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SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Marcy Melvin and Fran Silvestri | Leadership in Motion: Adapting to a Changing Political Landscape
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin CBHL Board members Marcy Melvin and Fran Silvestri for a discussion focused on navigating leadership challenges in today’s dynamic political landscape. This facilitated open dialogue will explore the implications of the new administration and emerging opportunities in our field. This interactive session\, developed in response to member feedback\, provides a unique opportunity to share experiences and insights with peers who understand the complexities of behavioral health leadership. Connect with colleagues and contribute to a meaningful discussion about the future of behavioral health in this changing environment. \n\n\n\nLeadership in Motion: Adapting to a Changing Political LandscapeThursday\, March 20\, 202511:00am PT / 12:00pm MT / 1:00pm CT / 2:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRSVP via Zoom\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this conversation is open to CBHL members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Board Member\, President-Elect \n\n\n\n\n\nMarcy Melvin\, MA is a pivotal executive with over 25 years of experience in behavioral health policy\, training\, and clinical practice. As a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas her experience includes providing direct clinical and supervisory services to children\, youth\, parents\, and young adults in various clinical settings including residential\, in-home\, outpatient\, private practice\, primary\, secondary\, and post-secondary locations. Marcy is extremely passionate about advancing health equity and reducing disparities and disproportionality; this has been a culmination of her life’s work in various clinical\, organizational and systems settings.  \n\n\n\nMarcy has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Xavier University of Louisiana and a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Fisk University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Board Member\, President \n\n\n\n\n\nFran Silvestri\, MBA\, recently left the role as founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Leadership Exchange (GLE)\, formerly the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) and International Initiative for Disability Leadership (IIDL)\, which he helped organize in 2003. GLE is jointly funded by ten countries\, to build partnerships between mental health leaders in order to rapidly exchange knowledge of best and promising practices internationally.    \n\n\n\nBefore his work with GLE (formerly IIMHL)\, Fran was CEO of Monadnock Family Services (MFS) in Keene\, NH.  In this role he looked internationally to identify\, and then replicate\, innovative services that promote recovery and social inclusion for consumers of mental health services. Such services have included the Wyman Way Cooperative\, an independent\, non-profit corporation managed and operated by consumers of mental health services (based on the Trieste model). He was a founder of a state wide Integrated MH network in New Hampshire owned by six hospitals\, 10 MH centers and the largest physician practice in the state.   \n\n\n\nThrough his work with GLE\, he has assisted in building international collaborations resulting in the rapid transfer of innovations and creative practices from one country to another.  \n\n\n\nThe unique week long GLE Leadership Exchange is held every two years and is a unique global experience for key MH leaders to meet international colleagues\, share knowledge and build partnerships. GLE also has facilitated a series of ongoing collaborations on specific topics and has partnered with the WHO on their Special Initiative working with 10 low and middle income countries to link key national mental health leaders to support developments.  \n\n\n\n\n\nWhat are CBHL Candid Conversations? \nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  Led by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support.  Occurring at least once a month\, Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.    \n\n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to:  \n\n\n\n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-marcy-melvin-and-fran-silvestri-leadership-in-motion-adapting-to-a-changing-political-landscape/
CATEGORIES:Candid Conversations,Members Only
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SUMMARY:Workforce Solutions Jam | Understanding Interstate Licensure and Its Impact on the Behavioral Health Workforce
DESCRIPTION:Workforce Solutions Jam | Understanding Interstate Licensure and Its Impact on the Behavioral Health Workforce\n\n\n\nUnlocking Opportunities for Expanded Workforce Mobility and Enhanced Access to Care \n\n\n\nTuesday\, March 18\, 2025 | 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETEvent Length: One Hour \n\n\n\nThis webinar is hosted as a partnership between the College for Behavioral Health Leadership (CBHL)\, The National Council for Mental Wellbeing\, and Health Management Associates (HMA).  \n\n\n\nInterstate licensure compacts offer an opportunity to address long-standing and emerging challenges for the behavioral health workforce such as expanding access\, addressing rural and regional gaps in care\, opening flexibility for providers\, and potentially offering value in times of regional disaster and emergency response efforts. As provider shortages persist and the mental health crisis deepens\, understanding these cross-state practice opportunities has become essential for the future of behavioral healthcare.   \n\n\n\nJoin us for an in-depth exploration of how interstate compacts present an opportunity for behavioral health workforce expansion and mobility. Our expert panel will share frontline insights on implementation strategies\, regulatory considerations\, and emerging opportunities.  \n\n\n\nKey highlights:  \n\n\n\n\nUnderstand the current landscape of key behavioral health interstate licensure compacts and reciprocity agreements  \n\n\n\nExplore implementation challenges and success stories from states with existing interstate licensure agreements \n\n\n\nDiscover future trends and anticipated developments in interstate practice \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJanet Orwig\, MBA\, CAE\, has led the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT) as its executive director since 2015. In her position\, she supports the Compact’s governing body\, the PSYPACT Commission. Janet manages the day-to-day operations of PSYPACT\, including implementing compact and regulatory compliance. She plays an integral part in developing new services and programs\, securing and managing large government grants\, and furthering stakeholder relations. Her 29-year career in association management includes experience in customer service\, communications\, public relations\, advocacy\, strategic planning and implementation\, leadership development\, and project and program management. Janet earned her Paralegal Certificate and undergraduate degree from Huntingdon College and her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Phoenix. She is also a Certified Association Executive (CAE). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreg Searls is the Executive Director of the Counseling Compact Commission. He is a licensed funeral service practitioner in Wyoming\, beginning his regulatory career in 2010 when appointed by the Governor to the Board of Funeral Service Practitioners. In 2016\, he transitioned to an Executive Director role within the Wyoming Professional Licensing Board office. \n\n\n\nThroughout his tenure\, Greg has served as the Executive Director for various boards\, including the Mental Health Professions Licensing Board\, Board of Registration in Podiatry\, Board of Midwifery\, Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology\, Board of Hearing Aid Specialists\, Board of Athletic Trainers\, and Board of Occupational Therapy. During his leadership\, Wyoming enacted statutes to join the ASLP-IC\, Occupational Therapy Compact\, and Counseling Compact. He initially served as the ex-officio representative to the Counseling Compact Commission for AASCB until Wyoming joined the compact\, at which point he was appointed commissioner. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJeff Shumway\, Director\, Office of Professional Licensure Review\, Utah Department of CommerceJeff Shumway helped launch the Office of Professional Licensure Review in July 2022. Prior to accepting that role\, Jeff worked with The Bridgespan Group and Social Finance where he advised major nonprofits\, philanthropies\, and government agencies. As director of the Office of Professional Licensure Review\, Jeff leads a team of employees who take a critical look at all state licensure requirements to inform the state legislature on necessary changes and updates to those requirements. Jeff holds a degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a degree in Economics from Brigham Young University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched the Center for Workforce Solutions in 2023 in partnership with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and Health Management Associates. The partnership is leveraging Collective Impact to address the workforce crisis\, and using a cross-sector approach to address the long-standing challenges for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/workforce-solutions-jam-march/
CATEGORIES:Public,Workforce Solutions Jam
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Synergy in Action: Bringing Concepts Beyond DEI into the Mental Health Workplace
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to learn how to integrate DEI with wellbeing into the very fabric of mental health workplaces through the powerful concept of “Synergy”. Synergy is the energy that we feel when we just know that healing is happening. According to Dr. Richard Katz\, “Synergy is out there. The universe is synergistic. We just haven’t learned to open ourselves to it.”Join us for 3 follow up opportunities for CBHL members to practice the skills learned in the Synergy in Action: Bringing Concepts Beyond DEI into the Mental Health Workplace webinar.  These consultation sessions (50 minutes) will be held once per month for the next three months (February\, March\, April). \n\n\n\nTuesday\, March 11\, 202510:00am PT / 11:00am MT / 12:00pm CT / 1:00pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe invite participants to bring conundrums or areas of need to the sessions and be ready to practice these skills in their workplaces and lives. The sessions will be informed by a 2 question participant interest survey and each subsequent session will be co-designed to the unique needs and challenges the participants are facing in their current contexts.   \n\n\n\nWhen registering for the session\, please answer the following questions:  \n\n\n\n\nWhat challenges are you currently facing with regards to diversity\, equity\, inclusion and/or workforce culture?\n\n\n\nWhat would you like to see as a result of participating in these sessions?\n\n\n\n\nParticipants will be able to ask questions\, receive feedback\, and support one another to better apply each of the synergy strands on individual\, interpersonal\, and collective levels in their particular workplace and lives. \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL leadership communities are created based on member interest with a focus on a specific topic or leadership population. They are recurring over a specific period of time and open to all CBHL members.  \n\n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest. \n\n\n\nTo improve knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue. \n\n\n\nTo facilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes.\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLeadership Community Hosts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gillian Berry\, Senior Advisor of Culture & Workforce Development \n\n\n\nDr. Gillian Berry is Senior Advisor of Culture & Workforce Development at Stepped Care Solutions. She is a published author and a clinical social worker\, with over 35 years of experience as an educator and practitioner. She has overseen the counseling and psychological services at George Washington University\, leading a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals through the implementation of the Stepped Care 2.0 approach into their service delivery. She has been a faculty member at the University of Botswana’s Department of Social Work Southern Africa and the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Her clinical interests are strongly influenced by her grandfather’s Indigenous philosophy\, and she provides short-term solution-focused services/therapy from this perspective. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Catie Greene\, Faculty of Culture & Workforce Development \n\n\n\nCatie Greene\, PhD\, LPC is a counselor educator and supervisor.  Catie has worked as a clinician in college counseling centers and group practice\, and an educator in Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate programs for over 11 years and joined Stepped Care Solutions as a faculty consultant on synergy\, beyond diversity\, equity\, and inclusion in 2020. Catie’s research and practice is grounded in Relational Cultural Theory.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Stepped Care Solutions \n\n\n\nStepped Care Solutions (SCS) is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization\, and the creators of Stepped Care 2.0 (SC2.0©) – an innovative and transformative model that leverages collaborative efforts and technology to transform mental health and substance use health systems for better access and outcomes. SCS exists to help organizations and communities reframe\, rethink\, and redesign the delivery of mental health care services. \n\n\n\nBolstered by principles and driven by evidence\, SCS collaborates with government\, business\, health care\, and more\, to promote and implement an equitable and visionary approach to mental health care\, and ensure every individual receives care that is uniquely suited to their needs. \n\n\n\nRecommended reading:  \n\n\n\nStepped Care 2.0: The Power of Conundrums 1st ed. 2023 Edition \n\n\n\nIndigenous Healing Psychology: Honoring the Wisdom of the First Peoples 2017 \n\n\n\nSynergy\, Healing\, & Empowerment: Insights from Cultural Diversity \n\n\n\nDefining Synergy | Dr. Gillian Berry (video)
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-synergy-in-action-bringing-concepts-beyond-dei-into-the-mental-health-workplace-march/
CATEGORIES:Members Only
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Supporting the Uptake of Behavioral Health Apps and Technology  
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nAre you grappling with how to address unmet or undermet needs among specific population groups in your community or organization? Have you considered the possibility of integrating behavioral health apps or new technologies into services?  Do you feel stuck by how to choose the right technology\, or how to implement successfully?   \n\n\n\nThursday\, March 6\, 202511:00 am PT / 12:00 pm MT / 1:00 pm CT / 2:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe increasing demand for behavioral health services\, coupled with challenges in the workforce\, creates a compelling reason to take a closer look at forward-thinking solutions.  Behavioral health apps and other technologies have the potential to supplement existing services by increasing access and engagement among specific communities or population groups. This quarterly CBHL Leadership Community series is designed for any CBHL member interested in the successful integration of behavioral health apps and technology as a complement to existing practices. You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuest Speaker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaura Galbreath\, MPP\, is the director of behavioral health and workforce at the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP). In her role\, Laura collaborates with state and federal policymakers to design evidence-based initiatives that enhance mental health and addiction prevention\, treatment\, and recovery services. With a focus on bridging policy and practice\, Laura advises state health leaders on integrated care delivery models\, workforce strategies\, and financing solutions for behavioral health initiatives. With years of experience in technical assistance and stakeholder engagement\, Laura is passionate about fostering research-driven policies that can positively impact state health systems across the nation. As a skilled health care executive\, Laura has dedicated her career to improving access to behavioral health services for individuals across the nation. Prior to joining NASHP\, she was a consultant and vice president at the National Council for Community Behavioral Health\, where she led the nation’s first national center providing knowledge and technical assistance to support the integration of primary and behavioral healthcare. Laura holds a Master of Public Policy from George Mason University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida. \n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Hosts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gastfriend is an addiction psychiatrist. At Harvard Medical School\, he directed addiction research at Massachusetts General Hospital and was an investigator in the NIDA Cocaine Collaborative Study\, NIAAA’s COMBINE Study and NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network. As Vice President at Alkermes\, Inc.\, he directed scientific publications on Vivitrol in clinical\, criminal justice and health economics research. \n\n\n\nHis research led most states to endorse the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria. His 150 scientific publications include the books The ASAM Criteria and Addiction Treatment Matching. His ASAM CONTINUUM – The ASAM Criteria Decision Engine ® and ASAM’s CO-Triage ® tools are being adopted nationwide. \n\n\n\nIn 2016\, he co-founded DynamiCare Health\, a nationally-scalable technology for Contingency Management and predictive analytics\, winning awards from HarvardBusiness School\, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts\, the Governor of Ohio\, and the New York Times. He has consulted to governments in Belgium\, China\, Iceland\, Israel\, Norway\, Russia and the U.S. