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Promoting Cultural Competence to Address Health Disparities and Improve Health Outcomes
…and the communities where people live. Optum has demonstrated a commitment to monitoring and addressing these components of health and well-being across provider networks and services. An essential goal for…
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Grand Opening of Liberty Station – A New Housing Development in Port Jefferson Station
…Liberty Station, a 77-unit rental community, provides workforce and accommodating housing options to persons in the community, including veterans. Ralph Fasano Executive Director Concern Housing, Inc. “We are thrilled to…
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Devereux Florida Student Volunteers Donate Time and Talents to Support Youth in Need
…of children, adults – and their families – every year. Focused on clinical advances emerging from a new understanding of the brain, its unique approach combines evidence-based interventions with compassionate…
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Leading the Way in Older Adult Mental Health: Recommendations for New York State
…that their needs are met in the public mental health system. 2: New York State should invest in sustainable, comprehensive community-based services for older adults with behavioral health needs, including…
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Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Populations
…about vulnerable populations? D.C. Vulnerable is a big tent word. People are vulnerable for multiple and different reasons. Communities are vulnerable due to complex and interrelated factors. It is useful…
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Supporting Youths in Their Recovery Journey to Adulthood
…focuses on how the behavioral health provider community envisions using the new state plan benefits, care coordination and Home and Community Based services to better support the success of youth-in-transition…
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Innovative Treatment Choices for the Military Family
…of our longest wars are ending, suicide is now the leading cause of death in the army. The literature on post deployment psychiatric health in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom…
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SBIRT: Stopping Addiction Before It Starts
The facts are clear: in our country, there is an imminent need for substance abuse prevention and intervention as early in the teen years as possible. A recent study in…
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Integration: Some Progress and a Need for More
…provider collaborations with State Opioid Response funding. Through other initiatives, OASAS supported peers from community providers to meet with people in emergency departments and in other community settings. These forces…
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A Healthy Place to Rest Your Head
…that allows patients to partner with their clinical team. Focusing on functioning – instead of symptoms and stigmatizing labels – brings a level of compassion to this task that is…
