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- Job Announcements
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National Mental Health Awareness Day Event Webcast Recording Now Available
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Did you miss the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day event? Use the link below to watch!
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex M. Azar II presented the spouses of 18 governors and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) with a SAMHSA Special Recognition Award for their work in trauma-informed care at the state level.
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Release of HHS Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Action Plan
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HHS released the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Action Plan. The plan includes recent and planned actions from HHS, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury related to implementation of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, based on written comments from stakeholders and input from a public listening session held in July 2017.
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State Strategies for Medicaid Quality Improvement for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)
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The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), with support from the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, convened a national work group representing state Medicaid agencies, state Title V CYSHCN programs, families of CYSHCN, child health services researchers, pediatric providers, and federal agencies to assess the current state of Medicaid quality measurement and improvement for this population. Recommendations focus on strategies that state Medicaid agencies can use to strengthen these efforts.
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Focal Point: Community Integration
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This issue of
Focal Point from
Pathways Research and Training Center (RTC) includes a series of research summaries that reflect the state of the science and project descriptions focused on the theme of community integration for youth and young adults who experience serious mental health conditions.
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Ethics in Parent Peer Support: Balancing Your Lived Experience and Professional Roles
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The Ethics in Parent Peer Support Workbook is a tool to help new and seasoned parent peer support providers practice handling ethical dilemmas. The
workbook was developed by the Family Run Executive Director Leadership Association (FREDLA), in conjunction with professional partners, including more than 20 family members.
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Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk: Making Health Care Suicide Safe
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The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention released a report that includes the first recommendations on suicide-related standard care for primary care, behavioral health care, and emergency department settings. The recommendations present practical, evidence-based actions that health care organizations can adopt immediately.
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Wednesday, May 16
2:30 - 4 p.m. EDT
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System of Care (SOC) Leadership Learning Community: Considerations for SOC Leaders in Developing Trauma-Informed Systems of Care
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This webinar will focus on implementing systems of care that are trauma-informed using the context that trauma is a public health priority. Presenters will define trauma-informed care, and identify how to apply theory to practice. In addition, a trauma-informed and resiliency-based continuum will be shared that includes education, training, organizational assessment, leadership development, and continuous quality improvement
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Monday, May 21
2:30 - 4 p.m. EDT
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Early Childhood SOC Learning Community: Using the Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) Approach as a Tool for Strengthening Early Childhood SOCs
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This webinar will focus on how to use the FAN approach in systems of care serving young children and their families. The goal of FAN is to strengthen the provider-parent relationship, resulting in parents who are attuned to their children and ready to try new ways of relating to them.
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Friday, June 1
2 - 3:30 p.m. EDT
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Rural Behavior Health Learning Community: Building Capacity for Peer Support
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This learning community focuses on challenges and innovations in developing systems of care for children, youth, and young adults with significant behavioral health needs and their families in rural areas. This webinar will focus on strategies for developing youth and family peer capacity in rural areas, including recruitment strategies and roles peers can play to strengthen the service array.
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Social Media/Technology for Outreach and Engagement
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On Wednesday, May 23, 1-2 p.m. EDT, Recovery to Practice will present the third webinar in the Recovery-Oriented Engagement Practices series. John Naslund, PhD, of the Harvard Medical School's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine will share his research and experiences working alongside individuals living with serious mental illness and community mental health providers. He will discuss ways to use technology and social media to overcome engagement challenges in the 21st century.
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CMHI National Evaluation Web Event Training Series: Family and Youth Involvement and Leadership in System of Care Evaluation
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On Thursday, May 24, 2-3:30 p.m. EDT, youth and family leaders, alongside the Children's Mental Health Initiative's (CHMI) national evaluation team, will host a web event on engaging youth and families in SOC evaluation. The event will address strategies for better involving families and youth in evaluation as respondents and ways to involve families and youth in all phases of conducting evaluations.
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Human Trafficking: A Rural Perspective
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Schools have an important role to play in preventing and responding to the human trafficking of children. This webinar from SAMHSA and the American Institutes for Research (AIR), scheduled for Thursday, May 25 from 3-4:30 p.m. EDT, will provide information and resources to assist school districts in developing policies, procedures, evidence-based prevention programs and practices as well as focused services for those who are victims or at risk of being trafficked.
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Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee Meeting
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SAMHSA's Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee will hold a daylong meeting Friday, June 8, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT. The meeting will include information on federal efforts related to serious mental illness and serious emotional disturbance, including data evaluation and recommendations for action. The meeting can be accessed by the public via webcast at
www.hhs.gov/live
or by joining the teleconference toll-free at 1-888-928-9713, passcode 7160920.
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2018 School-Justice Partnerships and Diversion Pathways Certificate Program
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The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) is now accepting applications for the 2018 School-Justice Partnerships and Diversion Pathways Certificate Program in partnership with the American Institutes for Research and the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice. The training will be held September 24-28, 2018 at the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center. The program will include cutting-edge ideas, policies, and practices focused on the development of systems and partnerships that take a holistic approach to the educational process. Applications are due Friday, June 15, 2018.