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGarrett E. Moran\, Ph.D.\, serves as the the Principal Investigator for the Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care\, a program sponsored by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)\, and served as Project Director of the Academy from 2010 until 2018. He is deeply committed to advancing holistic\, person-centered health care. Dr. Moran retired in 2021 from his role as the Associate Director of Services and Policy Innovation in the Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute\, and Professor in the School of Public Health and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University (WVU). Before coming to WVU he was a Vice President and Associate Director at Westat where he worked for 29 years. \n\n\n\nDr. Moran has more than 50 years of experience in public policy\, program evaluation\, research\, and management. His career has included key leadership roles on projects for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)\, as well as consulting roles with states working on health reform and care integration. His major areas of substantive expertise include integrated healthcare delivery\, health care financing\, health information technology\, and program evaluation. Dr. Moran directed the consultant support and writing contract for the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in the early 2000s\, and subsequently served as an Advisor and Consultant to the States of Maryland and Ohio as they developed mental health transformation plans. \n\n\n\n\n\nBackground: \n\n\n\nSignificant interest in our November 2023 webinar\, Revolutionizing Behavioral Health: The Role of Behavioral Health Apps in Addressing the Workforce Crisis\, sparked a follow up roundtable dialogue where CBHL members delved into the potential of behavioral health apps as a transformative technology supporting both mental and physical wellbeing. Participants explored challenges faced by organizations in determining how to select the right technology\, considerations for how to implement as a complement to existing services\, and additional support members might need to feel more informed and better equipped to successfully integrate behavioral health apps and technology into existing practices.   \n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community?  \nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL leadership communities are created based on member interest with a focus on a specific topic or leadership population. They are recurring over a specific period of time and open to all CBHL members.  \n\n\n\n\nTo improve knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue. \n\n\n\nTo facilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes.\n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-supporting-the-uptake-of-behavioral-health-apps-and-technology-march/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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SUMMARY:Workforce Solutions Jam | Behavioral Health Workforce 2025: Critical Insights and Emerging Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Workforce Solutions Jam | Behavioral Health Workforce 2025: Critical Insights and Emerging Challenges \n\n\n\nTuesday\, February 18\, 2025 | 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETEvent Length: One Hour \n\n\n\nThe behavioral health landscape continues to experience ongoing and multi-pronged complexity\, with systemic challenges intersecting workforce needs\, technological innovation\, and evolving policy developments. This session hosts long-term behavioral health workforce experts in a discussion on current workforce challenges\, emerging solutions\, and lessons learned in how to maintain a focus and attention to workforce initiates throughout policy shifts.   \n\n\n\nJoin us for a conversation on insights around navigating increasingly complex environments marked by evolving policy frameworks and heightened demand for adaptive\, resilient workforce strategies. The ability to anticipate\, understand\, and proactively respond to these systemic shifts will be paramount for workforce sustainability in 2025 and beyond.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJonah C. Cunningham currently serves as President and CEO of the National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD). In this role he proactively advocates for national policies that recognize and support the critical role counties play in caring for people affected by mental illness\, addiction\, and developmental disabilities. In this capacity he also serves as Executive Director of the National Association for Rural Mental Health. \n\n\n\nPrior to joining NACBHDD\, Jonah worked at Trust for America’s Health\, a public health think tank\, where he focused extensively on ways to reduce mortality from substance misuse and suicide. Additionally\, he worked as a congressional staffer for several years in the office of Congresswoman Grace F. Napolitano (CA) where he helped to reestablish the Congressional Mental Health Caucus and created a Suicide Prevention Task Force within the Caucus. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Hoge\, Ph.D. is Professor Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and the Director of Yale Behavioral Health. For four decades at Yale\, he has been developing and managing comprehensive systems of behavioral health care and a broad range of clinical\, rehabilitative\, educational\, vocational\, outreach\, and recovery-oriented services for children\, adolescents and adults. Simultaneously\, he has worked to develop and evaluate innovative services\, including alternatives to hospitalization\, crisis response systems\, programs for the homeless\, and therapeutic schools.   \n\n\n\nDr. Hoge\, a clinical psychologist\, is a nationally recognized expert on behavioral health workforce development. He is a founding member and the Senior Science and Policy Advisor of The Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce. He is the senior editor or author of three major works by the Coalition: the SAMHSA-funded national Action Plan on Behavioral Health Workforce Development; the Alaskan Core Competencies for Direct Care Workers in Health and Human Services; and the SAMHSA and HRSA-funded Core Competencies for Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care. Over the past five years he has developed the Coalition’s intensive Recruitment and Retention Learning Collaboratives in Behavioral health and launched these collaboratives across the nation. \n\n\n\nMichael has presented and published widely on behavioral health services and workforce development. He has consulted to the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health and to numerous federal and state agencies\, foundations\, and provider organizations. He has been a member of two National Academy of Medicine (IOM) Committees that addressed workforce issues and Chaired the Behavioral Health Professional and Technical Advisory Committee of The Joint Commission. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarcy Melvin\, MA is a pivotal executive with over 25 years of experience in behavioral health policy\, training\, and clinical practice. As a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas her experience includes providing direct clinical and supervisory services to children\, youth\, parents\, and young adults in various clinical settings including residential\, in-home\, outpatient\, private practice\, primary\, secondary\, and post-secondary locations. Marcy is extremely passionate about advancing health equity and reducing disparities and disproportionality; this has been a culmination of her life’s work in various clinical\, organizational and systems settings.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWendy Morris\, RN\, MSN\, CS\, has enjoyed various roles in patient care and leadership across the continuum in behavioral health for more than three decades\, including inpatient\, outpatient\, and home health services as well as state government. She served as commissioner for Kentucky’s Department for Behavioral Health\, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities for several years and is currently a Senior Behavioral Health Advisor at the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD).  \n\n\n\nMs. Morris holds a Master of Science in Community Health Nursing from the University of Kentucky and is credentialed as a Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReyna Taylor\, Senior Vice President\, Public Policy\, National Council for Mental Wellbeing \n\n\n\nMs. Taylor brings extensive experience with federal public policy initiatives to protect access and affordability to her role as Vice President\, Policy & Advocacy at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing where she leads public policy and government affairs activities\, supervises legislative matters and guides overall public policy strategy. With nearly two decades of specialty pharmaceutical and medical device experience\, Ms. Taylor has a wide range of knowledge on public policy issues\, including Medicare\, Medicaid and commercial management of managed care organizations\, hospitals\, pharmacies and mental health centers. She holds a Bachelor of Science in neuroscience from Bates College and earned a Master of Science in biotechnology and Master of Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University. Currently\, she serves on the board of the Mental Health Liaison Group. \n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJosh Rubin\, MPPVice President\, Client SolutionsHealth Management Associates \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration through the Center for Workforce Solutions. \n\n\n\nThe Workforce Solutions Jam will provide an opportunity to: \n\n\n\n\nLearn innovative new practices\n\n\n\nStay informed about ongoing efforts\n\n\n\nEngage with subject matter experts\n\n\n\nHear about new legislation and/or federal workforce efforts\n\n\n\nTake action!\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched the Center for Workforce Solutions in 2023 in partnership with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and Health Management Associates. The partnership is leveraging Collective Impact to address the workforce crisis\, and using a cross-sector approach to address the long-standing challenges for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/workforce-solutions-jam-february/
CATEGORIES:Public,Workforce Solutions Jam
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Synergy in Action: Bringing Concepts Beyond DEI into the Mental Health Workplace
DESCRIPTION:Members Only \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to learn how to integrate DEI with wellbeing into the very fabric of mental health workplaces through the powerful concept of “Synergy”. Synergy is the energy that we feel when we just know that healing is happening. According to Dr. Richard Katz\, “Synergy is out there. The universe is synergistic. We just haven’t learned to open ourselves to it.”Join us for 3 follow up opportunities for CBHL members to practice the skills learned in the Synergy in Action: Bringing Concepts Beyond DEI into the Mental Health Workplace webinar.  These consultation sessions (50 minutes) will be held once per month for the next three months (February\, March\, April). \n\n\n\nFebruary 11\, 202510:00am PT / 11:00am MT / 12:00pm CT / 1:00pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe invite participants to bring conundrums or areas of need to the sessions and be ready to practice these skills in their workplaces and lives. The sessions will be informed by a 2 question participant interest survey and each subsequent session will be co-designed to the unique needs and challenges the participants are facing in their current contexts.   \n\n\n\nWhen registering for the session\, please answer the following questions:  \n\n\n\n\nWhat challenges are you currently facing with regards to diversity\, equity\, inclusion and/or workforce culture?\n\n\n\nWhat would you like to see as a result of participating in these sessions?\n\n\n\n\nParticipants will be able to ask questions\, receive feedback\, and support one another to better apply each of the synergy strands on individual\, interpersonal\, and collective levels in their particular workplace and lives. \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL leadership communities are created based on member interest with a focus on a specific topic or leadership population. They are recurring over a specific period of time and open to all CBHL members.  \n\n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest. \n\n\n\nTo improve knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue. \n\n\n\nTo facilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes.\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLeadership Community Hosts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gillian Berry\, Senior Advisor of Culture & Workforce Development \n\n\n\nDr. Gillian Berry is Senior Advisor of Culture & Workforce Development at Stepped Care Solutions. She is a published author and a clinical social worker\, with over 35 years of experience as an educator and practitioner. She has overseen the counseling and psychological services at George Washington University\, leading a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals through the implementation of the Stepped Care 2.0 approach into their service delivery. She has been a faculty member at the University of Botswana’s Department of Social Work Southern Africa and the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Her clinical interests are strongly influenced by her grandfather’s Indigenous philosophy\, and she provides short-term solution-focused services/therapy from this perspective. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Catie Greene\, Faculty of Culture & Workforce Development \n\n\n\nCatie Greene\, PhD\, LPC is a counselor educator and supervisor.  Catie has worked as a clinician in college counseling centers and group practice\, and an educator in Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate programs for over 11 years and joined Stepped Care Solutions as a faculty consultant on synergy\, beyond diversity\, equity\, and inclusion in 2020. Catie’s research and practice is grounded in Relational Cultural Theory.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Stepped Care Solutions \n\n\n\nStepped Care Solutions (SCS) is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization\, and the creators of Stepped Care 2.0 (SC2.0©) – an innovative and transformative model that leverages collaborative efforts and technology to transform mental health and substance use health systems for better access and outcomes. SCS exists to help organizations and communities reframe\, rethink\, and redesign the delivery of mental health care services. \n\n\n\nBolstered by principles and driven by evidence\, SCS collaborates with government\, business\, health care\, and more\, to promote and implement an equitable and visionary approach to mental health care\, and ensure every individual receives care that is uniquely suited to their needs. \n\n\n\nRecommended reading:  \n\n\n\nStepped Care 2.0: The Power of Conundrums 1st ed. 2023 Edition \n\n\n\nIndigenous Healing Psychology: Honoring the Wisdom of the First Peoples 2017 \n\n\n\nSynergy\, Healing\, & Empowerment: Insights from Cultural Diversity \n\n\n\nDefining Synergy | Dr. Gillian Berry (video)
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-synergy-in-action-bringing-concepts-beyond-dei-into-the-mental-health-workplace-february/
CATEGORIES:Members Only
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SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Charly Weldon\, MBA | Meet & Greet with CBHL's New CEO
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  \n\n\n\nLed by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support.  Occurring at least once a month\, Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.    \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, February 6\, 202511:00 am PT / 12:00 pm MT / 1:00 pm CT / 2:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharly Hubenak Weldon\, MBA is the Chief Executive Officer of The College for Behavioral Health Leadership (CBHL). For the last 20 years\, Charly has been an innovative change driver for Houston’s most impactful nonprofits and programs that support homeless and at-risk populations. She is recognized as a leader whose passion to serve empowers and motivates organizational teams\, board members\, and community members alike. Charly holds a Master of Business Administration degree from East Texas A&M University\, and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston\, Downtown. View Charly’s Full Bio \n\n\n\nWe invite members to come with any questions they may have for Charly! \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to:  \n\n\n\n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-charly-weldon-mba/
CATEGORIES:Candid Conversations,Members Only
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SUMMARY:Workforce Solutions Jam | Bridging the Gap: Advancing a Diverse and Resilient Workforce for SUD Treatment
