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Help Make a Difference and "End(ing) the Silence"
ETS is a program designed for high school audiences and gives students an opportunity to learn about mental illness through an informative PowerPoint, short videos, and personal testimony. NAMI California is looking for presenters who are comfortable with self-disclosure, knowledgeable about the various disorders, and young adults with a diagnosable mental health condition who are doing well in their recovery. Since this program will be reaching out to high school students, we are especially interested in getting young people (ages 18-29) involved in this program.
Two-hour webinar trainings will be held on April 30, June 12 and June 27. If interested, please complete the ETS Presenter Application and email/fax to Beth Larkins, NAMI California Program Coordinator. Beth can be reached at beth.larkins@namicalifornia.org , 916-567-0163 (phone) or 916-567-1757 (fax). For more info, visit www.namicalifornia.org.
Share Your Journey with "In Our Own Voice".
NAMI California is planning several upcoming In Our Own Voice (IOOV) Presenter Trainings and is looking for people with a mental health condition to be trained on how to share their personal journey to recovery to a variety of audiences. IOOV is a unique public education program, in which two trained speakers share compelling personal stories about living with mental illness and achieving recovery. IOOV presentations are given to peer groups, students, law enforcement officials, educators, providers, faith community members, politicians, professionals, inmates, civic groups and the general public.
This presenter training offers an opportunity for those who have struggled with mental illness to gain confidence and to share their individual experiences of recovery and transformation. IOOV Presenter Trainings are being offered on the following dates; selected presenters will need to be available to attend 1 two-day session: April 27-28 in San Diego; May 4-5 in Campbell; May 18-19 in Redding; June 22-23 in Ontario. Please complete the IOOV Presenter Application and submit to NAMI California by April 15th, 2013: NAMI California Programs, 1851 Heritage Lane, Ste. 150, Sacramento, CA 95815; Email Nereida.Castillo@namicalifornia.org; fax 916-567-1757. For more info, visit www.namicalifornia.org.
Remove Medicare's Straitjacket, an Opinion from The Rand Blog by Arthur L. Kellerman
"The bipartisan deal that kept the federal government from hurtling over the "fiscal cliff" on Jan. 2 actually increased Medicare spending. At the last minute, a powerful bipartisan group of senators inserted a provision into the bill that blocked Medicare, for two years, from getting a better price on an expensive drug used by kidney dialysis patients. This was in addition to a previous two-year extension obtained by Amgen, the drug's manufacturer. The move saddled Medicare with roughly $500 million in added costs over the next two years and generated a windfall for Amgen."
New Mental Health Caucus in California Senate.
The California Senate now has a Mental Health Caucus. If your senator is not yet on the list, please urge her/him to join.
The Chair of this Caucus is Senator Jim Beall. Members include:
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Senator Steinberg
Senator Leno
Senator Correa
Senator Calderon
Senator de Leon
Senator Padilla
Senator Rubio
Senator Anderson
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Senator Block
Senator DeSaulnier
Senator Roth
Senator Corbett
Senator Monning
Senator Wolk
Senator Hueso
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MHSOAC Announces Final Version of Evaluation and Implementation Plans.
The Evaluation Plan and the Evaluation Implementation Plan were adopted by the MHSOAC at the March 28th Commission meeting. The Implementation Plan outlines action steps for completing the evaluation activities that are listed and described within the Evaluation Master Plan.
Click for:
The final version of the Evaluation Master Plan
The Evaluation Implementation Plan
MHSOAC Workgroup Agenda for Meeting 4/16
MHSOAC Workgroup:
The agenda for the April 16, 2013 Full Service Partnership Cost/Cost Offset Workgroup meeting has been posted to the website. Looks interesting!
WHERE WE STAND, the latest positions from NAMI National on current policy and advocacy:
Family Education and Support
Mental Health Parity
Mental Health Screening
School-Based Mental Health Services
School Resource Officers
Violence, Mental Illness and Gun Reporting Laws
Find all statements in the highlighted box on the policy page here.
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