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>>> Stuart Gordon 6/4/2020 3:32 PM >>><br></span><div>Attached is the June 5, 2020 <em>NASMHPD Weekly Update </em>containing:</div><div><br></div><div>(1) Tips from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center on significant things to keep in mind during telehealth calls;</div><div><br></div><div>(2) Information on a framework developed by Benton County, Oregon Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Supported Employment staff to ensure that clients are fully informed regarding the risks and rewards of accepting supported employment in the client's chosen workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic;</div><div><br></div><div>(3) news of a letter sent by Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle, from Senate Finance and House Energy and Commerce, to HHS Secretary Alex Azar regarding the delayed disbursement to Medicaid providers of pandemic emergency provider funds recently appropriated by Congress to alleviate the financial pressures on health care providers resulting from social isolation measures and reduced caseloads and the costs of treating the uninsured for COVID-19;</div><div><br></div><div>(4) a Crisis Now <em>Crisis Talk </em>discussion with National Council CEO Chuck Ingoglia regarding those financial pressures on behavioral health organizations that, in some instances, are forcing them to reduce staffs and/or consider closure;</div><div><br></div><div>(5) a Funding Opportunity Announcement from the Department of Education regarding the School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program;</div><div><br></div><div>(6) a June webinar series from the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities on Self-Care for Health Care and Emergency Response Workers;</div><div><br></div><div>(7) a June Virtual Children's Behavioral Health Conference from the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services;</div><div><br></div><div>(8) four SAMHSA-sponsored webinars scheduled for June, three of which have been developed by NASMHPD, and a June 10 joint NASMHPD/ National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Directors (NACBHDD) webinar on the Federal Emergency Management Administration's Crisis Counseling Program;</div><div><br></div><div>(9) a Request for Information, scheduled to be published in the <em>Federal Register tomorrow</em>, from the Office of the HHS Assistant Secretary on Health Care System Resilience, for which comments are due July 8;</div><div><br></div><div>(10) a message from the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Dr. Nora Volkow, on the importance of eradicating racially motivated violence and discrimination; and</div><div><br></div><div>(11) recent new and updated Federal guidance documents and notices related to the COVID-19 pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>We hope you find this information useful.</div><div><br></div><div><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">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></body></html>