DESCRIPTION:Workforce Solutions Jam | Bridging the Gap: Advancing a Diverse and Resilient Workforce for SUD Treatment \n\n\n\nInnovative Strategies to Strengthen the SUD Workforce and Support Recovery \n\n\n\nTuesday\, January 21\, 2025 | 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETEvent Length: One Hour \n\n\n\nJoin us on Tuesday\, January 21 for our next Workforce Solutions Jam! The Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration through the Center for Workforce Solutions. \n\n\n\nThe Workforce Solutions Jam will provide an opportunity to: \n\n\n\n\nLearn innovative new practices\n\n\n\nStay informed about ongoing efforts\n\n\n\nEngage with subject matter experts\n\n\n\nHear about new legislation and/or federal workforce efforts\n\n\n\nTake action!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe substance use disorder (SUD) treatment landscape is facing an unprecedented workforce crisis. Recent data from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) predicts the demand for addiction counselors will increase by 62%\, while the supply of addiction counselors is expected to decrease by 13%. The stark reality is that current workforce capacity can only support approximately half of those seeking recovery services—a gap that demands immediate\, innovative solutions.  \n\n\n\nAddressing the SUD crisis requires a robust and ready workforce that is not only skilled but also reflects the diversity of the communities they serve. This Workforce Solutions Jam will focus on actionable strategies to recruit\, train\, and retain a workforce capable of meeting the unique needs of individuals affected by substance use.   \n\n\n\nKey highlights of this webinar include:  \n\n\n\n\nDiscover strategies to create a more diverse and representative SUD workforce \n\n\n\nExplore model legislative frameworks to systematically address SUD workforce development challenges \n\n\n\nUnderstand approaches to developing workforce competencies that improve care quality and recovery outcomes \n\n\n\nGain insights into building partnerships that support recovery-focused employment opportunities \n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexandra Plante is a Senior Advisor of Substance Use at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing\, and works alongside the United Nations Office of Drug Control Policy (UNODC) on unethical practices in substance use disorder treatment and recovery. Previously she has served as a consultant to U.S. federal agencies and state policymakers\, international agencies\, and private entities such as Google. Her writing has been featured in outlets such as Harvard Health Publications\, Psychology Today\, and The Fix. She holds a M.A. in Quantitative Research in Communications\, and previously served as a Director at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School – Recovery Research Institute\, and DynamiCare Health.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhilip Rutherford is the Vice President for Substance Use in the Strategy and Growth Office at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. In this role\, he expands the organization’s impact in addressing the quality\, effectiveness\, accessibility and affordability of substance use programs and services for National Council members. He is also tasked with charting a course for progress\, transformation and equity.   \n\n\n\nRutherford has managed strategy and operations for several recovery-focused organizations. He is a member of committees at the National Institutes of Health\, the Food and Drug Administration and other federal agencies. He serves on several nonprofit boards\, including Serve Minnesota\, the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers and the Police Treatment and Community Collaborative. Prior to the nonprofit world\, he spent most of his career at Microsoft\, Micron Electronics and the Taylor Corporation. Rutherford is an active member of the recovery community and has considerable experience in the areas of reentry and equity.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWilliam Stauffer is in long-term recovery and leads PRO-A\, the statewide RCO of Pennsylvania. Mr. Stauffer is a writer on the history and future of the American Recovery Movement. In 2019 he was honored as the Vernon Johnson Award Individual Recovery Advocate award by Faces & Voices of Recovery. In December of 2023\, he testified to the US Senate Special Committee on Aging for the second time to highlight challenges and opportunities related to the growing problem of substance use disorders in older adults. He recently completed a fellowship at the Hazelton and Betty Ford Foundation in Center City MN through the A.A. Heckman Endowed Fellowship. As part of passing the torch to the next generation\, International esteemed author and recovery thought leader William White asked Mr. Stauffer to open the First National Conference on Addiction Recovery Science held by NIDA\, NIAAA and the Recovery Research Institute at Harvard with his remarks. He is an adjunct Professor of Social Work at Misericordia University in Dallas PA. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShelly Weizman is a human rights lawyer who currently serves as the associate director of the Center on Addiction and Public Policy at the O’Neill Institute at Georgetown Law and as faculty at Georgetown’s Master of Science in Addiction Policy and Practice. She previously worked in the governor’s office in New York\, where she oversaw policy and operations related to addiction\, mental health\, and disabilities\, and began her legal career as a civil rights attorney in New York City. Before law school\, she worked with youth and families at a variety of addiction treatment programs. She is also a person living and thriving in long-term recovery from addiction.  \n\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched the Center for Workforce Solutions in 2023 in partnership with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and Health Management Associates. The partnership is leveraging Collective Impact to address the workforce crisis\, and using a cross-sector approach to address the long-standing challenges for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/workforce-solutions-jam-january-2025/
CATEGORIES:Public,Workforce Solutions Jam
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T130000
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SUMMARY:CBHL 2025 Membership Information Call
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in joining CBHL and want to learn more? \n\n\n\nAre you a current CBHL member curious about what’s to come in 2025? \n\n\n\nJoin us for our 2025 Membership Information Call! \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe College for Behavioral Health Leadership is a place for leaders to collaborate to empower communities to thrive. We convene leaders to share expertise\, cross-pollinate ideas\, provide hands-on experiences\, and develop actionable skills. We are committed to equity\, believe recovery is the expectation\, and strive for wellbeing across the lifespan. \n\n\n\nOur members are individuals and organizations representing emerging and experienced leaders from both public and private cross-sector organizations whose work either focuses directly on or intersects with behavioral health. We define leader not by title\, but by the ability and deep desire to effect change. Our membership reflects a diversity of experience\, expertise\, and perspective\, and serve as active participants in our work.  \n\n\n\nJoin us to learn more about CBHL 2025 member benefits\, upcoming initiatives\, and to meet your colleagues. Additionally\, meet our new CEO\, Charly Weldon\, MBA\, and learn more about our new member management system\, Glue Up! \n\n\n\nThis event is open to all! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen: Thursday\, January 16\, 2024 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-2025-membership-information-call/
CATEGORIES:Public
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250114T130000
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SUMMARY:Synergy in Action: Bringing Concepts Beyond DEI into the Mental Health Workplace
DESCRIPTION:Synergy in Action: Bringing Concepts Beyond DEI into the Mental Health Workplace\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to learn how to integrate DEI with wellbeing into the very fabric of mental health workplaces through the powerful concept of “Synergy”. This experiential webinar will demonstrate creativity and agency to cultivate a more supportive and effective system for both the workforce and those they serve. \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSynergy is the energy that we feel when we just know that healing is happening. According to Dr. Richard Katz\, “Synergy is out there. The universe is synergistic. We just haven’t learned to open ourselves to it.” \n\n\n\nThe goals of this webinar are to:  \n\n\n\n\nincrease understanding about the concept of Synergy\, a philosophy of Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion integrated with Wellbeing\, \n\n\n\nexemplify taking responsibility for wellness at each level of a mental health system – from clients to the workforce to the system as a whole. \n\n\n\nlearn how to nurture Synergy in action in our current mental health care systems\, \n\n\n\nand identify ways we can collectively work towards transforming mental health care towards more Synergistic approaches in each of our contexts.\n\n\n\n\nParticipants will learn about the definition and history of the concept of synergy\, including the major strands of synergy in action\, and discuss examples of synergy in action on individual\, interpersonal\, and collective levels.  Participants will be able to interact with the presentation through discussion questions throughout.  \n\n\n\nThis event is open to all! \n\n\n\nTuesday\, January 14\, 202510:00 am PT / 11:00am MT / 12:00pm CT / 1:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Stepped Care Solutions \n\n\n\nStepped Care Solutions (SCS) is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization\, and the creators of Stepped Care 2.0 (SC2.0©) – an innovative and transformative model that leverages collaborative efforts and technology to transform mental health and substance use health systems for better access and outcomes. SCS exists to help organizations and communities reframe\, rethink\, and redesign the delivery of mental health care services. \n\n\n\nBolstered by principles and driven by evidence\, SCS collaborates with government\, business\, health care\, and more\, to promote and implement an equitable and visionary approach to mental health care\, and ensure every individual receives care that is uniquely suited to their needs. \n\n\n\nRecommended reading:  \n\n\n\nStepped Care 2.0: The Power of Conundrums 1st ed. 2023 Edition \n\n\n\nIndigenous Healing Psychology: Honoring the Wisdom of the First Peoples 2017 \n\n\n\nSynergy\, Healing\, & Empowerment: Insights from Cultural Diversity \n\n\n\nDefining Synergy | Dr. Gillian Berry(video) \n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gillian Berry\, Senior Advisor of Culture & Workforce Development \n\n\n\nDr. Gillian Berry is Senior Advisor of Culture & Workforce Development at Stepped Care Solutions. She is a published author and a clinical social worker\, with over 35 years of experience as an educator and practitioner. She has overseen the counseling and psychological services at George Washington University\, leading a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals through the implementation of the Stepped Care 2.0 approach into their service delivery. She has been a faculty member at the University of Botswana’s Department of Social Work Southern Africa and the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Her clinical interests are strongly influenced by her grandfather’s Indigenous philosophy\, and she provides short-term solution-focused services/therapy from this perspective. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Catie Greene\, Faculty of Culture & Workforce Development \n\n\n\nCatie Greene\, PhD\, LPC is a counselor educator and supervisor.  Catie has worked as a clinician in college counseling centers and group practice\, and an educator in Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate programs for over 11 years and joined Stepped Care Solutions as a faculty consultant on synergy\, beyond diversity\, equity\, and inclusion in 2020. Catie’s research and practice is grounded in Relational Cultural Theory.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/synergy-in-action-bringing-concepts-beyond-dei-into-the-mental-health-workplace/
CATEGORIES:Public
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Equity as a Foundation for Leadership 
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, January 9\, 2025Theme: Integrating Data Equity Frameworks and Culturally Responsive Behavioral Health Approaches 12:00 pm PT / 1:00 pm MT / 2:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a leader\, are you:  \n\n\n\n\nReady to cultivate an understanding of how inequity is perpetuated by and in behavioral health systems? \n\n\n\nInterested in how to practice intersectional allyship? \n\n\n\nCurious about integrating data equity frameworks and culturally responsive approaches? \n\n\n\nAware of the importance of engaging in co-production and community-driven practices\, but need a little support in doing so? \n\n\n\nPrepared to demonstrate transformational leadership to improve communities? \n\n\n\n\nIf the answer is yes to any of the above\, then this leadership community is for you!  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us together with Ebony Chambers\, CBHL’s Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership\, at our newest leadership community – Equity as a Foundation for Leadership – for a bi-monthly leadership community designed for any CBHL member interested in developing their knowledge\, skills\, and leadership behaviors as an equity-grounded leader.  You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\nBackground: Equity-grounded leadership shifts the focus of leaders towards intersectionality\, equity\, and anti-racism to drive behavioral health systems transformation. The equity-grounded leadership concept was co-produced with cross-sector behavioral health leaders from around the country\, who developed equity-grounded leadership competencies\, or Principles of Change. Each of the five Principles is accompanied by the necessary knowledge\, values\, skills\, and operational practice behaviors associated with each principle.    \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\n\nImprove knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue.  \n\n\n\nFacilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes. \n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Host\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEbony Chambers is the Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership for The College for Behavioral Health Leadership. In this role\, she oversees the delivery\, facilitation\, content\, and progress of the Equity-Grounded Leadership (EGL) Fellow Program.   \n\n\n\nEbony has over 18 years of experience working with issues of social justice\, equity\, education\, mental health and diversity.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-equity-as-a-foundation-for-leadership-january/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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SUMMARY:Workforce Solutions Jam | Reducing Barriers to Licensure to Expand and Diversify the Behavioral Health Workforce
DESCRIPTION:Workforce Solutions Jam | Reducing Barriers to Licensure to Expand and Diversify the Behavioral Health Workforce\n\n\n\nCreating a More Inclusive and Effective Workforce  \n\n\n\nTuesday\, December 17\, 2024 | 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETEvent Length: One Hour \n\n\n\nJoin us on Tuesday\, December 17 for our next Workforce Solutions Jam! The Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration through the Center for Workforce Solutions. \n\n\n\nThe Workforce Solutions Jam will provide an opportunity to: \n\n\n\n\nLearn innovative new practices\n\n\n\nStay informed about ongoing efforts\n\n\n\nEngage with subject matter experts\n\n\n\nHear about new legislation and/or federal workforce efforts\n\n\n\nTake action!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs the demand for mental health and substance use treatment continues to grow\, it is critical to develop a workforce that reflects the diverse populations it serves. Barriers to obtaining licensure remain a pressing challenge for many entering the field\, as 57% of people who earn master’s degrees in mental health disciplines do not obtain clinical licensure due to financial\, time\, and regulatory constraints. This session will explore creative solutions\, with insight into the Social Work Interstate Licensure Compact and spotlighting the work of the National Mental Health Workforce Acceleration Collaborative (NMHWAC)\, a program that aims to increase the number of qualified licensed mental health and substance use treatment clinicians\, while increasing diversity in client-facing positions.   \n\n\n\nKey highlights of this webinar include:  \n\n\n\n\nUnderstand barriers to obtaining licensure in mental health disciplines \n\n\n\n\n\nGain insight into the Social Work Interstate Licensure Compact\, including recent updates \n\n\n\n\n\nExplore actionable models and strategies to expand and diversify the behavioral health workforce \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Conway\, MPH is Director of Community Health for Kaiser Permanente. She oversees the management and execution of programs including Housing for Health\, Economic Opportunity\, and Food & Nutrition Security. Amy has worked at Kaiser Permanente (KP) for two decades in several different roles. After receiving her Master’s in Public Health from Tulane University in the nineties\, she began her career as a health educator at the KP clinic in Hayward\, California. She then led regionwide tobacco dependence prevention and cessation initiatives and smoking cessation counselor trainings throughout Northern California. Mid-career she left KP to become the executive director of a nonprofit organization whose mission was to teach people mindfulness meditation. She then returned to KP as a senior managerial consultant working closely with Primary Care Chiefs and Managers to lead performance improvement and strategic projects. Amy served as Regional Director of KP’s perinatal substance abuse program for eight years. Outside of work\, Amy enjoys playing tennis\, hiking\, and snowboarding in Colorado where she lives with her partner Michael\, her dog Eddie\, and two quirky cats.