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>>> Stuart Gordon 5/7/2020 3:27 PM >>><br></span><div>Attached is this week's <em>NASMHPD Weekly Update</em>, containing:</div><div><br>(1) news that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved funding for 30 states and the District of Columbia for crisis counseling services necessitated by the COVID-19 epidemic;</div><div><br></div><div>(2) information on a database posted on its website by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of $175 billion in grants made to health care providers by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program, showing how much each provider received and where they are located;</div><div><br></div><div>(3) details on a May 12 NASMHPD Town Hall on Innovative Practices for Outreach and Support to Vulnerable Victims of Crime during the COVID-19 Crisis, a May 20 webinar on Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Older Americans During the COVID-19 Crisis, and a Smoking Cessation webinar also scheduled for May 12;</div><div><br></div><div>(4) a Crisis Now <em>CrisisTalk </em>discussion with Trauma Stress Specialist April Naturale on COVID-19 trauma, grief, and growth;</div><div><br></div><div>(5) information on a study finding that female physicians have higher suicide mortality rates than females generally, while male physician suicide mortality rates are lower than in the general male population;</div><div><br></div><div>(6) updates to the links to Medicaid waivers and State Plan Amendments approved by CMS to address the COVID-19 epidemic;, and to Federal agency guidance documents and notices related to treatment and reimbursement for COVID-19; </div><div><br></div><div>(7) a CDC funding opportunity announcement of $40 million available in grants to tribes to address COVID-19; and</div><div><br></div><div>(8) a number of NASMHPD Links of Interest, including:</div><div><ul><li>a link to a study recommended by SAMHSA Assistant Secretary Elinore McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D., that was published in <em>The Lancet</em> on the psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce that impact; and<br><br></li><li>a link to the brief filed yesterday by Democratic state attorneys general in the appeal before the Supreme Court of the Republican states' and Trump Administration's latest challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.</li></ul></div><div>We hope this information will prove useful.</div><div><br></div><div>Please, Stay Safe and Stay Well,<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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