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>>> Stuart Gordon 4/2/2020 3:08 PM >>><br></span><div>Attached is this week's <em>NASMHPD Weekly Update. </em></div><div><br></div><div>The <em>Update </em>continues to compile links to various Federal agency guidance documents and memos relating to treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as links to 41 sec. 1135 state waivers granted by CMS. Links not previously published are marked "New". (We are also compiling these links on a NASMHPD website COVID-19 landing page, which can be found linked from the opening NASMHPD web page.) </div><div><br></div><div>This issue also highlights on page 1 a SAMHSA Funding Opportunity Announcement of grants to states (up to $2 million) and territories (up to $500,000) funded through the CARES Act, for which the application filing <strong>deadline is next Friday, April 10</strong>.</div><div><br></div><div>The Crisis Now <em>Crisis Talk </em>column discusses the long-term behavioral health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>There is also an announcement of a new partnership between NASMHPD, Westat, and <span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><font face="Segoe UI">the Council of State Administrators of
Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR) to provide
practical information and specific tools to State mental health (MH) and
vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs to enhance collaborations at the local
and state levels in order to increase competitive, integrated employment
outcomes for individuals with mental illness.</font> </span></div><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span><div><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span><div><br></div><div>There are two new SAMHSA webinars, one on COVID-19 and one on the Crisis Services Best Practices toolkit, as well as notice from the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) of supplemental amendments to existing grants to address health system responsiveness to the COVID-19 pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, there's a story on the impact on telephone help line call volumes of the increasing anxiety resulting from the pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>Please, stay well and safe.<br></div><span id="GWSignatureSent" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; display: block;"><span style="display: block;"><br><span style="font-size: 10pt; display: inline-block; -ms-word-wrap: normal;">
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Stay Well,</font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial"></font><br></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Stuart Yael Gordon<br>Senior Director of Policy & Communications<br>National Association of State Mental<br> Health Program Directors<br>66 Canal Center Plaza<br>Suite 302<br>Alexandria, VA 22314</font></div><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">703-682-7552<br>cell: 443-808-5203 or 716-994-4029</font></font></div></span></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 5px; display: block;"><br></span></div></div></div></body></html>