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Karen E. Goodenough\, PhD\, MSW\, LGSW\, is Executive Director of the National Association of Social Workers – Minnesota Chapter. Dr. KG has worked in direct practice\, non-profit program management\, has been a consultant in evaluation\, data utilization\, and strategic planning\, and has served as adjunct faculty in numerous BSW and MSW programs throughout Minnesota. Her dissertation research focused on exemptions from licensure\, and she is a member of the MN Board of Social Work Advisory Committee and Legislation and Rules Committee. Dr. KG chairs the NASW Licensure Task Force\, was on the document writing team for the Social Work Interstate Compact\, and is the NASW representative to the Compact Commission.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrea S. Meyer Stinson\, Ph.D.\, LMFT is the Director of Workforce Strategy & Initiatives for Resilient Georgia. \n\n\n\nAs Director of Workforce Strategy & Initiatives\, Dr. Andrea Meyer Stinson leads the National Mental Health Workforce Acceleration Collaborative Program. She is dedicated to growing and strengthening Georgia’s workforce of trauma informed professionals\, while simultaneously identifying barriers\, facilitators and solutions related to Georgia’s mental health workforce shortages. She was co-founder of Resilient Middle Georgia where she helped to build awareness about positive and adverse childhood experiences (PACEs)\, resilience\, and trauma informed care across an 11-county area. \n\n\n\nDr. Meyer Stinson has worked therapeutically with children\, couples\, families\, and communities since 2001. She has trained extensively in Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)\, Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs)\, and Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and an American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Approved Supervisor. With more than two decades of experience working in academia\, she has taught undergraduate\, graduate\, and medical students as a professor in Mercer University’s School of Medicine in the Master of Family Therapy program. She is past president for the Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (GAMFT) and a former board member for Resilient Georgia. She earned her doctoral degree from The Florida State University\, master’s degree from Purdue University\, and two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Georgia. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJulia Pavon Rojas M.S\, NCC\, is a pre-licensed\, bilingual mental health counselor whose primary focus is providing individual and group counseling to adults\, adolescents and children. Julia works for Ser Familia\, a non-profit organization with offices all across the metro-atlanta area. Ser Familia provides mental health and prevention services for Latino families in Spanish. Julia graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.S in Psychology and criminal justice studies\, and completed her M.S in mental health counseling at Oklahoma State University.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmmaly Perks\, MA\, CCRP\, is an experienced leader in mental health and education\, with over a decade of expertise leading workforce and leadership programs. She holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology and a master’s degree in curriculum\, instruction\, and assessment. As the current Director of the National Mental Health Workforce Acceleration Collaborative for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing\, she oversees a $15MM national program aimed at addressing the mental health workforce crisis through recruitment\, training\, and retention of mental health clinicians from diverse backgrounds. Previously\, Ms. Perks was Director of the Office of Education and Training for the University of Colorado’s Department of Psychiatry\, where she led programs in workforce and organizational development.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy René\, LCSW has over 30 years of social work experience in the Metro Atlanta area. She graduated from The University of Georgia in 1993 with a Bachelor of Social Work degree and began her career in child welfare with DFCS. She has worked at DFCS until 2004 when she went to work for Hillside\, Inc.\, one of the oldest non-profits in Atlanta. Amy obtained her MSW in 2004 from the University of Georgia. \n\n\n\nAmy has worked at Hillside for 20 years and has served in multiple roles including the Vice President of Community Operations and Clinical Services. She was intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy by Dr. Tom Lynch and Dr. Adam Payne in 2006 with the original cohort of therapists and staff at Hillside. She has also participated in advanced DBT trainings with Dr. Shari Manning and Dr. Marsha Linehan. She has participated in intensive continuing education training in the areas of Family Preservation\, Foster Care\, Kinship\, Wraparound\, Family Finding\, Trauma\, and Child Welfare. \n\n\n\nAmy lives in North Atlanta with her husband of 15 years and 13 year old daughter. \n\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched the Center for Workforce Solutions in 2023 in partnership with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and Health Management Associates. The partnership is leveraging Collective Impact to address the workforce crisis\, and using a cross-sector approach to address the long-standing challenges for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/workforce-solutions-jam-december/
CATEGORIES:Public,Workforce Solutions Jam
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SUMMARY:Workforce Solutions Jam | Addressing the Workforce Shortage Through Policy Change
DESCRIPTION:Workforce Solutions Jam | Addressing the Workforce Shortage Through Policy Change \n\n\n\nTranslating Innovative Policy Solutions Into Action\n\n\n\nTuesday\, November 19\, 2024 | 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETEvent Length: One Hour \n\n\n\nJoin us on Tuesday\, November 19 for our next Workforce Solutions Jam! The Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration through the Center for Workforce Solutions. \n\n\n\nThe Workforce Solutions Jam will provide an opportunity to: \n\n\n\n\nLearn innovative new practices\n\n\n\nStay informed about ongoing efforts\n\n\n\nEngage with subject matter experts\n\n\n\nHear about new legislation and/or federal workforce efforts\n\n\n\nTake action!\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe focus of this session will be on innovative policy solutions at the federal and state level aimed at addressing the workforce crisis. In September\, The Kennedy Forum released a report titled\, Building the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Workforce We Need\, which examines the extent of the shortage and provides guidance for policymakers on payment and reimbursement\, licensure and standardization\, education and training\, and data and technology. Representatives from The Kennedy Forum’s workforce committee will share highlights of the report\, followed by a dialogue with state leaders implementing promising strategies aligned with the report.  \n\n\n\nKey highlights of this webinar include:  \n\n\n\n\nReview the policy recommendations set forth in The Kennedy Forum report and how and why they were developed \n\n\n\nExplore innovative\, promising strategies implemented by state leaders aligned with these policy recommendations \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrea Carlstrom has spent her entire career dedicated to health and wellness in a wide variety of environments and has served the community as Chaffee County Public Health’s (CCPH) Director for almost a decade.  CCPH provides the county with over 30 programs and services\, including chronic disease prevention and early intervention\, communicable disease surveillance and investigation\, emergency preparedness and response\, maternal and family health\, environmental health\, aging well\, immunizations\, and so much more.  In 2019\, she and her colleagues were inspired to ignite a storytelling and advocacy movement to empower and unite the people of Chaffee County and to drive systems and policy change from the tales of lived experience from our own backyard which has become We Are Chaffee.  We Are Chaffee is a catalyst for community conversations\, and it is not uncommon for Andrea to be meeting with community partners and members of the public to hear about their experiences and to strategize on solutions to make living in Chaffee County a better place for all.  As chief health strategists in the communities they serve\, local public health directors have an opportunity to connect people and programming\, leverage resources and expertise\, and improve the health landscape with an equitable lens.  Andrea is honored that she has such a unique role in such a special place that she calls home. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNathaniel Z Counts\, JD\, is the Chief Policy Officer for The Kennedy Forum\, where he advances a public policy agenda which aims to ensure that all individuals have access to the treatment\, services\, and insurance coverage that meets their needs and the supports necessary to promote prevention\, recovery\, and mental well-being. In previous roles\, Nathaniel served as Senior Policy Advisor for Mental Health to the Commissioner of Health for the City of New York and the Senior Vice President of Behavioral Health Innovation for Mental Health America (MHA). His thought leadership and research have been published in journals such as JAMA Pediatrics\, Lancet Psychiatry\, and Nature Mental Health. He received his JD cum laude from Harvard Law School\, where he was a Student Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy\, and his BA in biology from Johns Hopkins. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Erin Parks is a clinical psychologist\, researcher\, and co-founder of Equip\, a virtual eating disorder program that delivers evidence-based treatment for lasting recovery. She has over 15 years of experience with adolescents and adults in inpatient\, partial hospitalization\, and intensive outpatient settings\, where she has seen firsthand the disparity in who gets diagnosed and who has access to quality treatment. Erin is passionate about quality mental health treatment and helping families differentiate between treatment that feels good and treatment that works.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Helen Egger is a child psychiatrist\, mental health epidemiologist\, and digital health innovator. She is a highly sought world expert in the field of child psychiatry working with countries and global organizations on early interventions and measurement-based care. With over 19k citations to her name\, 100+ peer-reviewed research articles\, and dozens of NIH research grants\, she deeply understands what works in mental health and what is just conjecture. She was recognized by Forbes 50 over 50  for co-founding Little Otter with her daughter\, Rebecca Egger. Little Otter is a virtual child and whole family mental health company providing measurement-based and evidence-based care to children from birth to age 14 and their families.  \n\n\n\nPrior to Little Otter\, Dr. Egger was Chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health (NYULH)\, Director of the NYU Child Study Center\, and before that Vice-Chair and Chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Duke Medicine. She founded the WonderLab and Digital Design Lab at NYULH and the Early Childhood Mental Health Lab and Information and Information & Child Mental Health Initative at Duke.  \n\n\n\nAs the creator of the PAPA\, the gold standard and first diagnostic assessment for preschool children\, Dr. Egger has shaped the science and practice of early childhood mental health. The PAPA is translated into more than 15 languages. Her work has proved that the rate of mental health disorders in children under the age of 6 are the same as the rates in older children and that early treatment is highly effective.   \n\n\n\nDr. Egger attended Yale College and Yale School of Medicine\, is a mother of four children\, and lives in Durham\, NC\, right up the road from her daughter and co-founder\, Rebecca Egger\, and her first grandchild.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Anita Everett is the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Serving in this role since 2018\, she provides executive leadership for federal efforts to improve the nation’s mental health service systems. \n\n\n\nPrior to SAMHSA\, Dr. Everett served as the Section Chief of The Johns Hopkins Bayview Community and General Psychiatry in Baltimore\, Maryland. She was on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. At Hopkins\, she directed 22 community psychiatry programs that provided a range of services to individuals from preschool age to older adults\, that included intensive acute services as well as recovery support services for persons with serious mental illnesses. More recently at Hopkins\, she was involved with the leadership of health system behavioral health integration into accountable care structures. \n\n\n\nEarlier in her career\, Dr. Everett also served as the Senior Medical Advisor to SAMHSA where she worked on the promotion of access to quality services and access to medications in the Medicare prescription drug benefit. From 1999 to 2003\, she served as the Inspector General to the Office of the Governor in the Department of Mental Health in Virginia. During this time\, she completed over 80 inspections of Institutions operated and licensed to provide mental health services in Virginia. She received the Patrick Henry Award for outspoken advocacy. \n\n\n\nDr. Everett is a past president of the American Psychiatric Association\, Maryland Psychiatric Society and the American Association of Community Psychiatry and has received commendation for her work in national healthcare reform and advocacy. She has served on the National Institute on Drug Abuse National Advisory Council\, is currently an ex-officio member of the National Institute of Mental Health National Advisory Council and is also active in several professional organizations. She has been engaged in a number of international projects\, including with the Global Leadership Exchange\, and has provided consultation to the Ministries of Health\, Department of Mental Health in Iraq and Afghanistan on the implementation of mental health services in these countries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLauren Moyer\, LCSW\, is the Executive VP of Clinical Innovation for Compass Health Network. She is a visionary servant leader with over 20+ years’ experience in the behavior health field\, especially around shaping patient-centered approaches and filling gaps within our system of care. She is the current chair of Missouri’s 988 Taskforce and former chair of Missouri’s Suicide Prevention Network. Ms. Moyer’s multi-faceted experience has equipped her with a comprehensive understanding of the intricate complexities surrounding behavioral health and the transformative potential for change.   \n\n\n\nCompass Health Network (CHN) has been a long-standing Community Mental Health Center for 50 years\, and now serves as one of the largest CCBHC’s in the nation. As a comprehensive health care provider in 47-counties throughout Missouri\, spanning the I-70 corridor from St. Louis to Kansas City\, our clinics are in diverse communities and counties\, serving a multitude of Missouri with diverse backgrounds\, socioeconomic status\, and specifically targeting the marginalized and medically indigent who have historically lacked proper access to affordable and clinically effective treatment services. CHN is also an FQHC\, a free-standing psychiatric in-patient hospital and a 988-crisis lifeline provider that includes the full continuum of crisis on-demand services such as Behavioral Health Crisis Centers (BHCC)\, providing 24-7 access to crisis services and support and assisting with hospital and detention center diversion. CHN has made investment in mobile crisis services\, emergency room enhancement projects (placing staff members at local emergency room departments to support referral into after care\, and most recently the addition of a youth behavioral health urgent care.  \n\n\n\n\n\nModerators\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnthony Carter\, LCSW is a Director\, Practice Improvement and Consulting\, for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. He leads initiatives for advancing the mental health and substance use treatment workforce. Prior to joining the National Council\, he served as the data and quality assurance manager for Montgomery County\, Md.\, Child Welfare Services\, where he was responsible for agency data collection\, analysis and reporting of key performance indicators. He started with Montgomery County as a child protective services social worker investigating child abuse and neglect allegations and is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW-C) in Maryland. Prior to his career in social work\, Carter was a program manager at Public Allies\, a national workforce development and social justice nonprofit that advances new leadership to strengthen communities\, nonprofits and civic participation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPeter Delia is a Federal Policy Manager for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Peter manages a number of federal policy portfolios for the National Council\, including issues related to workforce\, telehealth\, equity\, 988/crisis\, and social determinants of health. Prior to coming to the National Council\, Peter worked as a senior attorney for the Florida Senate\, where he drafted and analyzed legislation related to behavioral health\, Medicaid\, child welfare\, and elder care issues. Peter has also worked as a senior attorney for the Florida Department of Health\, where he practiced administrative litigation and prosecuted disciplinary matters concerning physicians\, optometrists\, chiropractors\, psychologists\, and dentists. Peter is a South Florida native and currently lives in Tallahassee\, FL with his wife\, Eliza.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched the Center for Workforce Solutions in 2023 in partnership with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and Health Management Associates. The partnership is leveraging Collective Impact to address the workforce crisis\, and using a cross-sector approach to address the long-standing challenges for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/workforce-solutions-jam-november/
