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Andy Swanger Ryan Nicole Hasper

Andy Swanger Ryan Nicole Hasper. About MHA in Catt. County.

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Andy Swanger Ryan Nicole Hasper

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  1. Andy Swanger Ryan Nicole Hasper

  2. About MHA in Catt. County • The Mental Health Association in Cattaraugus County, Inc. is affiliated with the Mental Health Association in New York State, and with the National Mental Health Association, which is the country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. • Non-profit • Wants to provide access to services, promote awareness, and help develop an improved community mental health system. • Provide a wide array of services for both adults and children

  3. Operation Dignity • National movement to restore old abandoned Psychiatric Hospital Cemeteries across the country • Patients were marked by number not name • All the chains and shackles that were used in the mental hospitals were melted together to make their symbol (liberty bell) • Their mission: to give people back their dignity • Locally they discovered the names of 107/1200 graves at Gowanda Psychiatric Center Still looking for more volunteers

  4. The Bell • The bell was cast in 1953 from chains and shackles that had been used to restrain people in mental hospitals, and bears this inscription: "Cast from the shackles which bound them, this bell shall ring out hope for the mentally ill and victory over mental illness."

  5. Camp New Horizon • Need to be referred by counselor • For emotional and behavioral children • 2:1 counselor to youth • Allegany State Park (120 children)

  6. Family Support Services • Provides support to families in Cattaraugus Country that have a children with emotional or behavioral challenges • Support be provided in home or community • Learn better skills (use at home or school) • Go to school to talk to parents/counselor • Meet other parents • Assist families in creating goals and devising action plans for desired changes within the family

  7. Friendship Club • Have to have a membership ( mental illness) • $6 fee • Offer activities/crafts • Dinner (they create the menu and make the food) • Fundraisers to do trips

  8. Compeer • Compeer matches community volunteers in friendship relationships with children and adults who are receiving mental health treatment • Meet once a week to do something together • Volunteer opportunities: one-on-one friendships, Compeer e-mail, Compeer calling, and group matches • Volunteer s must submit monthly reports to support ongoing communication and ongoing program funding requirements.

  9. Peer Advocacy • Overcome mental illness • Meet with other adults who’s going through what their going through • Tips on filling out forms, paperwork, and legal suggestions

  10. Services they provide • Speak to school • Have to have professional diagnosis (except for helping parents with problem) • Employees are screened • People from all over can participate

  11. Resources • http://www.mhacatt.org/index.php?id=32 • http://www.nmha.org/ • Ms. Joann McAndrew, Executive Director

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