Month: April 2016
National Alliance on Mental Illness on Campus High School NAMI on Campus clubs work to end the stigma that makes it hard for students to talk about mental health and get the help they need. Clubs hold creative meetings, and hold innovative awareness events. NAMI on Campus High School clubs are student-led, student-run mental health…
Read MoreDesert Mountain Children’s Center The Desert/Mountain Children’s Center (DMCC) is a counseling center designed to meet the therapeutic needs of infants, children and youth, birth to 22 years of age. The DMCC provides screening, psychological assessment, mental health treatment planning and mental health treatment services DMCC’s mission is “The Relentless Pursuit of Whatever Works in…
Read MoreCMHACY’s policy focus is to improve the behavioral health of California’s children and youth. We operationalized this focus by stating: All children, youth, and their families should have timely access to the right service, at the right time, in the right place, and in the right amount. As you have seen from our weekly newsletters,…
Read MoreThe California Mental Health Advocates for Children and Youth membership is recognizing Dane Cervine and Phillip Crandall for their lifetime commitment to California’s youth. Dane Cervine Dane Cervine served as Chief of Children’s Mental Health for the County of Santa Cruz for many years, retiring in 2015. He is a licensed Marriage & Family…
Read MoreThe CMHACY Board and Friends are pleased to present three exceptional plenary speakers presenting on the following topics for the 2016 CMHACY Conference. Kappy Madenwald: Achieving the Promise of Family-Centeredness in Care Delivery Chacku Mathai: Beyond Resilience: Discovering the Tools for Thriving as a Community Dayna Long: Addressing Inequities in Health Care The following descriptions provide more…
Read MoreThe California Mental Health Advocates for Children and Youth membership is recognizing Assemblymember Mark Stone for his leadership in improving outcomes for youth in foster care. Assemblymember Stone has passed legislation which is designed to improve the outcomes of youth in foster care by increasing community based supports and integrated care for the youth and…
Read MoreOn the Friday of the conference, May 13th, we will be hosting our policy panels. This is a unique opportunity for conference participants to hear directly from both the state policy leaders and those responsible for implementing the policies at the local level. Conference participants will be able to ask questions and offer comments directly…
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