CATEGORIES:Public,Workforce Solutions Jam
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Equity as a Foundation for Leadership 
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 14\, 2024Theme: Practicing Intersectional Allyship12:00 pm PT / 1:00 pm MT / 2:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a leader\, are you:  \n\n\n\n\nReady to cultivate an understanding of how inequity is perpetuated by and in behavioral health systems? \n\n\n\nInterested in how to practice intersectional allyship? \n\n\n\nCurious about integrating data equity frameworks and culturally responsive approaches? \n\n\n\nAware of the importance of engaging in co-production and community-driven practices\, but need a little support in doing so? \n\n\n\nPrepared to demonstrate transformational leadership to improve communities? \n\n\n\n\nIf the answer is yes to any of the above\, then this leadership community is for you!  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us together with Ebony Chambers\, CBHL’s Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership\, at our newest leadership community – Equity as a Foundation for Leadership – for a bi-monthly leadership community designed for any CBHL member interested in developing their knowledge\, skills\, and leadership behaviors as an equity-grounded leader.  You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\nBackground: Equity-grounded leadership shifts the focus of leaders towards intersectionality\, equity\, and anti-racism to drive behavioral health systems transformation. The equity-grounded leadership concept was co-produced with cross-sector behavioral health leaders from around the country\, who developed equity-grounded leadership competencies\, or Principles of Change. Each of the five Principles is accompanied by the necessary knowledge\, values\, skills\, and operational practice behaviors associated with each principle.    \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\n\nImprove knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue.  \n\n\n\nFacilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes. \n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Host\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEbony Chambers is the Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership for The College for Behavioral Health Leadership. In this role\, she oversees the delivery\, facilitation\, content\, and progress of the Equity-Grounded Leadership (EGL) Fellow Program.   \n\n\n\nEbony has over 18 years of experience working with issues of social justice\, equity\, education\, mental health and diversity.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-equity-as-a-foundation-for-leadership-november/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Fran Silvestri | Learning Across the Globe
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  Led by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support.  Occurring at least once a month\, Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.    \n\n\n\nJoin us for a candid conversation with Fran Silvestri\, MBA\, President of the CBHL Board of Directors and former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Leadership Exchange (GLE)! \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFran Silvestri\, MBA\, recently left the role as founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Leadership Exchange (GLE)\, formerly the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) and International Initiative for Disability Leadership (IIDL)\, which he helped organize in 2003. GLE is jointly funded by ten countries\, to build partnerships between mental health leaders in order to rapidly exchange knowledge of best and promising practices internationally.    \n\n\n\nBefore his work with GLE (formerly IIMHL)\, Fran was CEO of Monadnock Family Services (MFS) in Keene\, NH.  In this role he looked internationally to identify\, and then replicate\, innovative services that promote recovery and social inclusion for consumers of mental health services. Such services have included the Wyman Way Cooperative\, an independent\, non-profit corporation managed and operated by consumers of mental health services (based on the Trieste model). He was a founder of a state wide Integrated MH network in New Hampshire owned by six hospitals\, 10 MH centers and the largest physician practice in the state.   \n\n\n\nThrough his work with GLE\, he has assisted in building international collaborations resulting in the rapid transfer of innovations and creative practices from one country to another.  \n\n\n\nThe unique week long GLE Leadership Exchange is held every two years and is a unique global experience for key MH leaders to meet international colleagues\, share knowledge and build partnerships. GLE also has facilitated a series of ongoing collaborations on specific topics and has partnered with the WHO on their Special Initiative working with 10 low and middle income countries to link key national mental health leaders to support developments.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to:  \n\n\n\n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-fran-silvestri-learning-across-the-globe/
CATEGORIES:Candid Conversations,Members Only
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SUMMARY:Workforce Solutions Jam | Leveraging AI to Streamline Administrative Tasks in Behavioral Health
DESCRIPTION:Workforce Solutions Jam | Leveraging AI to Streamline Administrative Tasks in Behavioral Health\n\n\n\nEnhancing Provider Efficiency and Care Delivery \n\n\n\nTuesday\, October 15\, 2024 | 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETEvent Length: One Hour \n\n\n\nJoin us on Tuesday\, October 15 for our next Workforce Solutions Jam! The Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration through the Center for Workforce Solutions. \n\n\n\nThe Workforce Solutions Jam will provide an opportunity to: \n\n\n\n\nLearn innovative new practices\n\n\n\nStay informed about ongoing efforts\n\n\n\nEngage with subject matter experts\n\n\n\nHear about new legislation and/or federal workforce efforts\n\n\n\nTake action!\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtificial Intelligence (AI) technology offers the potential to free up valuable time by reducing the administrative burden on clinicians and other staff through automation and/or streamlining of tasks like documentation\, billing\, patient management\, and scheduling.  By integrating AI into daily workflows\, the goal is for clinicians to focus more on patient care\, improving efficiency\, and to feel less burnout.  However\, it isn’t always easy. In this month’s Workforce Solutions Jam\, hear directly from providers who will share their firsthand experiences with implementing – or attempting to implement – AI technology to reduce administrative burdens in their clinics.  Join us for a candid conversation about the real-world impact\, practical challenges\, and successes of AI on provider efficiency\, patient care\, and clinician well-being.  \n\n\n\nKey highlights of this webinar include:  \n\n\n\n\nFinding the right AI tools and vendors to meet your organizational needs and goals \n\n\n\nUtilization of AI to improve client outcomes and documentation compliance \n\n\n\nUsing AI as a recruitment and retention tool \n\n\n\nIdentifying practical challenges and barriers to AI implementation \n\n\n\nConsiderations for whether AI is the right tool for you \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAshley Kjos\, PsyD\, L.P. is a Minnesota licensed psychologist (#LP5534) and the Chief Executive Officer of Woodland Centers\, a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) in west central Minnesota. Dr. Kjos earned her Master’s (2009) and PsyD (2011) in Clinical Psychology at Pacific University in Forest Grove\, Oregon. After being a staff psychologist at Woodland Centers from 2011 to 2014 then the Clinical Director from 2014 to 2016\, she became its CEO in 2016. As CEO\, Dr. Kjos is responsible for the overall coordination of the internal operations of Woodland Centers. The agency has a seven county catchment area and a robust continuum of outpatient\, rehabilitative\, and residential behavioral healthcare programs serving the entire age range.  \n\n\n\nDr. Kjos is very active in behavioral health services across the state through participation in various associations and serving on non-profit boards. She has served on the board of directors of West Central Industries (WCI)\, a vocational rehabilitation service provider based out of Willmar\, Minnesota from October 2019 to present including being the Vice Chair of this board from 2022 to 2023 and Chair from 2023 to present. She has served as a board member on the Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and Chemical Health (MARRCH) from November 2019 to present. Dr. Kjos has been actively involved in the Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs (MACMHP) association since 2014 including advocacy for public policy changes\, training\, collaboration with providers and associations across the state\, and innovation of the mental health and substance use system of care in MN. She has served on the MACMHP board of directors from 2019 to present serving as the Treasurer from 2021-2022 and the board chair from 2022 through 2024. Dr. Kjos is committed to transformation of the healthcare system in the state of Minnesota.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Garima Singh\, MD is a Chief Medical Officer at Burrell Behavioral Health and its parent company\, Brightli. She is triple board certified in American Board of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry\, General Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. She also serves as an adjunct faculty in the Department of Psychiatry\, University of Missouri and participates as an expert panel for ECHO Child and adolescent psychiatry. Prior to her current position at Burrell Behavioral Health\, she was the medical director at the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment. Dr. Singh has been actively involved in teaching\, multiple committees and research projects related to mental illness and autism. In her current role she also focuses on novel methods of healthcare delivery including telehealth\, integrated and collaborative care models especially for rural and underserved areas. She has several publications and has presented in state\, national and international level. She specializes in child psychiatry and especially cares of those with special needs\, autism\, and developmental delays. She is passionate about bullying prevention and expansion of mental health services.  \n\n\n\nDr. Singh grew up in India\, earning her medical degree there before completing a fellowship in child psychiatry at Southern Illinois University (SIU) and her general psychiatry residency at the University of Missouri School of Medicine.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJim McEvoy is a Principal with Health Management Associates and is accomplished in architecting robust technology solutions for state agencies\, health plans and service providers. Jim understands the substantial role data will play in the future of healthcare delivery and works to inform clients around data-driven decisions. He is an experienced project manager and business strategist who has successfully led all phases of diverse Medicaid technology projects. With deep knowledge of CMS reporting\, waiver management and pharmacy data\, Jim aligns business goals to deliver groundbreaking healthcare IT solutions. \n\n\n\nAs a vendor for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services\, Jim managed projects to develop web-based enrollment tools\, federal reporting tools and data warehousing strategies for the department’s 1915(c) waivers\, health home projects\, autism state plan amendment\, and home and community-based services projects. He mitigated risk factors through careful analysis of data and a flexible technical solution set. He anticipated and managed change effectively in rapidly evolving business environments and the transfer of knowledge among different departmental units. Jim defined processes and tools best suited to each project and moved between agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client goals. He created detailed project road maps\, plans\, schedules and work breakdown structures. \n\n\n\nJim has been the subject matter expert for Michigan’s pharmacy data warehousing strategy. He oversaw inbound data loads\, pharmacy encounter processing\, and extracts to health plans and Michigan’s fee-for-service pharmacy benefits manager. With significant experience in systems engineering\, Jim led the design\, development and rollout of approximately 40 extract\, transformation and load (ETL) processes and a dozen web applications for clients with the state of Michigan. \n\n\n\nJim had the privilege of serving as the project manager for the CareConnect360 web application. This tool is responsible for delivering Medicaid claims and encounters information to a diverse user audience\, including health plans\, community mental health agencies\, health home providers and foster care workers. It currently serves seven different business units inside of Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services. \n\n\n\nJim received his bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University. Jim lives in the Lansing area with his wife and three children. They can often be found camping or at an MSU football game. When not doing those things\, Jim is a rehabilitating runner and co-hosts MSU’s least topical sports podcast. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZach Boyd\, PhD is the Director of the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy at the Utah Department of Commerce. Dr. Boyd is a faculty member at Brigham Young University’s (BYU) mathematics department\, where he teaches applied and computational mathematics. Dr. Boyd’s research lab focuses on artificial intelligence\, machine learning\, and mathematical modeling in social science applications\, such as psychology\, economics\, and social networks. Before working at BYU\, Dr. Boyd was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, an NDSEG Fellow at UCLA\, a research associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory\, and a Presidential Scholar at BYU.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched the Center for Workforce Solutions in 2023 in partnership with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and Health Management Associates. The partnership is leveraging Collective Impact to address the workforce crisis\, and using a cross-sector approach to address the long-standing challenges for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/workforce-solutions-jam-october/
CATEGORIES:Public,Workforce Solutions Jam
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SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Marcy Melvin | Talking About DEI When We Can't Talk About DEI
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  Led by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support.  Occurring at least once a month\, Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.    \n\n\n\nJoin us for a candid conversation with Marcy Melvin\, President-Elect of the CBHL Board of Directors and Senior Vice President of Clinical Policy and Deputy Director of The Hackett Center for Mental Health at Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute! \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarcy Melvin is a pivotal executive with over 25 years of experience in behavioral health policy\, training\, and clinical practice. As a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas her experience includes providing direct clinical and supervisory services to children\, youth\, parents\, and young adults in various clinical settings including residential\, in-home\, outpatient\, private practice\, primary\, secondary\, and post-secondary locations. Marcy is extremely passionate about advancing health equity and reducing disparities and disproportionality; this has been a culmination of her life’s work in various clinical\, organizational and systems settings.  \n\n\n\nMarcy has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Xavier University of Louisiana and a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Fisk University.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to:  \n\n\n\n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-marcy-melvin-talking-about-dei-when-we-cant-talk-about-dei/
CATEGORIES:Candid Conversations,Members Only
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SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Vic Armstrong | Leadership to Create a Culture of Partnership with Communities
