ADVOCACY NEWS FROM NAMI NEW JERSEY:
1. HAGEDORN HEAD CONFIDENT ON HOSPITAL'S FUTURE
2. RESIDENTS FIGHT GROUP HOME
3. OFFICERS TO RECEIVE SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING
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HAGEDORN HEAD CONFIDENT ON HOSPITAL'S FUTURE
With the governor’s task force on the future of Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital planning to meet tomorrow, the director of the hospital’s board of trustees says she’s confident that the hospital will remain open. The task force will meet five more times before it is to give its recommendation to the governor at the end of January. It seeks alternatives, Masson insisted, “but (is) keeping in mind the budget issues.”
At a town hall meeting in Clinton this morning, Christie called the Hagedorn issue one of many that requires, "really difficult, ugly decisions." He pledged to "listen to (the task force's) recommendation."
See the full news report:
http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2010/12/hagedorn_board_head_confident.html
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RESIDENTS FIGHT GROUP HOME
Anxiety in the Pennsauken neighborhood started with the purchase of a house that had been vacant for years. Area residents took to the Internet and found that the new owner, Landmark Property Management, was connected to a local social services provider.
Soon, township officials were fielding complaints - and hosting public meetings to discuss their options. The residents were furious: Was a group home for troubled teenagers really opening in their neighborhood.
Tensions have been high in Pennsauken since it came to light in October that a mental health and counseling organization was opening a home for teenage victims of abuse or neglect. Neighbors are raising questions about everything from personal safety to property values and zoning violations.
Read more:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20101216_NIMBY_in_Pennsauken__
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OFFICERS TO RECEIVE SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING
Union County will become the first county in New Jersey to include suicide prevention training for all of its law enforcement officers. Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow recently announced that the approximately 2,000 officers in all law enforcement agencies throughout the county will receive suicide prevention training provided by the Cop2Cop program at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). The training is expected to begin within the next couple of months.
See the full story:
http://njtoday.net/2010/12/15/union-county-law-enforcement-officers-to-receive-cop2cop-suicide-prevention-training/