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After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools
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This toolkit from SAMHSA and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center was developed in collaboration with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and in consultation with national experts, including school-based administrators and staff, clinicians, researchers, and crisis response professionals. The toolkit is designed to assist schools to implement a coordinated response to the death of a student by suicide.
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Webinar Recording: Supporting College Success for Youth with Lived Experiences in Foster Care
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In this webinar from Pathways RTC, presenters shared details of their programs, all of which are designed to support college success for young adults with mental health stressors and foster care experience. Young adult participants in the Avenues to College program shared their experiences, and Greg King, MS, senior research associate with the Northwest Evaluation Association
, offered insights and further questions that need to be explored with research.
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Considerations for SOC Leaders for Serving Young Children and their Families
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April’s SOC Leadership Learning Community focused on serving young children and their families with the SOC approach and addressed areas that should be considered at the system and service-delivery levels to effectively meet the needs of this population. Specific topics addressed included key partners in early childhood services such as early care and education and primary care; the array of services specifically designed for young children and families; financing strategies; and workforce development.
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Ethics for Parent Peer Support Providers
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Ethics is a core competency for parent peer support providers (PPSPs), but guidance in this area is limited and often not applicable to the unique role of a PPSP. The ethical dilemmas they face differ from those encountered by adult peer support providers or clinicians. In response to a need for guidance in ethics from the field, the Family Run Executive Director Leadership Association convened a group of family leaders to develop an ethics workbook for PPSPs that provides a framework for addressing ethical dilemmas.
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Understanding Psychosis: Using Formulation to Develop Effective Interventions
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This webinar was designed for intermediate-level cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) clinicians and aimed to build on an existing knowledge base through the examination of formulation techniques, including collaborative development of formulation and team-based formulation. Formulation is considered the cornerstone of CBT and essential to helping the client and therapist understand the origin and maintenance of the client's symptoms.
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Webinar Recording: CHR-P Funding Opportunity Announcement Overview
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SAMHSA is accepting applications for the Community Programs for Outreach and Intervention with Youth and Young Adults at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Grant Program (CHR-P). The purpose of this program is to identify youth and young adults, up to the age of 25, who are at clinical high risk for psychosis and provide them with evidence-based interventions to prevent the onset of psychosis or lessen the severity of psychotic disorder. Watch the CHR-P FOA overview webinar from Dr. Gary M. Blau, Tanvi Ajmera, and Dr. Emily Lichvar now.
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KSOC-TV:
Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Military Families and Their Children
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SAMHSA's latest KSOC-TV webisode is available on demand. An informed panel discussed common concerns and experiences while sharing tips, resources, and information about support programs for military families and their children.
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State Practices in Treatment/Therapeutic Foster Care
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Treatment foster care (TFC; sometimes known as therapeutic foster care) is a family-based placement option for children with serious emotional, behavioral, or medical needs who can be served in the community with intensive support. This report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) describes how TFC is implemented and supported by states.
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Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances: 2016 Report to Congress
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This report from SAMHSA provides an overview of data from the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances program. The report presents findings indicating that the system of care approach is effective in improving the lives of children, youth, and young adults with serious mental health conditions.
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Registration Open for 2018 Janet Reno Forum
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On May 21, the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and the Council of State Governments Justice Center will host the 2018 Janet Reno Forum at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Titled “Transforming Juvenile Justice Systems,” the event will feature experts from across the country who will explore six strategies designed to transform juvenile justice systems and better enhance public safety, ensure accountability, and improve outcomes for youth.
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Suicide Risk After Intentional Self-Harm in Adolescents and Young Adults
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ding to a research summary from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, adolescents and young adults treated for nonfatal self-harm are at an increased risk for suicide death. In this high-risk group, American Indians, Alaskan Natives, and those who use violent self-harm methods are among those at highest risk for suicide
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Annie E. Casey Foundation's Trauma Training for Foster Parents Hailed as Promising
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The families of foster parents and kinship caregivers who participated in training from the Annie E. Casey Foundation
about managing childhood trauma experienced greater placement stability, according to two recent evaluations. The two training programs assessed — Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care and ARC Reflections — are “promising approaches for integrating trauma-informed care into child welfare systems,” according to researchers.
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Administrator, Division of Child and Family Services
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The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking qualified candidates for the position of administrator, Division of Child and Family Services. The person in this position will report to the director of DHHS and provide leadership, direction, and executive oversight in the areas of child welfare, mental health programs for children, and juvenile justice. The position is located in Carson City, NV.
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This resource was prepared by the National Technical Assistance Network for Children's Behavioral Health (TA Network) under contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Contract #HHSS280201500007C
The views, opinions, and content expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or policies of the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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