News & Updates

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UPDATED 2/13/08: CJMHSA Grant Awards Posted

• Florida Counties Receive More Than $8 Million Over Three Years in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Funding
• Visit the Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Reinvestment Grant Request for Application page for more.

Dollars and Sense Publication

• SAMH's new publication: Dollars and Sense: The Cost, Cost Benefits and Cost Offsets of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness and Its Treatment
  • Download the Document (PDF, 497k)
  • Download the PowerPoint Presentation (PPS, 379k)
  • Download the Annotated Bibliography (PDF, 334k

New Book Available for Download

• Common Threads: Stories of Survival & Recovery From Mental Illness (PDF, 1.89 MB) is a project of The Florida Peer Network, Inc., and the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute. It was edited by Patrick Hendry, Executive Director of the Florida Peer Network.

Noteworthy

• Posted 6/10/08: Poem by Board Member Dr. William Mellan (PDF, 13k)
• Posted 1/3/08: Tampa Bay Region Mental Health Brainstorming Council II - February 2, 2008 at 9 am - 12 Noon
• Posted 12/27/07: View the Work Incentive Medicaid Coverage Initiative Flyer (PDF, 460k)
• Posted 10/10/07: Prioritizing Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention: Input to the Florida's Children and Youth Cabinet October, 2007 (PDF, 238k)
• Posted 10/10/07: Presentation to the State Forum on the 2007 Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Reinvestment Act (PDF, 240k)
• UPDATED - Posted 10/10/07:View Presentations from October 3, 2007, Statewide Forum in Orlando:
  • Crisis Intervention Team Info Sheet (PDF, 129k)
  • Fact Sheet on Mental Health Courts (PDF, 75k)
  • Information Sharing and Cross-System Collaboration (PPS, 69k)
  • Investing in Rational System Change (PPS, 1.3MB)
  • Jail-Based Diversion at Initial Detention (PDF, 109k)
  • Practical Knowledge for CJMHSA Reinvestment Matching Grant Program (PPS, 1.7MB)
• Corporation Sponsoring Common Vision: Housing Solutions for All, October 25 - 26, 2007, in St. Petersburg, Florida
• Dr. Kate Lyons Appointed Director for Mental Health at DCF
• New Children and Families Assistant Secretary Announcement
• Supporters of SB 542 and HB 1477 (PDF, 96k)
• The Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association has selected Mark Fontaine as the association's new director (PDF, 24k)
• Letter to Susan Latvala, President of the Florida Association of Counties (PDF, 125k)
• For More Noteworthy items, please visit the News Archive page.

 

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