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Second in the GAINS Center Five-Part Series of Evidence-Based Practice Webinars: February 18th 3:00-4:30 "Supported Employment for Justice-Involved People with Mental Illness" Link to the Brief. For a list of all upcoming EBP webinars click here. ____________________ 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 Healthcare Excellence in 2014 - Patient Engagement Innovations & Strategies
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Save the Date for the next CLMHD Committee Day:
Tuesday, February 25th
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 pm
Best Western Albany, NY
Fiscal Officers Workgroup
January 28th
Director's Meetings
10:30 - Noon
Albany - 41 State Street
Executive Committee Meeting
January 28th
12:30 - 2:00
Albany - 41 State Street
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 Albany - 41 State Street
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
March:Friday, March 14th CLMHD Mentoring Workshop: 10-4:15 pm Best Western Albany, NY
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A Message from Kelly A. Hansen, Executive Director
The Governor released his 2014-15 Executive Budget this week totaling $137.2 billion in state and federal funds and the anticipation of a $500 million budget surplus. The Executive Budget highlights the Governor's priorities for the state including, holding spending below 2%, reducing taxes (property and other taxes) by $2 billion by 2016-17 and $1.2 billion in capital funding to help hospitals and nursing homes restructure in the move to increase community based care. There is a strong focus on education support in the budget including; increasing education aid by $807 million, providing $1.5 billion over 5 years for a statewide universal full-day pre-K program (an initiative which is also a priority for NYC Mayor de Blasio), $720 million to expand after school programing and a proposed $2 billion Smart Schools Bond Act to increase access to technology in schools.
We will issue a full analysis of the budget in the near future, however, the larger pieces on the mental hygiene agencies includes the following:
Much of the OPWDD budget has been moved into the DOH Medicaid budget and we are being briefed this week. We are also nailing down state operations and capital figures for all three agencies. There is much more analysis in store but hopefully this first blush overview will provide an idea of what we are looking at for budget issues in the coming weeks. - KH
Related: Cuomo Makes Push To Keep Medicaid Savings
Mental Health Programs See Increases in FY 2014 Funding; $1.012 Trillion Package Provides Relief from Sequestration
A 2014 Fiscal Year spending bill crafted by Congressional appropriators provides important increases for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Read more.
New York Receives an Overall "C" for its Policies that Support Emergency Patients But.....New York earned a B in the category of Disaster Preparedness and is one of only 11 states with a budget line item specifically for health care surge capacity and one of 14 state that requires training in disaster management and response for emergency medical services (EMS) personnel. New York also has some of the highest per capita rates of physicians and behavioral health professionals registered in the Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals. Read more.
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ADHD Experts Re-evaluate 1999's Study's Zeal for Drugs
Twenty years ago, more than a dozen leaders in child psychiatry received $11 million from the National Institute of Mental Health to study an important question facing families with children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Is the best long-term treatment medication, behavioral therapy or both?
The widely publicized result was not only that medication like Ritalin or Adderall trounced behavioral therapy, but also that combining the two did little beyond what medication could do alone. The finding has become a pillar of pharmaceutical companies' campaigns to market ADHD drugs, and is used by insurance companies and school systems to argue against therapies that are usually more expensive than pills. Read more.
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The Art of Presence: One family's trauma offers valuable lessons on how to comfort those in pain.
The victims of trauma experience days "when you feel like a quivering, cowardly shell of yourself, when despair yawns as a terrible chasm, when fear paralyzes any chance for pleasure. This is just a fight that has to be won, over and over and over again. Read more.
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Looking After the Welfare of Child Welfare Workers
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Burnout among child welfare workers hurts kids in foster care. In 2011, an effort was launched to give New York City caseworkers the support they need to stay on the job.
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Across the country an estimated 20 to 40 percent of child welfare caseworkers leave their jobs every year while 90 percent of agencies report difficulty hiring and retaining qualified staff, with devastating results for children and families. Read more.
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