albany, NY

JANUARY:

  

Children & Families Committee 
January 14th
11:30-1 GTM/Call In


CLMHD/OMH/DOH
HEALTH HOME CALL 
January 16th 
10:00-11:00 
DCSs: call CLMHD for PIN

Fiscal Officers Workgroup 
January 28th 
9:00 - 10:00 
GTM/Call In
 
Director's Meetings
January 28th
10:30 - Noon
Albany - 41 State Street

Executive Committee Meeting

January 28th
12:30 - 2:00
Albany 41 State Street Albany

February:

Officers & Chairs
February 5th 8-9 AM
Call-in

Children & Families Committee 
February 11th
11:30-1:00 GTM/Call In
 

Mental Hygiene Planning
February 13th
11:00-2:00
41 State Street Suite 505 Albany
 
CLMHD/OMH/DOH
HEALTH HOME CALL 
February 20th
10:00-11:00 
DCSs: call CLMHD for PIN

 

Executive Committee
February 24th 12:30-2:00
Call-in 

 

Fiscal Officers Workgroup
February 25th
9:00-10:00 GTM/Call In  

 

CLMHD Committee Day 
February 25th
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 pm
Best Western Albany, NY

Governor Cuomo Announces More Than $5 Million for Programs Designed to Reduce Crime and Change Offender Behavior

 

23 programs across New York State will share more than $5 million in grant funding to support alternatives to incarceration (ATI), alternatives to jail detention and programs for individuals incarcerated in local jails, all of which are designed to reduce crime and avoid further victimization. This funding enhances the state's efforts to help formerly incarcerated individuals successfully re-enter and remain in the community and the recently announced Council on Community Re-Entry and Reintegration.

Read more

  

The NYS Department of Education Awards School Grants Around the State

 

The New York State Department of Education has awarded Community Schools Grants to 30 schools around the state. The Department of Education says the money is for schools to act as community hubs to deliver co-located or school-linked academic, health, mental health, nutrition, counseling, legal and other services to students and their families.  Community Schools Initiative Grant Award list.
Cigna Reaches Accord With N.Y. Over Eating Disorder Claims
Health insurer Cigna Corp. (CI:US) settled New York state's allegations that it illegally denied its members treatment for eating disorders by agreeing to remove a cap on visits for nutritional counseling. Read more.


OMB Guidance on Indirect Costs for Nonprofits
The new guidance published by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) provides clarity and direction on reimbursing charitable nonprofits for their indirect costs (sometimes called administrative or overhead costs) on work performed in communities on behalf of governments. OMB  guidance and National Council on Nonprofits analysis.  

 

Health Law Adds Coverage For Services Needed By People With Developmental Disabilities

A little remarked upon requirement in the health law expands treatments for people with cerebral palsy, autism and other developmental disabilities. But some advocates and policy experts are concerned that insurers may find ways to sidestep the new requirement.  Read more

 

Splintered System Often Fails Mentally Ill With Low IQs

 

Estimated 1.5 Million in U.S. With Mental Illness and Developmental Disability Face Challenges in Getting Coordinated Treatment Read more.   

 

Related:  Optogenetics to Treat Addiction, Brain Diseases, Mental Illness  

 

 

Film Highlights Addiction Recovery of Over 23 Million

The Anonymous People features interviews with more than 30 people among the millions in long-term recovery from drug and alcohol addiction who are making the courageous decision to speak out publicly.

 

They, and the film, question why the United States has criminalized and too often given superficial treatment to a chronic illness - addiction. As a result, addiction now comes with an annual price tag of $350 billion. The American approach has put most of the burden of long-term addiction treatment on anonymous, free, 12-step programs. Those programs have done a good job, but no other health problem is treated this way.  Watch movie trailer 

 


The New York State Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors advances public policies and awareness for people with mental illness, chemical dependency and developmental disabilities.  We are a statewide membership organization that consists of the Commissioner/ Director of each of the state's 57 county mental hygiene departments and the mental hygiene depart
ment of the City of New York.
 
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