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5th Annual Trans Equity Summit
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018
Hennepin Theater Trust
900 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis
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The theme for this year’s Summit is health and wellness, with sessions on making healthcare more accessible and accepting for the transgender community, learning skills to improve mental health and resiliency, and tackling pervasive issues relating to health and social support.
Free and open to the public. Registration and additional information will be made available at www.minneapolismn.gov/TransEquity
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Listening Session Event to Identify How to Support Youth Decision-Making |
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To better understand how youth make decisions in their daily
lives, the Federal Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs (IWGYP), the
Office of Population Affairs (OPA) has partnered with the American
Institutes for Research (AIR) to bring together young people, supportive
adults, and federal policymakers on October 28-29, 2018 in Washington, DC.
If you are or you know a young person who is willing to share ideas at the
session, please fill out the nomination form below. For more information,
contact Cassy
Blakely.
Nomination form >> here
Please join us for the Minnesota School Mental Health Conference
at Cragun's Resort in Brainerd, Minnesota, November 7 – 9, 2018.
Registration now open
The theme of this year’s
Minnesota School Mental Health Conference is Integrating Health, Safety
and Learning: The tools needed for success.
Find out more.
Social Network Enhancement Strategies to Address Limited
Support Networks in Young Adulthood >>Download now
This review from Pathways Research and Training Center focuses
on populations where systems involvement is presumed to impact the size,
strength, and supportiveness of social networks, including young people who
have experienced out-of-home placement in foster care, juvenile justice, or
residential treatment.
How School, Family, and Community Protective Factors Can
Help Youth Who Have Experienced Maltreatment >> Read more
This report from Child Trends examines the relationship between
self-reported experiences of child maltreatment and later delinquent or
criminal behaviors across age, sex, race, and sexual orientation. The report
also explores a variety of protective factors to test whether these factors
decrease delinquent or criminal behaviors.
Don’t Call Me an Enabler – Or Anything Like It
You are in for a treat, Network faithful. We have yet another excellent Zen
post by Lisa Lambert, who has the uncanny ability to capture the essence of
the experiences of parents who have children with mental health challenges.
In this post, Lisa discusses the all too common experience of parents who are
told they are "enabling" their child. Enjoy the read.
Whose Research is Better for Helping American People That
SAMSHA Is Charged to Serve?
Dennis Embry provides critical insight into SAMHSA's troubling shift in focus
on what defines evidence-based practice. "My scientific colleagues in
the United States and I are increasingly concerned that Assistant Secretary
McCance-Katz is blind to the incredible body of peer-reviewed research with
high-quality randomized control studies funded by NICCHD, NIMH, NIAAA, CDC,
IES, etc. This is not consistent with her stance on high-quality
research."
In New York City, Addressing The Mental Health Of Migrant
Children Separated From Their Parents
Writing in Health Affairs, the first lady of New York City, Chirlane McCray,
decries the long-term effects of the Trump administration's border separation
policy and touts her city's ThriveNYC program to address mental health.
"While this immediate crisis may pass, these senseless and cruel family
separations show how much cultural change is still needed when it comes to
mental health," McCray writes. "It is imperative that government
guidelines and laws reflect our growing body of knowledge about mental health
and trauma."
32nd Annual Research & Policy Conference on Child,
Adolescent, and Young Adult Behavioral Health Call for Proposals Now Open
The 32nd Annual Research & Policy Conference on Child,
Adolescent, and Young Adult Behavioral Health will be held March 3-6, 2019 at
the Hilton Tampa Downtown Hotel. The deadline for turning in your proposal is
October 26th, so get to writin'!
Earn Your Online Master’s Degree in Child & Adolescent
Behavioral Health
The fully online Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health (CABH) Master’s
Program at the University of South Florida is responding to the growing
demand for professionals to serve in community, youth, and family agencies
and organizations that work to positively impact the well-being of children,
adolescents, and emerging adults. Check it out!
A Guide to Forming Advisory Boards for Family-Serving
Organizations
When done correctly, forming an advisory board will make your organization’s
work better, not harder. A well-planned advisory board can help you
meaningfully infuse a trauma-informed approach at every level of your
organization. This tool from partners at the National Child Traumatic Stress
Network demystifies the process. It highlights the common decisions groups
will have to make along the way and the pros and cons of some of the common
choices.
Media Advisory: NIMH Researchers Available to Discuss the
Suicide Prevention Research
Suicide
is a major public health concern. In 2016, suicide was the tenth leading
cause of death overall in the United States, claiming the lives of nearly
45,000 people. The recent deaths of high-profile public figures and a Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report on rising suicide rates have
brought the topic of suicide into everyday conversations. For National
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, NIMH Director Dr. Joshua Gordon and Dr.
Jane Pearson, chair of the Suicide Research Consortium at the NIMH, are
available for interviews on suicide prevention research, trends, and the
findings and implications of recent studies.
2017 NASMHPD Technical Assistance Coalition Working Papers –
Beyond Beds
The National Association of State
Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) continues to receive recognition from the behavioral
health community at large for their Beyond Beds series of 10 white papers
highlighting the importance of providing a continuum of care. We have included
links to some of the reports from the Beyond Beds series most relevant to the
Children’s Mental Health Network. Enjoy!
Suicide and Youth Violence Technical
Packages Now Available in Spanish
CDC
has released Spanish versions of its technical packages for suicide and youth
violence prevention to increase accessibility of the evidence to Spanish-speaking
communities.
Change
in Community Networks
The fourth in a series from the Chicago Community Networks
study, this web feature explores how partnerships within local
collaborations can both sustain themselves and adapt in the face of
external events, using one Chicago neighborhood as a case study.
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New Report
Early Experiences of Three Institutions
This report from the Community College Research Center and
MDRC describes how three institutions — University of North Carolina,
Charlotte; California State University, Fresno; and Montgomery County
Community College in Pennsylvania — are implementing comprehensive,
technology-based advising reforms, including detailed examples of new
advising practices, outreach methods, and messages to students.
Overview » |
Full PDF »
APWA-MN Diversity Grant
The Minnesota Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) is currently accepting applications for its Diversity Grant.
The funding is intended to foster a diverse workforce within the field of public works through eduction, training and awareness initiatives oriented toward underrepresented populations.
Organization must provide service to residents of the state of Minnesota. Applicant organizations must be a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization or a government instrumentality such as a public school district. The organization must directly or indirectly support students or job seekers interested in advancing their career in Civil Engineering, Public Works Administration or closely related field. Consideration will be given to experience related to the field of public works, stated goals of the organization, financial need, and effectiveness of the organization to achieve the Diversity Grant objective.
AWARD AMOUNT is $2,000
Application deadline is September 14, 2018.
Additional grant and application information can be found athttp://www.apwa-mn.org/events-education/scholarships/diversity-grant
Do you
have an innovative approach that will facilitate community partnerships,
increase awareness, decrease loneliness or offer a clinical or social
intervention aimed at underserved youth? Do you know youth ages 16 to 24 who
can help implement your project? Would you like to be paired with a mentor,
coaches and subject matter experts who can help you engage and empower youth
and their families? Is your organization motivated to improve health outcomes
for young people from diverse communities? If so, apply today. You need not be
a mental health agency or National Council member to participate.
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