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  Led by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support.  Occurring at least once a month\, Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVictor Armstrong serves as Vice President for Health Equity and Engagement with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In addition\, he is the National Director of Soul Shop for Black Churches\, a workshop that teaches faith leaders how to minister to congregants that may be dealing with suicidal desperation. Victor previously served as Chief Health Equity Officer for North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services\, with responsibility for leading the overarching strategy and operational goals to promote health equity\, diversity\, and inclusion across all the agency’s health and human services. Victor has also served as ‪Director of the NC Division of Mental Health\, with responsibility and oversight of the public community-based mental health\, intellectual and other developmental disabilities\, substance use\, and traumatic brain injury system in North Carolina. Prior to his NC state government roles\, Victor spent six years as Vice President of Behavioral Health with Atrium Health. \n\n\n\nVictor has over 30 years of experience in human services\, primarily dedicated to building and strengthening community resources to serve individuals who have been historically marginalized. He is a nationally recognized speaker on issues regarding health equity and access to healthcare\, particularly as it relates to individuals living with mental health challenges. \n\n\n\nVictor currently serves on the steering committee of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. He also serves on the Board of Directors for RI International as well as the Board of Directors for I2I Center for integrative health. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for East Carolina University School of Social Work and is the host of the “Strong Talk” podcast. \n\n\n\nVictor’s awards and recognitions include: \n\n\n\n\nLiving Waters Annual Mental Health Summit 2022 “Lifetime Mental Health Champion” Award\n\n\n\nNational Association of Social Workers North Carolina (NASW-NC) 2022 Social Worker of the Year\n\n\n\nAddiction Professionals of NC (APNC) 2021 DEI Leadership & Impact Award\n\n\n\nMental Health America’s 2021 H. Keith Brunnemer\, Jr. Award for “Outstanding Mental Health Leadership”\n\n\n\nBlack Mental Health Symposium 2019 Mental Health Advocate of the Year\n\n\n\nEast Carolina University School of Social Work 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award\n\n\n\nNational Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) NC\, 2012 Mental Health Professional of the Year.\n\n\n\n\nVictor graduated\, Magna Cum Laude\, from North Carolina Central University with a bachelor’s degree in business management and received his MSW from East Carolina University. He is the husband of Dr. Charletta Armstrong and the father of three sons\, Carter\, Alonzo\, and Victor Jr. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to:  \n\n\n\n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-vic-armstrong-leadership-to-create-a-culture-of-partnership-with-communities/
CATEGORIES:Candid Conversations,Members Only
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SUMMARY:Workforce Solutions Jam | Transforming Organizational Culture
DESCRIPTION:Workforce Solutions Jam | Transforming Organizational Culture\n\n\n\nElevating Quality of Life at Work \n\n\n\nTuesday\, September 17\, 2024 | 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETEvent Length: One Hour \n\n\n\nJoin us on Tuesday\, September 17 for our next Workforce Solutions Jam! The Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration through the Center for Workforce Solutions. \n\n\n\nThe Workforce Solutions Jam will provide an opportunity to: \n\n\n\n\nLearn innovative new practices\n\n\n\nStay informed about ongoing efforts\n\n\n\nEngage with subject matter experts\n\n\n\nHear about new legislation and/or federal workforce efforts\n\n\n\nTake action!\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHigh turnover undermines an organization’s stability\, effectiveness\, and long-term success\, leading to increased costs\, loss of expertise\, decreased productivity\, and lower morale\, especially in challenging roles.  Prioritizing organizational culture is key to supporting employee retention.  When employees feel valued\, connected to their colleagues\, and aligned with the organization’s mission\, job satisfaction improves\, making them less likely to leave. Organizations that emphasize a healthy work-life balance and employee wellbeing through things like flexible work arrangements and social and mental health support tend to achieve higher retention rates. Join us for the next Workforce Solutions Jam to learn strategies for fostering long-term retention by creating an environment where employees feel valued\, fulfilled\, and motivated to stay.  \n\n\n\nKey highlights of this webinar include:  \n\n\n\n\nLearn how a large provider transitioned more than 90% of their 400+ staff to a 4-day work week where individuals work 32 hours but are paid for 40 hours. \n\n\n\nHear about the impact of a 4-day work week from the perspective of staff\, and how other organizations can start this journey. \n\n\n\nExplore the multi-faceted approach taken by a social services organization to create a culture of respect and belonging that significantly reduces turnover.\n\n\n\nUnderstand why staff are choosing quality of life at work over higher salaries.\n\n\n\nLearn about a model from the United Kingdom for developing organizational wide approaches that support creating psychologically safe workplaces.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nANEW is a social services organization that offers a range of comprehensive services to women and their families including Residential and Outpatient Substance Use Disorders Treatment\, Sober Housing for Women and Women WITH Children\, Family/Partner Apartments\, a Non-profit Mental Health Clinic\, and a Licensed Childcare Facility. ANEW is aware of the gaps and barriers that women face in the process of receiving the help they need to begin their lives anew and we aim to reduce and remove those obstacles.  \n\n\n\n4C Health is a certified Community Mental Health Center and Inpatient Psychiatric Facility in the State of Indiana. 4C Health serves over 9\,000 consumers annually across 14 rural counties in North Central Indiana with over 430 employees. 4C Health is known for its innovation in care and operations and was an early implementer of an expanded crisis continuum implementing Mobile Crisis Teams in 2020 and opening a Crisis Stabilization Unit is 2021. 4C Health is 1 of the 8 pilot organizations for Indiana’s Certified Community Behavioral Health Center State Demonstration.  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Carrie Cadwell has been the CEO/President of 4C Health since 2017. She is a licensed psychologist in the state of Indiana. Dr. Cadwell has dedicated her almost 20-year career to rural North Central Indiana communities and\, in particular\, serving the behavioral health and substance use recovery needs of those with significant socio-economic disadvantage. Her experience spans community mental health\, crisis services\, youth residential\, inpatient psychiatric care\,  integrated primary care practice\, and outpatient private practice across the lifespan. She is passionate about 4 day work week as a public health intervention and over 90% of 4C Health’s employees work a 32 hour week but are paid for 40 hours.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmily Carlstrom\, CPRS\, is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist who works with women in recovery to help find ways and resources to live a new way of life. Emily participated in the Recovery Coach Academy through Bold North Recovery and became certified through the Minnesota Certification Board. Emily is in recovery herself and also a graduate of ANEW’s Outpatient program. Emily is also the sober house manager and oversees all six sober homes at ANEW Chemical Health Services. As a former client and resident of the ANEW program\, Emily knows firsthand what the women she works with have been through. It has been an amazing journey for her so far and she takes great pride in being able to make a difference in the lives of other women like herself.    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichaelene Colestock has 22 years of experience in the Substance Use Disorders Treatment field. Currently\, Michaelene is the owner\, founder\, and CEO of ANEW Chemical Health Services a 245G Co-Occurring Treatment Center for adult women. Michaelene has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of St. Thomas. Michaelene has a passion for educating others on the topic of addiction. She has taught students at the U of M and Adler Graduation School\, facilitated trainings at Metro State University on Co-Occurring Disorders\, Family Supportive Housing Center on a variety of topics\, MARRCH Conference\, Washington DC Conference to Prevent Homelessness\, all required 245 G trainings for other treatment centers\, and many more informal trainings. Michaelene is most well known for her passion to house women AND their minor children. She has owned and operated sober housing on the East Side of St. Paul since 2010 and her mission is to keep families together while working on recovery. In addition to ANEW Chemical Health Services Michaelene owns and operates Spence Specialties LLC which is 4 sober homes and an 11-unit apartment building located in St. Paul\, MN. Spence Specialties has a contract with Ramsey County for Housing Supports and the MN Department of Health Board and Lodge with Special Services. Michaelene has as an affinity for the East Side of St. Paul. She and all of her family members attended primary school at Sacred Heart on 6th St. and Harding High School. She and all of her siblings\, parents\, and grandparents were married at Sacred Heart Church.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHonorary Associate Professor Sean Russell MBE is a researcher focusing on reviewing and delivering interventions for mental wellbeing across the business sector and wider organisations.  \n\n\n\nOver the last 7 years\, Sean has been the Programme Director that led the development and implementation of the Mental Health Commission Action plan in the West Midlands\, England and national Mental Health and Productivity Pilot researching 1150 organisations with over 850\,000 employees. He was the founder of Thrive at Work and led the regional response to implementing Thrive into Work.    \n\n\n\nHe has 35 years of public service experience across Policing\, Local Authorities and more recently academia.  Sean is also the COO and European Lead for GLE and works to build leadership and rapid knowledge exchange across addiction\, disability\, and mental health.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLetecia Timmel\, LCSW has been employed with 4C Health for the past 9.5 years in various capacities. Most recently\, Letecia has been serving as the Senior Clinician that oversees clinical supervision of master’s level therapists and practicum students. Letecia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Indiana and has been working in Community Mental Health for almost 20 years with an additional 4 years working in an inpatient setting. Letecia has experience in the delivery and supervision of wraparound services to at-risk youth\, system of care development in the community\, quality management\, individual and group therapy and clinical supervision. Letecia is passionate about trauma and secondary traumatic stress as it pertains to staff and often provides support to staff and community members following crises.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched the Center for Workforce Solutions in 2023 in partnership with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and Health Management Associates. The partnership is leveraging Collective Impact to address the workforce crisis\, and using a cross-sector approach to address the long-standing challenges for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/workforce-solutions-jam-september/
CATEGORIES:Public,Workforce Solutions Jam
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Equity as a Foundation for Leadership 
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 11\, 2024Theme: Understanding How Racism and Oppression Show Up in Behavioral Health12:00 pm PT / 1:00 pm MT / 2:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a leader\, are you:  \n\n\n\n\nReady to cultivate an understanding of how inequity is perpetuated by and in behavioral health systems? \n\n\n\nInterested in how to practice intersectional allyship? \n\n\n\nCurious about integrating data equity frameworks and culturally responsive approaches? \n\n\n\nAware of the importance of engaging in co-production and community-driven practices\, but need a little support in doing so? \n\n\n\nPrepared to demonstrate transformational leadership to improve communities? \n\n\n\n\nIf the answer is yes to any of the above\, then this leadership community is for you!  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us together with Ebony Chambers\, CBHL’s Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership\, at our newest leadership community – Equity as a Foundation for Leadership – for a bi-monthly leadership community designed for any CBHL member interested in developing their knowledge\, skills\, and leadership behaviors as an equity-grounded leader.  You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\nBackground: Equity-grounded leadership shifts the focus of leaders towards intersectionality\, equity\, and anti-racism to drive behavioral health systems transformation. The equity-grounded leadership concept was co-produced with cross-sector behavioral health leaders from around the country\, who developed equity-grounded leadership competencies\, or Principles of Change. Each of the five Principles is accompanied by the necessary knowledge\, values\, skills\, and operational practice behaviors associated with each principle.    \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\n\nImprove knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue.  \n\n\n\nFacilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes. \n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Host\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEbony Chambers is the Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership for The College for Behavioral Health Leadership. In this role\, she oversees the delivery\, facilitation\, content\, and progress of the Equity-Grounded Leadership (EGL) Fellow Program.   \n\n\n\nEbony has over 18 years of experience working with issues of social justice\, equity\, education\, mental health and diversity.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-equity-as-a-foundation-for-leadership-september/
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SUMMARY:Health Beyond Healthcare: Addressing Workforce and Equity Challenges Through Community
DESCRIPTION:Health Beyond Healthcare: Addressing Workforce and Equity Challenges Through Community\n\n\n\nAddressing workforce and equity challenges via Social Prescribing and “Community As Medicine” models\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith a workforce crisis affecting many domains of healthcare\, models like Social Prescribing and Community as Medicine can activate community resources\, connecting clinics and communities to improve patient-centered care and reduce healthcare burden. \n\n\n\nJoin us for an interactive panel discussion with Dr. Alan Siegel of Social Prescribing USA\, and Dr. Elizabeth Markle and Carolina Ayala from Open Source Wellness. (Learn more about Open Source Wellness’ “Community As Medicine” in our May 2022 webinar recording.) \n\n\n\nSocial prescribing offers an exciting opportunity and has implications for workforce burden and integrated care settings. There are a number of social prescribing efforts growing in the United States\, with origins at the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom. \n\n\n\nEfforts like Open Source Wellness’ “Community as Medicine” model are being evaluated by research teams at UCSF and Stanford\, and show exciting outcomes like a 77% reduction in emergency department visits\, a 43% decrease in depression\, a 41% decrease in anxiety\, and a measured increase in both social connection and wellbeing.* \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpen Source Wellness (OSW) is an Oakland-based nonprofit with a mission to generate “Community as Medicine” by partnering with communities and healthcare to deliver joyful\, trauma-informed\, and culturally relevant programs for health\, wellbeing\, and human connection.  OSW can be understood as a “Behavioral Pharmacy\,” delivering on the “Behavioral Prescriptions” that primary care\, specialty care\, and behavioral health providers offer to their patients who are struggling with (or at risk for) behaviorally-mediated conditions including depression\, anxiety\, social isolation\, diabetes\, and hypertension. OSW partners with clinical providers and payors to deliver its experiential “Community As Medicine” model\, achieving striking clinical patient outcomes and generating revenue for FQHC’s and other clinical delivery systems. Utilizing culturally-relevant health coaches and peer leaders to support diverse and transdiagnostic populations\, OSW represents a next-generation behavioral health solution and a new way of organizing clinical delivery services. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocial Prescribing USA is the hub for the advancement of the U.S. social prescribing movement. Social prescribing utilizes the arts\, nature\, volunteerism\, and local community organizations as medicine for patients of all ages. Social prescribing considers social health as important to a patient’s well-being as physical and mental health\, and is a key tool to address the loneliness epidemic and the social determinants of health. It is founded on the principles of health equity. The use of our community resources as medicine is one of the next big ideas in health care in the U.S.\, as it is in more than 30 countries around the World. Social Prescribing USA work in affiliation with the UK’s Social Prescribing Network\, the International Social Prescribing Collaborative\, and a community of advocates across the United States. \n\n\n\n*Impact & Outcomes | Open Source Wellness \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet Our Speakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Alan Siegel is the Co-founder and Medical Director of Social Prescribing USA\, the leading U.S. social prescribing advocacy organization. He is a Family Physician at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland\, California\, and is developing their social prescribing program. For the last 2 decades at Contra Costa Health (CCH)\, he led an arts in health program for patients and staff and led many projects in social prescribing: a Nature Rx program to bring patients with pediatric obesity and chronic disease to Bay Area regional parks; and he helped start the Health Leads program at CCH to address social determinants of health. As a National Organization for Arts in Health founding board member\, he initiated a project to bring the arts to healthcare workers to address burnout. He also provided leadership to the renowned Martinez Family Medicine Residency Program\, specializing in ambulatory education and faculty development. Alan also completed a UCSF Champion Provider Fellowship to work on advocacy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Elizabeth Markle is a licensed psychologist\, speaker\, writer\, researcher\, and Professor of Community Mental Health at California Institute of Integral Studies.  She is the co-founder and Executive Director of Open Source Wellness\, an Oakland-based nonprofit offering experiential behavioral health and wellness via a “Community As Medicine” approach in collaboration with healthcare providers and insurers. Dr. Markle earned her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Northeastern University and her M.A. in Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard University\, and her postdoctoral training in Primary Care-Mental Health Integration at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Dr. Markle is a thought leader in the field of health and wellness and has been sought-after as a consultant for her unique insights and expertise in clinic-community integration\, innovative approaches to mental health\, and group facilitation.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarolina Ayala (Lena) is a health and wellness coach at Open Source Wellness. She first encountered OSW as a participant\, prescribed into the OSW “Community As Medicine” program by her PCP at Native American Health Center.  After completing the program and serving as a peer leader\, she embarked on health and wellness coach training with OSW\, and was subsequently hired on as a staff coach.  She is a mother\, wife\, author and crossinguard\, and previously worked as a teacher. She holds many titles and positions but what is most important is the healing journey she continues to be on in relation to self\, people\, food\, movement and medicine. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/addressing-workforce-and-equity-challenges-through-community/
