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Changes in Our Children’s System of Care
…caregivers in services or treatment. Addressing these barriers and challenges is fundamental to supporting stability in the community, re-enforcing the Care Plan goals, maintaining continuity of care across multiple providers,…
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Community Capacity: Can We Deliver Better Treatment for Children and Families?
…and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) principles were initiated to encourage comprehensive, coordinated and culturally competent mental health services for children, adolescents and their families. Between 1995 and 1997 Kaiser…
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Essentials for Working with Teenagers in Groups
…lead to a feeling of greater confidence in the group worker—confidence to move ahead and to hang in there and not bail out, as too many an adult already has….
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Funding for NYS Opioid Epidemic
…“This funding is crucial to our efforts to address addiction in communities throughout the state,” New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Commissioner Arlene González-Sánchez said….
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Implementing Universal Suicide Risk Screening in Healthcare Settings: Model Could Help Hospitals Better Identify and Aid Youth at Risk for Suicide
…risk of suicide. Results from these research efforts are poised to make a real difference and help save lives.” In 2007, The Joint Commission (TJC) (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/labs-at-nimh/asq-toolkit-materials/index.shtml) released a National Patient…
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Medicaid Redesign Will Help Children and Families Get the Right Services at the Right Time
…onset or progression of behavioral health needs, providing services in the most natural and least restrictive setting, and maintaining children and youth in their homes and community with adequate services…
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System Change and Service Providers: Opportunities and Challenges in Addressing Unmet Needs
…illnesses, the MRT Subcommittee took the five most highly rates home and community-based services and proposed they be added to the state plan to be accessed by thousands more children….
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The NYSPA Report: Spotlight on OnTrackNY – New York’s First-Episode Psychosis Early Intervention Program
…please visit www.ontrackny.org. The OnTrackNY website also provides community resources including videos of personal stories and successes in the program, access to the OnTrackNY blog and monthly newsletter and community…
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Integrated Health Care for Older Adults: A Model Partnership
…the chief executive of Service Program for Older People since 1990. To learn more about SPOP’s community-based behavioral health programs for older adults visit www.spop.org or contact Nancy at nharvey@spop.org….
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“Wrapping Around” Integrated Care
…gaining skills to cope with his anxiety. As a result, the youth had a reduction in Emergency Room visits and improved emotional wellness. Additionally, an Asthma Action Plan, a written…
