Weekly Update July 26, 2024
Redesign of ‘Weekly Update’ Newsletter
As you might already notice, this week’s edition of our publication might look a little different. We are delighted to introduce a newly designed version of our weekly update email! We’ve revamped our newsletters to make them more user-friendly and accessible. Get the latest news, insights, and updates to our public mental health system with even greater clarity and ease.
With this improved layout, you’ll find it simpler to search for keywords** and to navigate through each publication chronologically. One specific item to note, the creation of these newsletters are now solely constructed and published on the CMHA website. The email blast will now be condensed to only include article titles and a teaser sentence. Each article in the email is linked to the publication on our website where the entire document can be viewed in full. Once on this page, to access the months previous articles, simple follow the linked path located under the main navigation bar.
The Weekly Update home page now includes collapsible headers. To quickly see the previous week’s update just click on that week’s date. To the right, you will see an Archives column that will include all previous month’s editions.
Our goal is to enhance your reading experience while keeping you better informed and making it easier for you to access necessary information and resources. We’re excited for you to experience these enhancements and hope they make your weekly updates more engaging and informative.
**To search for text within a webpage use the “Control Find” keyboard shortcut. Press and hold Ctrl+F on your keyboard to open a search bar.
Connections
Connections purpose is to be an avenue for the exchange of information that includes people’s dreams, stories, concerns and successes. Its intent is to connect us all – the individuals who sit around the board room table, our customers, our administrators, caregivers, and our partners in the communities in which we live.
Recipient Rights Booklets
The Mental Health Code states that Community Mental Health Service Providers are required to distribute Recipient Rights Booklets to each recipient receiving services. To place an order with CMHA please visit our websites bookstore page.
‘BoardWorks’ Videos Online
The CMHA BoardWorks program was developed to assist Board members in fulfilling their obligations as CMH leaders, directors of policy, and advocates for those they serve.
State & Federal Developments
NACBHDD issues third white paper as part of NACo Mental Health Commission partnership
The National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD), of which CMHA and, through CMHA, all CMHA members, are members, recently issued the third and final white paper as part of a partnership with the National Association of Counties (NACo) Mental Health Commission. The paper was also presented at the most recent meeting of the Commission at NACo’s Conference.This briefing paper and the two previous papers are available here:
- Overcoming Barriers for Equitable Care Access: How the IMD Exclusion Impacts Counties (February 2024)
- County Leadership in Mental Health: How Counties Are Leading the Way in Crisis System Transformation (May 2024)
- County Leadership in Mental Health: How Counties Are Leading the Way to Address Workforce Challenges (July 2024)
Michigan SILS, CIL, and MPHI issue emergency preparedness handbook for persons with disabilities
The Michigan Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) and the Centers for Independent Living (CILs) recently partnered with the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI) to create an emergency preparedness facilitators guide and workbook for older adults and older adults with disabilities. These materials and an introductory video are hosted on a Google drive which may be accessed here using a PDF reader.
MPHI would appreciate your help in spreading the word about this guide and workbook.
The workbook is designed to help older adults and adults living with disabilities plan for emergencies and disasters. The facilitator’s guide provides tips and suggestions for social service professionals who want to assist their clients with the workbook. Please forward this email to them and encourage them to fill out the user survey after they use the workbook. The survey will help MPHI evaluate the effectiveness and usability of the workbook and improve it for future users.
Here is the link to the survey.
To help MPHI keep track of the dissemination of the workbook, please copy Fayana Richards (frichards@mphi.org), Aislinn (alangley@mphi.org), and Annalie Compos (acampos@mphi.org) when you forward this email to your contacts. MPHI would like to know how many people and organizations are receiving this information and follow up with them about the survey if needed.
MDHHS announces 3rd Annual Kinship Community Awareness Summit
MDHHS is hosting the 3rd annual Kinship Community Awareness Summit, on Wednesday, September 4th, 2024, in Lansing, from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM at the Crowne Plaza Lansing West. The goal of the summit is to raise awareness of the needs of kinship caregivers and explore how community leaders, like yourself, can support kinship families and advocate for positive changes. The theme of this year’s event is around community coming together to support kinship families.
Please feel free to share with any other community leaders you might have contact with who may be interested. The summit will feature Gaelin Elmore, a lived experience expert, as well as Dr. Valerie Jackson, the founder and chief executive officer of Monarch Family Services located in Texas. There will be additional information sharing as well as table discussions.
Please use the flyer found here to register for the event, we would love to see you there on the 4th!
Education, Sponsorship & Exhibition
Call for Presentations! CMHA Annual Fall Conference
The Community Mental Health Association of Michigan’s Annual Fall Conference:
“Sharing Solutions”
October 21 & 22, 2024
Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City, Michigan
Submit your workshop proposal! Deadline: Friday, August 2, 2024
The conference attracts 700 attendees. We bring together board members, CEOs, COOs, CFOs, medical directors, clinical directors, case workers, supports coordinators, and children’s supervisors from Michigan CMHSPs and Provider Agencies. We also have strong attendance from others within the public mental health and substance use disorder systems.
CMHA Events
To search all upcoming CMHAM events, including conferences, trainings and webinars click here.
Great Lakes Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
Resources from Great Lakes MHTTC
CMHA is the Michigan partner with the SAMHSA funded Great Lakes Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC). That partnership provides Michigan’s behavioral health community with access to cutting edge education and training offerings from across the country and the Great Lakes region while also allowing CMHA to expand its catalog of education and training offerings to its members and allies. For more about the Great Lakes MHTTC click here.
Subscribe to the ‘Greatly Lakes Current’
You are invited to join the Great Lakes MHTTC email list! Subscribe and you will be one of the first to receive upcoming event information, access new products, and stay informed on the latest research and news from the Great Lakes region, the national MHTTC Network, and SAMHSA – all through the Great Lakes Current, the electronic newsletter of the Great Lakes MHTTC.
You are only one click away from accessing all the resources and training opportunities that the Great Lakes MHTTC has to offer – Subscribe Now!
The Great Lakes MHTTC is dedicated to only sending strategic and relevant communications, such as a weekly update email featuring upcoming events and one monthly newsletter containing breaking news, upcoming events for the month, and other featured content and products. The Great Lakes MHTTC will also send emails that spotlight a single upcoming, in-demand training opportunity or new product. You can unsubscribe at any time, and the Great lakes MHTTC will never sell, distribute, or relinquish your email address or any of your contact information.
HHS launches initiative to build multi-state social worker licensure compact to increase access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment and address workforce shortages
Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced the first-ever Licensure Portability Grant Program investment in a multi-state social worker licensure compact. State licensure compacts allow states to come together on a common approach to licensing health care providers, allowing providers to practice across state lines without having to apply for a license in each state. Streamlining licensure while maintaining quality standards improves access to services both by better facilitating hiring and by easing pathways to utilizing telehealth. The announcement was made at HRSA’s National Telehealth Conference, the largest federal conference on telehealth issues.
The full description of this initiative can be found here.