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Supporting the Uptake of Behavioral Health Apps and Technology  
DESCRIPTION:11:00 am PT / 12:00 pm MT / 1:00 pm CT / 2:00 pm ET \n\n\n\nSession Theme: Research to Practice – Strategies for Implementation of Digital Interventions \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAre you grappling with how to address unmet or undermet needs among specific population groups in your community or organization?  \n\n\n\nHave you considered the possibility of integrating behavioral health apps or new technologies into services?   \n\n\n\nDo you feel stuck by how to choose the right technology\, or how to implement successfully?    \n\n\n\nThe increasing demand for behavioral health services\, coupled with challenges in the workforce\, creates a compelling reason to take a closer look at forward-thinking solutions.  Behavioral health apps and other technologies have the potential to supplement existing services by increasing access and engagement among specific communities or population groups.   This quarterly CBHL Leadership Community series is designed for any CBHL member interested in the successful integration of behavioral health apps and technology as a complement to existing practices.  You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\nGuest Subject Matter Expert\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrea Graham\, PhD (she/her) is Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Division of Implementation Science) at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine\, where she is Co-Director of the Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies (CBITs) and core faculty in the Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design. \n\n\n\n\n\nBackground:  \n\n\n\nSignificant interest in our November 2023 webinar\, Revolutionizing Behavioral Health: The Role of Behavioral Health Apps in Addressing the Workforce Crisis\, sparked a follow up roundtable dialogue where CBHL members delved into the potential of behavioral health apps as a transformative technology supporting both mental and physical wellbeing. Participants explored challenges faced by organizations in determining how to select the right technology\, considerations for how to implement as a complement to existing services\, and additional support members might need to feel more informed and better equipped to successfully integrate behavioral health apps and technology into existing practices.   \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community?  \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL leadership communities are created based on member interest with a focus on a specific topic or leadership population. They are recurring over a specific period of time and open to all CBHL members.  \n\n\n\n\nTo improve knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue. \n\n\n\nTo facilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes.\n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Hosts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gastfriend is an addiction psychiatrist. At Harvard Medical School\, he directed addiction research at Massachusetts General Hospital and was an investigator in the NIDA Cocaine Collaborative Study\, NIAAA’s COMBINE Study and NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network. As Vice President at Alkermes\, Inc.\, he directed scientific publications on Vivitrol in clinical\, criminal justice and health economics research. \n\n\n\nHis research led most states to endorse the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria. His 150 scientific publications include the books The ASAM Criteria and Addiction Treatment Matching. His ASAM CONTINUUM – The ASAM Criteria Decision Engine ® and ASAM’s CO-Triage ® tools are being adopted nationwide. \n\n\n\nIn 2016\, he co-founded DynamiCare Health\, a nationally-scalable technology for Contingency Management and predictive analytics\, winning awards from HarvardBusiness School\, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts\, the Governor of Ohio\, and the New York Times. He has consulted to governments in Belgium\, China\, Iceland\, Israel\, Norway\, Russia and the U.S. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGarrett E. Moran\, Ph.D.\, serves as the the Principal Investigator for the Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care\, a program sponsored by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)\, and served as Project Director of the Academy from 2010 until 2018. He is deeply committed to advancing holistic\, person-centered health care. Dr. Moran retired in 2021 from his role as the Associate Director of Services and Policy Innovation in the Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute\, and Professor in the School of Public Health and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University (WVU). Before coming to WVU he was a Vice President and Associate Director at Westat where he worked for 29 years. \n\n\n\nDr. Moran has more than 50 years of experience in public policy\, program evaluation\, research\, and management. His career has included key leadership roles on projects for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)\, as well as consulting roles with states working on health reform and care integration. His major areas of substantive expertise include integrated healthcare delivery\, health care financing\, health information technology\, and program evaluation. Dr. Moran directed the consultant support and writing contract for the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in the early 2000s\, and subsequently served as an Advisor and Consultant to the States of Maryland and Ohio as they developed mental health transformation plans.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-supporting-the-uptake-of-behavioral-health-apps-and-technology-september/
CATEGORIES:Members Only
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SUMMARY:Workforce Solutions Jam | Payment Reform
DESCRIPTION:Workforce Solutions Jam | Payment Reform\n\n\n\nThe Promise and Potential of Value Based Purchasing for a Thriving Workforce \n\n\n\nTuesday\, August 20\, 2024 | 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETEvent Length: One Hour \n\n\n\nJoin us on Tuesday\, August 20 for our next Workforce Solutions Jam! The Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration through the Center for Workforce Solutions. \n\n\n\nThe Workforce Solutions Jam will provide an opportunity to: \n\n\n\n\nLearn innovative new practices\n\n\n\nStay informed about ongoing efforts\n\n\n\nEngage with subject matter experts\n\n\n\nHear about new legislation and/or federal workforce efforts\n\n\n\nTake action!\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPayment is a primary lever for addressing gaps in equity of behavioral health salaries\, building pathways for the future workforce and creating reimbursement that supports an expanded workforce. Shifting incentives to focus on outcomes rather than volume can improve job satisfaction and retention by enabling providers to spend more time with patients\, engaging in comprehensive care coordination\, and participating in integrated care teams.  Payment reform can ensure more stable and predictable funding streams\, allowing organizations to invest in workforce development\, training\, and innovative care approaches\, ultimately leading to a more effective and thriving behavioral health workforce.  \n\n\n\nKey highlights of this webinar include:  \n\n\n\n\nLearn what value-based purchasing really means and its potential to improve outcomes and reduce administrative burden. \n\n\n\nExplore the role of emerging payment and delivery reforms in addressing workforce challenges\, aligning quality measurement\, behavioral health integration with primary care\, and supporting whole person health.   \n\n\n\nUnderstand how states have typically structured alternative payment models (APMs) for behavioral health services and considerations for new APM efforts for care coordination offered by behavioral health providers. \n\n\n\nDiscuss how managed care organizations have worked with behavioral health provider organizations to structure APMs and how behavioral health providers have responded to these efforts. \n\n\n\nReview value-based payment initiatives implemented by a health insurance company in Pennsylvania focused on the success of providers\, stabilization of workforce\, and achievement of improved outcomes. \n\n\n\nLearn how behavioral health providers in Minnesota are building and implementing value-based delivery and payment strategies through the state’s Integrated Health Partnership\, the state’s only dedicated Behavioral Health accountable care organizational model.\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLori Fertall is the Director of Value-Based Programs at Community Care Behavioral Health\, a non-profit behavioral health managed care organization that is part of the Insurance Services Division of UPMC headquartered in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania. In this position\, she is responsible for the creation\, implementation\, evaluation\, and reporting of value-based purchasing arrangements with behavioral health providers. Previously as Community Care’s Director of Quality Management\, she implemented quality management programs and performance improvement projects across the company and its provider networks. She regularly presents to a variety of local and national audiences at conferences on topics such as value-based purchasing\, quality improvement\, and payer/provider relationships. Prior to joining Community Care\, Lori worked at various health and human service agencies in clinical and program development roles. She earned a master’s degree in Business Administration from Point Park University\, a bachelor’s degree in Social Work and Women’s Studies from West Virginia University\, and a Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt from UPMC.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn O’Brien has more than 30 years of experience in behavioral health systems design\, financing\, and implementation. He has worked with Medicaid\, mental health\, and substance abuse authorities in numerous states to develop federal Medicaid waivers\, Medicaid state plan amendments\, and federal grant applications. A former Senior Consultant at TAC\, Mr. O’Brien directed the organization’s work on substance use disorders (SUDs) with an emphasis on helping states increase access to services\, integrate SUD treatment and primary care\, and reduce unnecessary costs by using Medicaid and other sources to support effective systems. He was the subject matter expert for several states in their efforts to implement systems of care for children and families with serious mental health conditions and on community integration strategies for adults with serious mental illness. \n\n\n\nMr. O’Brien has worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in leadership roles with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). At CMS\, he led the Innovation Accelerator Program for Substance Use Disorder and Primary and Mental Health Integration and coordinated the agency’s efforts on developing guidance regarding parity for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Mr. O’Brien played a significant role in the implementation of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act and in developing the Home and Community Based Services regulations. At SAMHSA\, he was Senior Advisor to the Administrator on Health Care Reform.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJin Lee (Jinny) Palen is the Executive Director of the Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs (MACMHP) and Convergence Integrated Care\, a clinically integrated network of community mental health centers across Minnesota. Her background includes public health research and analysis\, community engagement\, legislative advocacy\, government relations\, public policy\, and community leadership. Prior to her role with MACMHP\, Jinny was Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers (MNACHC) Public Policy Staff. Jinny stays active in her local neighborhood community clinic and AAPI community. Jinny worked for the Minnesota Department of Health in the Health Economics Program\, Tobacco Prevention and Control\, and the Legislative Affairs Office. Jinny was a Legislative Policy Fellow of the Partners for the Americas Policy Exchange Fellowship in 2014. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from the College of Saint Benedict\, St. Joseph MN\, and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Minnesota.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSamantha Repka is a Research Associate at the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy where she focuses on issues related to care delivery and payment reform\, behavioral health including substance use disorder\, and other public health issues.  Previously\, Samantha worked at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene\, where she served as a Director of Public Policy. Prior to her time in NYC\, she was a Senior Manager at AcademyHealth and a Teach for America Corps Member. She holds a Master of Science in Public Health and a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched the Center for Workforce Solutions in 2023 in partnership with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and Health Management Associates. The partnership is leveraging Collective Impact to address the workforce crisis\, and using a cross-sector approach to address the long-standing challenges for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/workforce-solutions-jam-august/
CATEGORIES:Public,Workforce Solutions Jam
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SUMMARY:Workforce Solutions Jam | Bridging the Gap
