Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014

Be an Exhibitor at MY Fest '14

MY LIFE's seventh annual MY Fest will take place Sunday, March 23, from 12 to 5 p.m., at Tempe Beach Park. The FREE music, art, entertainment and youth involvement festival hosted by MY LIFE (Magellan Youth Leaders Inspiring Future Empowerment) raises awareness about mental health, substance abuse, foster care and other issues facing youth and young adults.

MY Fest will feature live music, a break dancing stage and crew competition, entertainers, artists, food, youth groups, and a variety of youth and family-based organizations offering information, resources and services. MY Fest 2013 drew a crowd of nearly 9,000 people and featured 80 youth and family serving community and social service organizations.

Be part of this year's event!

MY LIFE is offering exhibitor space to organizations that provide youth and family-based services in our community. Click HERE to download the exhibitor application.

Become Recognized as a Healthy Arizona Worksite

Apply for the HAWP Award and become recognized as a Healthy Arizona Worksite by the Arizona Department of Health Services and a FitPHX business by the city of Phoenix. The Healthy Arizona Worksite Award seeks to recognize and award businesses that are making efforts to positively affect the health and well-being of their employees, families and communities. Award winners will be recognized in statewide communications and on the FitPHX website. Participation in the HAWP training is the first step to becoming recognized as a Healthy Arizona Worksite.

Organizations looking to become recognized as a Healthy Arizona Worksite and FitPHX business are encouraged to attend a training Wednesday, Feb. 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Phoenix Business and Workforce Development Center (302 N. 1st Ave., Phoenix). The training will teach employers how to design a healthy worksite program. RSVP at asba.com/fitphx.

Provider Communications and Notices

For the week of Jan. 13, 2014

01-13: "Provider Weekly" for the Week of Jan. 13, 2014

01-14: Cultural Competency 101: Embracing Diversity Training of the Trainer (TOT)

01-15: SAMHSA Fidelity Tool Training

01-17: Information Regarding Prior Period Coverage and Prior Quarter Coverage

Community Job Fair

Please share this information with those you serve interested in connecting with employers and recruiters hiring for customer service, retail, manufacturing, maintenance, general labor and data entry. Click here for more information.

Monday, Jan.  27

9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Church of Christ @ the Vineyard

6642 S. 16th St., Phoenix

NAMI Basics

NAMI Basics is an education program for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illnesses. The six-week course, will take place on Tuesdays, from Feb. 11 - March 18, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Arrowhead Hospital in Glendale. View the flyer for details.

Annual Summer Institute

15th Annual Summer Institute: A New Stance on Behavioral Health Care: Resiliency and Whole Health - July 15-18, 2014, Prescott, AZ. Save the date and submit your presentation proposal for Summer Institute through February 21. 

Aurora West Lunch and Learn

Join Aurora West for their monthly lunch and learn, Positive Aging - What Does It Mean to Mental Health, featuring presenter Jane Fugate, LCSW, LISAC, Aurora West's social work supervisor. To register, click here.

Tuesday, Jan. 28

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

6015 W. Peoria Ave., Glendale