Connect (Events)
E.A.S.E. Cohort Experience: Equitable Advancement of Support for Everyone (E.A.S.E.) is an interactive and engaging curriculum that focuses on helping professionals understand the value of culture as a central component of engaging social support. E.A.S.E. incorporates real stories and experiences from families experiencing mental health conditions. Apply Here by May 8th, 3 pm PST to join the cohort. (through Wa HCA)
Within Reach Spring Learning Series: Over the course of the week, you will hear from community leaders discussing important topics such as parent mentoring; the importance of early mental health; supportive community programs that work to counteract the health disparities Black, Indigenous and families of color face; developmental milestones and questions to ask your provider; and school readiness. These are virtual community conversations and FREE for all to attend! May 8-12, learn more and register here.
LGBTQ2IA+ Families Then and Now series from Bazleton Touchpoint Center. Through conversations with a diverse range of parents who identify as LGBTQ2IA+ as well as young adults who were raised by LGBTQ2IA+ parents, this free conversation series explores the changing landscape of LGBTQ2IA+ parenting during the last several decades. The five-part series begins Monday, May 8, and continues through June 26. Each webinar is 1 hour followed by a 30-minute Q&A session with our panelists. Register here.
Compassion Fatigue Workshop: Join Wa DOH for a workshop led by Dr. Yvonne Ito, DSW, with Care Connect Washington. Compassion fatigue describes the physical, emotional, and psychological impact of helping others, due to lived realities or through exposure in work experiences. May 9, 9 am. Register here.
Healing through Community Building and Birth Equity Advocacy from NOW and Vital Villiage. We’ll hear from community leaders and champions who are working at the intersections of historical and intergenerational trauma, healing, community leadership and building, and maternal health and birth equity. May 11 from 10-11 PST. Register here.
SAMHSA Webinar: Strengthening Public Health through People, Trust, and Connection. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will host a webinar in celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) Heritage Month. The webinar is the next in a series of lectures from public health leaders who have made significant impacts in the field of public health. Webinar participants will hear from Dr. Murthy and, former New York City health commissioner, Dr. Dave A. Chokshi on his efforts to address misinformation, mental health, and health disparities in the AA and NHPI communities. Wednesday, May 17 at 10 am PST. Register here.
Opportunities for Primary Care and Medicaid to Help Prevent Child Welfare System Involvement from the Center for Health Care Strategies. This webinar will explore opportunities for primary care and Medicaid to help prevent families’ involvement with the child welfare system including: (1) practice-level approaches to address risk factors for child welfare involvement, such as unmet social, relational, and behavioral health needs; and (2) Medicaid financing and quality strategies for strengthening pediatric primary care to better support healthy child development and family well-being. May 24, 9-10 PST. Register here.
Standards of Quality Certification Training from the National Family Support Network. The Certification Training details how the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support can enhance your work with families. Whether you are program staff setting up a new program or strengthening an existing one, or a funder developing or monitoring programs, the Standards provide a blueprint for implementing best practice, with a particular emphasis on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Participants who successfully complete the training will receive a certificate from the National Family Support Network, valid for two years. May 24 & 25. Click here for more information and to register by 5/12 (within the U.S.)
Learn (Educational Resources)
The Mental Health Month Article Collection from Annual Review features review articles from invited expers that address issues related to and supporting awareness of mental health. Topics include: the effect of mental health problems on at-risk adolescents, the treatments for and biology of mental health, the relationship between addiction and mental health, the steps needed to improve mental health care, and more. Find them here.
Three reports from Child Trends for Chidlren’s Mental Health Month: “A National Agenda for Children’s Mental Health”, “Addressing Discrimination Supports Youth Suicide Prevention Efforts”, and “Resources to Support Children’s Emotional Well-Being amid Anti-Black Racism, Racial Violence, and Trauma”
Innovate (News and New Insights)
Kids’ Voices Spotlight from the Washington Fatherhood Council: This year we’re putting your child’s voice in the spotlight with a special contest! To participate, ask your child or teen to tell us about you and what makes you a great dad. Have them take a photo, draw a picture, write a short story or poem (500 words or less), or record a quick video (3 minutes or less). Feel free to get creative. The top six submissions will be featured at our 5th Annual Fatherhood Summit! Winners will receive a $50 gift certificate. Deadline extended to May 11. See the prompts and register here.
Trauma-Informed Workplaces Podcast with Dr. Bloom: What does it mean to be “trauma-informed,” and why should organizations make their workplace more trauma-informed? How can it improve a team member’s (and the organization’s!) well-being, safety, productivity, fulfillment, and growth? Listen to the CTIPP podcast and read more here.
Grow (Funding and Resources)
Behavioral Health Facilities Grants from Washington State Department of Commerce: Funding available for two types of crisis stabilization facilities. Behavioral Health Facilities grant applications are open for Children and Youth Residential Crisis Stabilization Programs (RCSP) and Adult or Child Crisis Stabilization Units (CSU). Grant funds can be used for new construction, renovation and acquisition and must result in an increased number of beds. The competitive funding round is open to nonprofits, for-profit businesses, public entities, and tribes who are either a community hospital or a community-based behavioral health provider. Pre-applications are due by 5 p.m. June 15; Funding round closes at 5 p.m. June 30. Learn more here.
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