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Laura Kelemen, LCSW-R (Niagara County), Chair of the NYS Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors, expressed her gratitude to the Governor for including unprecedented funding in support of mental health services in this year's budget.
Amid Urgent Youth Mental Health Crisis, Governor Hochul Releases Findings of Statewide Listening Tour
Governor Kathy Hochul last Thursday, June 15th, released the key findings of a summary report of the Youth Listening Tour, held in counties statewide earlier this spring, outlining both findings and recommendations on how to best address the youth mental health crisis. The Governor released the summary report at the first-ever New York State Summit on Youth Mental Health at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, where she was joined by national mental health experts, youth advocates and providers, parents and caregivers, law enforcement specialists, educators, and over 1,000 attendees to examine the unprecedented mental health challenges many young people face. Read more here.
Related: Youth Summit on Mental Health Marks Monumental Moment
New Evidence on Adolescent Mental Health and Social Media
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Mayors: There’s a Mental Health Crisis in Every City
Mental health struggles are getting worse, says Hillary Schieve, the mayor of Reno, Nevada. “People are dying on our streets,” she says, “and they are dying from lots of mental illness-related causes and drug addictions.”
Schieve, who was elected president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors earlier this month, is far from alone in citing a growing mental health crisis in her community. In a new survey by the group, 113 out of 117 mayors in 36 states, or 97%, said the number of people seeking help for issues ranging from substance abuse to depression to loneliness has increased in the last couple of years. A majority of the mayors—88%—also said their cities do not have enough services to meet the growing need. Read more here.
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New SAMHSA Resource: TIP 64 - Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services
This TIP supports learning about the key aspects, functions, and uses of Peer Support Services (PSS) in recovery from problematic substance use, which will help providers, supervisors, and administrators in SUD treatment programs better understand and respond to these changes.
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LGBTQ+ Youth Lack Kind Communities, Mental Health Support: Study
LGBTQ+ young people want and need kind communities — and most say they don’t have one, according to a new study from Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation. The study also found that LGBTQ+ youth were less likely to rate their mental and emotional health highly than their straight and cisgender peers and that they lacked the resources they need to improve their situation. On behalf of the Born This Way Foundation, which was founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, to support youth mental health and work with young people to build a kinder and braver world, Benenson Strategy Group conducted 1,001 online interviews with 15-to 24-year-olds across the U.S., including oversamples of LGBTQ+ people and Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), from March 24 to April 10. Read more here.
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Opioid Settlement Payouts to Localities Made Public for First Time
Thousands of local governments nationwide are receiving settlement money from companies that made, sold, or distributed opioid painkillers, like Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen, and Walmart. The companies are shelling out more than $50 billion total in settlements from national lawsuits. But finding out the precise amount each city or county is receiving has been nearly impossible because the firm administering the settlement hasn’t made the information public. Until now.
After more than a month of communications with state attorneys general, private lawyers working on the settlement, and the settlement administrators, KFF Health News has obtained documents showing the exact dollar amounts — down to the cent — that local governments were allocated for 2022 and 2023. Read more here.
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New York Farmers Turn to State Agency for Financial, Mental Health Needs
Fair to say for Joe Conrad, the more things change, the more they stay the same. "I'm still farming seven days a week, and I'm still doing what I love to do here on the farm with my kids and grandkids," said Conrad.
We first met Conrad in March of 2022, at a time when he was going through a divorce after more than 40 years of marriage, and suffering great financial stress as the owner of Green Meadows Dairy Farm in Wyoming County — circumstances that brought him to tears.
"We're raised that men don't cry. But by golly. Here's one who does," he said back in 2022. Read more here.
Related: Sen. Gillibrand introduces legislation to create suicide prevention hotline for farmers
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Study: In Their Own Voice - Behavioral Health Care Delivery Barriers in Rural New York
Rural areas are disproportionately impacted by mental health and substance use disorders, drug overdose, and suicide. Several environmental and service access barriers are linked to these disparities, yet little is known about facilitators and barriers to care delivery that may impact client outcomes. This study sought to explore these facilitators and barriers from the perspective of service providers. A qualitative focus group study with 206 professionals with a vested interest in behavioral health was conducted in 16 rural counties across New York State between March 2020 and September 2021. Multiple themes related to the delivery of behavioral health services emerged including invested and collaborative provider networks as facilitators and limited workforce capacity, state policy and regulatory issues, and scarce funding as barriers. Findings uncovered new regulatory and policy-related contributors to behavioral health care disparities in rural areas and suggested developing and implementing community-specific, needs-based approaches that leverage community strengths and assets.
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Xylazine, or ‘Tranq,’ is Making Opioid Overdoses Harder to Reverse
For years, public health guidance about opioid overdoses has been relatively simple: Administer
naloxone, then call 911. But the days of simply spraying naloxone into an overdose victim’s nose, then watching that person resume breathing and wake up within minutes, are over. The culprit is xylazine, the powerful sedative rapidly spreading throughout the U.S. illicit opioid supply. Xylazine, commonly known as “tranq,” is not an opioid, meaning that its effects can’t be reversed with naloxone, an overdose medication that specifically targets the brain’s opioid receptors. Read more here.
Related: Drug Abuse Warning Network: Findings from Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits, 2022
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UPCOMING EVENTS & TRAININGS
Rural Telehealth & M-Health for Immigrants & Migrants
June 22, 2 - 3 pm, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
CCBHC/FQHC Partnership Series Session 1: CCBHC and FQHC 101: Back to the Basics
June 27, 1 - 2 pm, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Mapping the Crisis System of Care: Alternatives to Emergency Departments
June 27, 2:30 - 4 pm, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
When Recovery is Work: Promoting Wellness in Peer Support Roles
June 27, 3 - 4:30 pm, SAMHSA's GAINS Center
Criminal Justice Diversion: Reimagining Appropriate Pathways to Care
June 28, 12 - 1 pm, MTM Services
Meadowlark: Building a Team-based Approach to Perinatal Care
June 28, 2 - 3 pm, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Strengthening the Future of Mental Health Care in New York State
June 28, 3 - 4 pm, NY Health Foundation
CCBH updates and partnership with 988
June 28, 3 - 4 pm, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Embracing Recovery-Oriented Harm Reduction in Medication Assisted Treatment
June 28, 3 - 4 pm, NAADAC
Emerging Respite Care Strategies in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waivers
June 29, 3 - 4 pm, NASHP
Peer Support via Telehealth Platforms
June 29, 3 - 4 pm, NAADAC
New York State Summit on Peer Mentor Programs for Military Veterans
July 11 - 12, National Veterans Resource Center, Syracuse
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CLMHD CALENDAR
JUNE
Deputy DCS Call
June 27: 10 - 11 am
JULY
CLMHD Office Closed - Independence Day
July 3 & 4
CLMHD Executive Committee Meeting
July 5: 8 - 9 am
LGU Clinic Operators Call
July 11: 10 - 11:30 am
Addiction Services & Supports (ASR) Committee Meeting
July 13: 11 am - 12 pm
Mental Health Committee Meeting
July 13: 3 - 4 pm
IOCC Meeting - Albany, In-Person
July 18: 1 - 3 pm
Membership Call
July 19: 9 - 10:30 am
Deputy DCS Call
July 25: 10 - 11 am
Developmental Disabilities Committee Meeting
July 27: 1 - 2:30 pm
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