ADVOCACY NEWS FROM NAMI NEW JERSEY:
1. PROPOSED MEDICAID RULE THREATENS SERVICES
2. DHS FALL BUDGET FORUMS
3. COLLEGE PANEL URGES MENTAL HEALTH FOCUS
4. JERSEY SEEKS TO BOOST CAMPUS MENTAL HEALTH
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PROPOSED MEDICAID RULE THREATENS SERVICES FOR PEOPLE
WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have issued
proposed
rules on the Medicaid Rehabilitation Services option.
The Rehabilitation Services option is the most important
funding source of services for people with mental illness
such as assertive community treatment (ACT), multi-systemic
therapy for children and adolescents (MST), and other important
evidence-based services.
NAMI urges
you to voice your concern
http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?
Section=Medicaid&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=51770
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DHS FALL BUDGET FORUMS
The NJ Department of Human Services hosts Regional Budget
Forums bi-annually. The Fall forums are an opportunity
for stakeholders, families, clients and providers to present
their thoughts and opinions on programs, services and expenditures
presented in the next fiscal year’s proposed budget.
The forums begin at 10 a.m. on the following dates:
Tuesday, October 23 -- Southern Region Forum, Gloucester
County Community College, Sewell
Tuesday, October 30 -- Central Region Forum, Middlesex
Fire Academy, Sayreville
Friday, November 2 -- Northern Region Forum, North
Jersey Developmental Center, Totowa
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COLLEGE PANEL URGES MENTAL HEALTH FOCUS
A state task force recommended sweeping changes Tuesday
to the way colleges and universities approach mental health
to prevent tragedies like the shootings carried out last
spring by a mentally ill student at Virginia Tech. The more
profound changes on campuses may come with a new approach
to mental health services, a need highlighted by the mental
health history of the shooter at Virginia Tech. Now, the
New Jersey task force has recommended that all colleges
and universities train staff members in mental health awareness,
begin outreach to students and assess staff levels and funding
for mental health services.
Read
the Gloucester County Times story
View
the Task Force report
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JERSEY SEEKS TO BOOST CAMPUS MENTAL HEALTH
The state will fund mental health awareness training at
colleges in New Jersey as part of a sweeping effort to make
campuses safer following the Virginia Tech shootings, officials
said yesterday. The training, which will cost about $80,000,
is among the recommendations of a state task force on campus
security. The task force report, released yesterday, calls
for training to help administrators and faculty understand
mental illness and sort out confusing privacy laws governing
student records. Colleges also are urged to create "crisis"
teams to help identify at-risk students and form student
outreach programs to destigmatize mental illness.
Read more:
www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-8/119138800411320.xml&coll=1
