1 / 5

Upstream Services A Response to Sandy Hook April 4, 2013

This presentation discusses the legislative priorities, budget and appropriations related to mental health and school safety in response to the Sandy Hook tragedy. It includes discussions on funding, grants, standards, and programs aimed at addressing mental health issues in schools and communities.

alicecampos
Download Presentation

Upstream Services A Response to Sandy Hook April 4, 2013

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Upstream ServicesA Response to Sandy HookApril 4, 2013 Presenters: Luis Perez, George Sugai, Ellen Gerrity, Michael Brose

  2. 113 Congress Responses Legislative Priorities Budget and Appropriations – Vigorous work on funding bills and trying to secure increases where appropriate or defeating proposed cuts; Mental Health in Schools Act (S. 195/H.R. 628) – Authorize grants to school districts to help them implement effective mental health programs; Excellence in Mental Health Act (S. 264) – Establish standards, oversight, and improved reimbursement for Federally Qualified Community Behavioral Health Centers; Mental Health First Aid Higher Education Act (S. 153/H.R. 274) – Provide grants to universities to train staff in Mental Health First Aid;

  3. Legislative Priorities continued Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization of 2013 (S.116) – To renew the commitment to critically important youth and college suicide prevention programs, which provide a comprehensive approach to addressing the national problem of youth suicide; Mental Health Courts (MIOTCRA; S 162/H.R. 401) – Reauthorize and update a 2004 law (PL 108-414) that set up a grant program to support mental-health courts and other collaborative programs between the criminal justice and mental-health system; and Children's Recovery from Trauma Act (S. 380) – To reauthorize and update the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative for grants to address the problems of individuals who experience trauma and violence related stress

  4. MHA Policy Team • Julio Abreu, Senior Director, Public Policy and Advocacy • jabreu@mentalhealthamerica.net • Debbie Plotnick, Senior Director, State Policy • dplotnick@mentalhealthamerica.net • Julie Kozminski, Public Policy Fellow • jkozminski@mentalhealthamerica.net

  5. Upcoming Webinars • April 10: Transformative Impacts of the New Medicaid Expansion Program for Uninsured People with Mental Illness • May 8: The ACA and Peer Support • May 21 and 30: Hill Day Advocacy 101 Register here for these webinars

More Related