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April 2009
This month's updates come from:
- Colorado LINKS for Mental Health
- Building Bridges for Children's Mental Health
- Colorado Health Institute
- Division of Behavioral Health
- Office of Homeless Youth Services
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Colorado LINKS for Mental Health
- The LINKS Big Meeting IV: Sustaining Integration, on Friday, April 17th was a great success, with several very interesting presentations and discussions. Many people, both attendees and those who were unable to attend, expressed interest in receiving the materials from the meeting, so we have posted all the materials on our website at http://www.csi-policy.org/research/2.htm We have included the PowerPoints from those presenters who had one, as well as overviews of the various LINKS tools and activities, and the acknowledgments of the funders and partners who make LINKS the active and meaningful project that it is.
For more information, please contact Jewlya Lynn at Jewlya@csi-policy.org .
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Building Bridges for Children's Mental Health
- The Building Bridges Inter-Agency Agreement between Colorado Department of Education, Department of Human Services, and the Colorado Judicial Department has been signed! The purpose of the Interagency Agreement is to establish a formal relationship and commitment between CDE, DBH, and the Colorado Judicial Department, to work together to achieve Building Bridges’ goals and objectives in accordance with a set of shared values and guiding principles.
- In collaboration with the MacArthur Project, Building Bridges is sponsoring two sessions of Mental Health First Aid in Mesa County at the end of May that will be attended by schools, families, juvenile justice, child welfare, mental health, and other community representatives. The purpose of the Mental Health First Aid Trainings is to increase mental health literacy through a 5-step process that teaches how to assess a situation (including learning risk factors and warning signs), select and implement appropriate interventions, and help individuals in crisis connect with appropriate care.
For more information, please contact Barb Bieber at Bieber_B@cde.state.co.us
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Colorado Health Institute
- On May 3rd and 4th, The Colorado Health Institute will be holding their Colorado's Safety Net Symposium, called Building and Monitoring Caring Communities. The symposium’s objectives are to learn ways that high-performing caring communities work together in Colorado and to understand and apply the basics of performance monitoring in your community. Registration is $40 at the door.
For more information, please go to www.coloradohealthinstitute.org
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The Division of Behavioral Health
For more information, please contact Sarah Hoover at Sarah.Hoover@ucdenver.edu
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Office of Homeless Youth Services
- The 2008 Annual Report for the Office of Homeless Youth Services has been released by the Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Supportive Housing and Homeless Programs. The report covers the accomplishments and activities of the Office of Homeless Youth Services and the Advisory Committee on Homeless Youth. To access the report, please visit http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/shhp/Homeless-Youth.htm .
For more information, please contact Andy Johnson at andrew.johnson3@state.co.us
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To be included in next month's LINKING YOU, please send us your planning or organization group's name, contact info, up to three bullets of one sentence each, and where possible, a link to more information.
Brought to you by the Colorado LINKS for Mental Health Initiative. For more information about the Initiative, please contact Jewlya Lynn at Jewlya@CSI-Policy.org
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