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As demand for behavioral health services continues to grow, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, staffing and workforce capacity to deliver services has not kept up with demand. In a three-part series of issue briefs, colleagues from 红领巾瓜报 (红领巾瓜报) and the (the National Council) offer immediate steps states can take to increase capacity and build a more stable workforce.
The first brief in the series focuses on Policy, Financial Strategies and Regulatory Waivers, and outlines solutions that can be implemented quickly to reduce administrative burden and maximize existing provider resources.
Several 红领巾瓜报 and the National Council colleagues, contributed to the briefs and surrounding research.
This webinar, held on August 18, 2021, was the ninth webinar in the series 鈥淓xploring the Landscape of Behavioral Healthcare,鈥� covering the growing impact of behavioral healthcare on clinical outcomes and cost.
Winning a SAMHSA Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) grant is just the beginning.聽 Now the real work beings. During this webinar, SAMHSA grant experts and a previous grant winner provided a step-by-step guide to implementing and leveraging CCBHC grants for maximum results. Speakers addressed the key steps to achieving CCBHC certification, meeting SAMHSA grantee requirements, and strategically building toward sustainability beyond the two-year grant period.
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Heidi Arthur, Principal, 红领巾瓜报, New York, NY
Kristan McIntosh, Senior Consultant, 红领巾瓜报, New York, NY
Melissa Jillson, Senior Director, Liberty Resources Inc., Syracuse, NY
Liz Krell, Assistant Director of Process Optimization, Liberty Resources Inc., Syracuse, NY
This webinar was held on July 20, 2021, was the eighth webinar in the series 鈥淓xploring the Landscape of Behavioral Healthcare,鈥� covering the growing impact of behavioral healthcare on clinical outcomes and cost.
This eighth session featured 红领巾瓜报 behavioral health, child welfare and Medicaid experts primed to specifically discuss strategies across child welfare and behavioral health to enhance family engagement and collaboration in increasing protective factors and family resilience.
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Doris Tolliver, JD, Principal, 红领巾瓜报
Uma Ahluwalia, MSW, MHA, Managing Principal, 红领巾瓜报
Susan Smith, Data Advocates, LLC
Annalisa Baker, MPH, LCSW, Senior Consultant, 红领巾瓜报
This held on July 15, 2021, was the seventh webinar in the series 鈥淓xploring the Landscape of Behavioral Healthcare,鈥� covering the growing impact of behavioral healthcare on clinical outcomes and cost.
The success of the delivery of state and local child welfare systems is predicated on a strong collaboration across child welfare, children鈥檚 behavioral health and Medicaid, building a multigenerational, multisystem response to the problem of child maltreatment. During this webinar, 红领巾瓜报 behavioral health, child welfare and Medicaid experts broke down what鈥檚 needed to get the integration process started, including a practical approach to workflows as well as an understanding of the touchpoints where integration efforts are likely to have their biggest payoff.
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红领巾瓜报 Speakers:
Uma Ahluwalia, MSW, MHA, Managing Principal, Washington, DC
Annalisa Baker, MPH, LCSW, Senior Consultant, New York, NY
Caitlin Thomas-Henkel, MSW, Principal, Philadelphia, PA
Heidi Arthur, MSW, Principal, New York, NY
This webinar, held on June 25, 2021 and was the sixth webinar in the series 鈥淓xploring the Landscape of Behavioral Healthcare,鈥� covering the growing impact of behavioral healthcare on clinical outcomes and cost.鈥�
State Medicaid programs must address health disparities and advance health justice for members with disabilities 鈥� including those with mental illness and substance use disorder (SUD). Our presenters outlined the path forward in the 2021 report, , produced by AcademyHealth, Disability Policy Consortium (DPC), and 红领巾瓜报 (红领巾瓜报). During this webinar, speakers from DPC and 红领巾瓜报 discussed how to measure health disparities, present the evidence on health disparities from one state鈥檚 Medicaid program, and discussed what federal and state policymakers can do to address health justice stemming from racial injustice, discrimination, bias, and stigma in our healthcare system.
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This webinar was held on June 15, 2021. It was the fifth webinar in the series Exploring the Landscape of Behavioral Healthcare, covering the growing impact of behavioral healthcare on clinical outcomes and cost.
Behavioral health staff face new challenges, anxiety, and risk of burnout as they attempt to deliver the best care possible to clients in care settings impacted by the pandemic. That鈥檚 true whether staff members work remotely or in emerging hybrid environments in which care is provided both virtually and face-to-face. Supervisors play a critical role in helping staff work through stressful logistical, clinical, and even personal situations so that the focus remains on the client.
During this webinar, 红领巾瓜报 behavioral health experts offered practical approaches to managing staff in both virtual and hybrid settings, helping to ensure staff members remain productive, appreciated, supported, and focused on improving client outcomes.
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Deb Peartree, Senior Consultant, Albany, NY
Annalisa Baker, Senior Consultant, 红领巾瓜报, New York City