[Stateclcnetwork] Fwd: June 5, 2020 NASMHPD Weekly Update

[Vivian Jackson]

Kathy,
How is NASMHPD responding to George Floyd's homicide, police brutality,
racial justice, etc?

Vivian


On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 8:33 AM Kathy Parker <Kathy.Parker at nasmhpd.org>
wrote:

> fyi
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> >>> Stuart Gordon 6/4/2020 3:32 PM >>>
> Attached is the June 5, 2020 *NASMHPD Weekly Update *containing:
>
> (1) Tips from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center on significant
>  things to keep in mind during telehealth calls;
>
> (2) Information on a framework developed by Benton County, Oregon
> Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Supported Employment staff to ensure
> that clients are fully informed regarding the risks and rewards of
> accepting supported employment in the client's chosen workplace during the
> COVID-19 pandemic;
>
> (3) news of a letter sent by Congressional leaders on both sides of the
> aisle, from Senate Finance and House Energy and Commerce,  to HHS Secretary
> Alex Azar regarding the delayed disbursement to Medicaid providers of
> pandemic emergency provider funds recently appropriated by Congress to
> alleviate the financial pressures on health care providers resulting from
> social isolation measures and reduced caseloads and the costs of treating
> the uninsured for COVID-19;
>
> (4) a Crisis Now *Crisis Talk *discussion with National Council CEO Chuck
> Ingoglia regarding those financial pressures on behavioral health
> organizations that, in some instances, are forcing them to reduce staffs
> and/or consider closure;
>
> (5) a Funding Opportunity Announcement from the Department of Education
> regarding the School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program;
>
> (6) a June webinar series from the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health
> and Developmental Disabilities on Self-Care for Health Care and Emergency
> Response Workers;
>
> (7) a June Virtual Children's Behavioral Health Conference from the
> Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse  Services;
>
> (8) four SAMHSA-sponsored webinars scheduled for June, three of which have
> been developed by NASMHPD, and a June 10 joint NASMHPD/ National
> Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
> Directors (NACBHDD) webinar on the Federal Emergency Management
> Administration's Crisis Counseling Program;
>
> (9) a Request for Information, scheduled to be published in the *Federal
> Register tomorrow*,  from the Office of the HHS Assistant Secretary on
> Health Care System Resilience, for which comments are due July 8;
>
> (10) a message from the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse,
> Dr. Nora Volkow, on the importance of eradicating racially motivated
> violence and discrimination; and
>
> (11) recent new and updated Federal guidance documents and notices related
> to the COVID-19 pandemic.
>
> We hope you find this information useful.
>
>
>
> Stay Well,
>
> Stuart Yael Gordon
> Senior Director of Policy & Communications
> National Association of State Mental
>    Health Program Directors
> 66 Canal Center Plaza
> Suite 302
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Vivian H. Jackson, Ph.D., LICSW
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