2016
On May 10th, 2016 we posted our first blog on children’s mental health crisis services. In the blog we summarized the increased attention to the specific needs of children and families when they find themselves faced with a mental health crisis. The blog reported that children’s mental health crises were often more complicated to resolve…
Read MoreAs CMHACY moves forward to advocate for children and families, we have expanded our presence in the public arena via a series of blogs and greater use of social media. From time to time we will invite guest authors to share their opinions about important and controversial subjects that the CMHACY Board of Directors finds…
Read MoreOur 36th annual conference included an increasing number of attendees associated with commercial insurance and hospital systems. One such attendee was John Boyd, System Executive Mental Health. CEO, Sutter Solano Medical Center & Sutter Center for Psychiatry. When discussing what he took away from the conference, Dr. Boyd stated, “I believe we need to slow…
Read MoreMany of you who attended our conference posted photos on the conference App. By the end of the conference 279 photos were posted and entered into our first annual photo contest. The CMHACY new social media/web intern, Jeremiah McWright, was assigned the difficult task of choosing the winners of the photo contest. Here are the…
Read MoreSince 1980 CMHACY has hosted an annual meeting at Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California. Unique in the country and attended by as many as 600 stakeholders – parents, youth, providers, legal advocates, school representatives, County agency leaders, state department officials, and legislative staff – the conference has provided a forum for policy development,…
Read MoreThe topic of mental health crisis services specific to children and families has received increased attention throughout the state. In January 2015, a consortium of mental health advocacy organizations issued a white paper titled “Kids in Crisis: California’s Failure to Provide Appropriate Services for Youth Experiencing a Mental Health Crisis.” This paper served to spotlight…
Read MoreWednesday Evening 8:15 Fred Farr and Kiln This year we have added “poster sessions” to our conference agenda. Poster sessions allow individuals and groups to present their research, policy and practice ideas in a more informal setting than could be done in a workshop session. The “poster” is a display of the ideas. Those involved…
Read MoreMonica Nepomuceno Monica Nepomuceno works at the California Department of Education (CDE) as an Education Programs Consultant (EPC) with the Educational Options, Student Support and American Indian Education Office. Monica has been the EPC overseeing the Mental Health Services Program at CDE since 2009. Under this program she manages a statewide project that includes the…
Read MoreDaniel Heimpel Daniel Heimpel is an award-winning journalist, the founder of a national non-profit organization, Fostering Media Connections, dedicated to improving the lives of children through solution-based journalism, and teaches graduate students of public policy, social work and journalism on how to use media to drive social change. Daniel has written and produced stories about…
Read MoreThe 2016 CMHACY conference will highlight topics of special interest to those impacted by the child welfare Continuum of Care Reform (AB403). In addition to a number of relevant pre-conference and workshop sessions, representatives from the California approved national accrediting organizations will exhibit their programs and be available throughout the conference to discuss topics related…
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