DESCRIPTION:Workforce Solutions Jam | Bridging the Gap \n\n\n\nAddressing Disparities in Mental Health Licensure Exam Success \n\n\n\nTuesday\, July 16\, 2024 | 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETEvent Length: One Hour \n\n\n\nJoin us on Tuesday\, July 16 for our next Workforce Solutions Jam! The Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration through the Center for Workforce Solutions. \n\n\n\nThe Workforce Solutions Jam will provide an opportunity to: \n\n\n\n\nLearn innovative new practices\n\n\n\nStay informed about ongoing efforts\n\n\n\nEngage with subject matter experts\n\n\n\nHear about new legislation and/or federal workforce efforts\n\n\n\nTake action!\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are experiencing a sustained mental health workforce crisis in the United States. Despite the acute need for more clinicians\, we lose thousands of licensure-track therapists from the workforce every year due to candidates’ inability to pass licensure exams. And those outcomes are not evenly distributed by demographic: more than 30% fewer Black-identifying test-takers pass their licensure exams than their White-identifying counterparts. In this session\, we will examine data\, test-makers’ response through test changes\, and recommendations for improving outcomes.   \n\n\n\nKey highlights of this webinar include:  \n\n\n\n\nUnderstand licensure exam pass-rate data\, the problem they present\, and test-makers’ response through recent test changes \n\n\n\nDiscuss recommendations for improving outcomes across all licensures and test-taker demographics \n\n\n\nLearn about leadership development programs designed to improve workforce and leadership diversity \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMelissa Blackwell\, MSW has over 20 years of experience in the behavioral health field; and initially starting her career as a case manager for adults with Serious Mental Illnesses. Melissa served in various roles with Department of Juvenile Services\, Psychotherapeutic Services\, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency\, and Department of Health & Human Services. Ms. Blackwell dedicated 10 years of Federal service as a Treatment Specialist who ensured each client received a thorough assessment and treatment referral for their behavioral health needs. Melissa is currently a Project Officer for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; overseeing the Minority Fellowship Program and Historically Black Colleges and Universities grants. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Morgan State University and Master of Social Work at University of Maryland\, Baltimore. Melissa enjoys reading\, hiking\, and creating memories with family and friends during her spare time. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEbony Chambers is the Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership for The College for Behavioral Health Leadership. In this role\, she oversees the delivery\, facilitation\, content\, and progress of the Equity-Grounded Leadership (EGL) Fellow Program.  Ebony has over 18 years of experience working with issues of social justice\, equity\, education\, mental health and diversity. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTerence Fitzgerald\, PhD\, EdM\, MSW\, who specializes in trauma-informed\, resilience-oriented\, equity-focused systems (TIROES)\, was previously a clinical associate professor of social work at the University of Southern California’s Suzanne Peck-Dworak School of Social Work. Dr. Fitzgerald grew up in Champaign\, Ill. He earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts\, master’s degrees in school social work and educational leadership and a doctorate in education policy studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As both a social worker and a race and gender scholar\, for 12 years\, Dr. Fitzgerald worked through K-12th grade levels as a school social worker\, and then later as a special education equity coordinator in racially and economically diverse settings in Central Illinois. He has worked with social justice grassroots organizations that focus on marginalized children and families\, aligned for the purpose of meeting state and federal requirements\, and helped organizations and corporations work toward meeting the needs of culturally and socially just organizations and environments. Professionally\, he has utilized his program and curriculum evaluation talents to enable public schools in Illinois to make financial\, efficient\, ethical\, racially just policy\, program and curriculum changes. His expertise as a racial scholar is spotlighted in numerous international and national media outlets\, peer-reviewed journals\, and collaborative and independently published books\, including “The Reality of Diversity\, Gender and Skin Color: From Living Room to Classroom\,” “White Prescriptions? The Dangerous Social Potential for Ritalin and other Psychotropic Drugs to Harm Black Males” and “Black Males and Racism: Improving the Schooling and Life Chances of African Americans.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Jones is the CEO at Triad\, a leading provider of education\, community\, and career resources for behavioral and mental health students\, professionals\, and organizations. Before joining Triad in 2019\, Brandon spent nearly two decades at Kaplan Test Prep: he started his career as an SAT instructor\, and then advanced through a series of roles leading various field and home office functions\, with the last several spent as the President of the largest business unit at Kaplan. Brandon is passionate about the transformative power of education; and as an advocate of grit and growth mindset\, he believes that just about anyone can do just about anything. Brandon has an A.B. in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard University\, and lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.  \n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional speaker information coming soon. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched the Center for Workforce Solutions in 2023 in partnership with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and Health Management Associates. The partnership is leveraging Collective Impact to address the workforce crisis\, and using a cross-sector approach to address the long-standing challenges for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/workforce-solutions-jam-bridging-the-gap/
CATEGORIES:Public,Workforce Solutions Jam
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Equity as a Foundation for Leadership 
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, July 11\, 2024Theme: What is equity-grounded leadership? 12:00 pm PT / 1:00 pm MT / 2:00 pm CT / 3:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a leader\, are you:  \n\n\n\n\nReady to cultivate an understanding of how inequity is perpetuated by and in behavioral health systems? \n\n\n\nInterested in how to practice intersectional allyship? \n\n\n\nCurious about integrating data equity frameworks and culturally responsive approaches? \n\n\n\nAware of the importance of engaging in co-production and community-driven practices\, but need a little support in doing so? \n\n\n\nPrepared to demonstrate transformational leadership to improve communities? \n\n\n\n\nIf the answer is yes to any of the above\, then this leadership community is for you!  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us together with Ebony Chambers\, CBHL’s Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership\, at our newest leadership community – Equity as a Foundation for Leadership – for a bi-monthly leadership community designed for any CBHL member interested in developing their knowledge\, skills\, and leadership behaviors as an equity-grounded leader.  You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\nBackground: Equity-grounded leadership shifts the focus of leaders towards intersectionality\, equity\, and anti-racism to drive behavioral health systems transformation. The equity-grounded leadership concept was co-produced with cross-sector behavioral health leaders from around the country\, who developed equity-grounded leadership competencies\, or Principles of Change. Each of the five Principles is accompanied by the necessary knowledge\, values\, skills\, and operational practice behaviors associated with each principle.    \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\n\nImprove knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue.  \n\n\n\nFacilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes. \n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Host\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEbony Chambers is the Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership for The College for Behavioral Health Leadership. In this role\, she oversees the delivery\, facilitation\, content\, and progress of the Equity-Grounded Leadership (EGL) Fellow Program.   \n\n\n\nEbony has over 18 years of experience working with issues of social justice\, equity\, education\, mental health and diversity.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/equity-leadership-community-july/
CATEGORIES:CBHL Leadership Community,Members Only
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SUMMARY:Webinar | Nothing About Us Without Us: Why Civic Engagement is Critical for Behavioral Health Progress 
DESCRIPTION:Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024 is an election year in America where the future of our country will be written. In November people nationwide will go to the polls to vote for their representatives\, to consider ballot initiatives\, and to engage in a critical exercise in democracy.    \n\n\n\nIt is also a reminder of that civic engagement begins before the ballot box and continues afterwards.  Political processes can have real effects on behavioral health policy. While much progress has been made in recent years through the establishment and growth of initiatives like 988\, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs)\, and school-based mental health\, it is not guaranteed.  That is why it is critical to remain informed and engaged in civic proceedings.    \n\n\n\nJoin CBHL and NACBHDD as we highlight efforts to increase civic participation and provide an overview of the federal policy process to help make you a more informed advocate. Through understanding the policy processes and ensuring all voices are heard\, we can help build a more equitable and fair behavioral health system.  \n\n\n\nThis event is open to all! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen: Wednesday\, July 10\, 2024 \n\n\n\n8:00 am – 9:00 am  PT / 9:00 am – 10:00 am MT / 10:00 am – 11:00 am CT / 11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nJonah C. Cunningham\, President and CEO\, National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD)  \n\n\n\nKelly Davis\, Vice President of Peer and Youth Advocacy\, Mental Health America  \n\n\n\nBrandon Graham\, Director of Advocacy\, Government Relations\, Policy & Advocacy\, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)  \n\n\n\nVesper Moore\, COO\, Kiva Centers (TTC)  \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJonah C. Cunningham currently serves as President and CEO of the National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD).  In this role he proactively advocates for national policies that recognize and support the critical role counties play in caring for people affected by mental illness\, addiction\, and developmental disabilities.  In this capacity he also serves as Executive Director of the National Association for Rural Mental Health.    \n\n\n\nPrior to joining NACBHDD\, Jonah worked at Trust for America’s Health\, a public health think tank\, where he focused extensively on ways to reduce mortality from substance misuse and suicide.  Additionally\, he worked as a congressional staffer for several years in the office of Congresswoman Grace F. Napolitano (CA) where he helped to reestablish the Congressional Mental Health Caucus and created a Suicide Prevention Task Force within the Caucus.    \n\n\n\nJonah C. Cunningham has received numerous awards and recognition for his commitment to the field of behavioral health and those served by the nation’s behavioral health system. Jonah has a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the University of Utah and a Master of Public Policy from The George Washington University.  In his free time\, he enjoys learning how to cook and is an avid Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKelly Davis is the Vice President of Peer and Youth Advocacy at Mental Health America\, where she works to expand peer support and young adult leadership. She is passionate about lived experience-driven programs\, policies\, organizations\, and research. Kelly has been awarded the Disruptive Innovator Award by the National Association of Peer Supporters\, the National Peer Leader of the Year Award by Peerpocalypse\, and the 2023 Champion Award from Students with Psychosis. She holds certificates in yoga\, applied positive psychology\, and mental health leadership. \n\n\n\nKelly and her work have appeared in the New York Times\, the Stanford Social Innovation Review\,  NBC Nightly News\, NPR\, and the White House. She recently earned her master’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania\, where she served as a research assistant in the Perelman School of Medicine studying lived experience perspectives of inpatient psychiatric units. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in public health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Graham serves as Director\, Advocacy at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)\, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization. Brandon oversees NAMI’s advocate development and mobilization to advance policies that build better lives for all people affected by mental health conditions. Brandon is responsible for its strategic advocacy campaigns—including the nonpartisan #Vote4MentalHealth campaign to help people understand the impact of their vote on mental health care in the U.S. Brandon also leads efforts to expand the organization’s advocacy presence on social media and thought leadership among policymakers. He serves on the Steering Committee for National Voter Registration Day (September 17\, 2024).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVesper Moore serves as the Chief Operating Officer at the Kiva Centers. As an Indigenous activist and leader\, Vesper is deeply committed to promoting mental health and disability rights through activism\, leadership\, organizing\, public speaking\, and education. Their work focuses on cultivating social movements and raising public awareness to foster lasting social change. \n\n\n\nVesper has contributed to the establishment of mental health organizations worldwide and has been an advocate for civil rights in the United States. Through their advocacy\, they have brought the perspectives of people with mental health challenges and disabilities to both national and international platforms. \n\n\n\nCollaborating with the United States government and the United Nations\, Vesper helps shape strategies around trauma\, intersectionality\, and disability rights. They have been featured on NBC News\, PBS NewsHour\, Politico\, and at The White House. Vesper is at the forefront of legislative reform\, striving to shift the societal paradigm surrounding mental health.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/webinar-nothing-about-us-without-us-why-civic-engagement-is-critical-for-behavioral-health-progress/
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SUMMARY:Workforce Solutions Jam | Aligning Across Levers of Change 
DESCRIPTION:Workforce Solutions Jam | Aligning Across Levers of Change \n\n\n\nState Leadership for Workforce Innovation and Development \n\n\n\nTuesday\, June 18\, 2024 | 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETEvent Length: One Hour \n\n\n\nJoin us on Tuesday\, June 18 for our next Workforce Solutions Jam! The Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration through the Center for Workforce Solutions. \n\n\n\nThe Workforce Solutions Jam will provide an opportunity to: \n\n\n\n\nLearn innovative new practices\n\n\n\nStay informed about ongoing efforts\n\n\n\nEngage with subject matter experts\n\n\n\nHear about new legislation and/or federal workforce efforts\n\n\n\nTake action!\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAddressing the workforce crisis requires a comprehensive approach that aligns and “pulls” multiple levers of change in concert and over time to create meaningful impact. A combination of infrastructure development and the implementation of workforce strategies has shown promising results in Kentucky via a collaborative and intentional approach to advancing workforce solutions.  \n\n\n\nKey Highlights of the Jam include: \n\n\n\n\nMeet a state commissioner to learn how they lead a major workforce development effort throughout their state.\n\n\n\nHear about Kentucky’s experience designing a workforce collaborative and implementing the state’s first strategic action plan specifically devoted to the behavioral health\, developmental and intellectual disabilities workforce.\n\n\n\nLearn examples of actionable infrastructure-building mechanisms and promising workforce strategies that can be applied in other states and localities.\n\n\n\nUnderstand recent state-enacted legislation focused on behavioral health loan forgiveness\, alternative paths to licensure/removing exam requirements\, and examples of strengthening recruitment and education. \n\n\n\nExplore a summary crosswalk of more than 400 workforce recommendations from published reports to serve as an actionable roadmap for addressing the workforce crisis.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPeter Delia is a Federal Policy Manager for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Peter manages a number of federal policy portfolios for the National Council\, including issues related to workforce\, telehealth\, equity\, 988/crisis\, and social determinants of health. Prior to coming to the National Council\, Peter worked as a senior attorney for the Florida Senate\, where he drafted and analyzed legislation related to behavioral health\, Medicaid\, child welfare\, and elder care issues. Peter has also worked as a senior attorney for the Florida Department of Health\, where he practiced administrative litigation and prosecuted disciplinary matters concerning physicians\, optometrists\, chiropractors\, psychologists\, and dentists. Peter is a South Florida native and currently lives in Tallahassee\, FL with his wife\, Eliza. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeth Kuhn\, MILR has over 30 years of experience creating and implementing innovative workforce\, human service and health programs\, leading collaborations among business\, government\, and nonprofit partners.   \n\n\n\nBeth currently serves as Workforce Consultant with the Kentucky Department of Behavioral Health\, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities\, and as Principal at Stonegate Strategies\, a consultancy focused on futuristic workforce development strategies across sectors and organizations.  Beth’s focus is on the workforce of the future – including a special interest and expertise in the behavioral health workforce – and the human and digital transformation of organizations\, people practices\, and public services needed to support the next generation of customers.  \n\n\n\nBeth previously served as Chief Engagement Officer at the Kentucky Cabinet of Health and Family Services\, leading workforce policy and operational efforts to better serve customers and offer them multiple pathways to employment and stability.  She served in both Democratic and Republican administrations as Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Workforce Investment and as Director of Workforce Development for the Vermont Department of Labor\, collaborating across systems to provide employment\, vocational rehabilitation\, veterans\, unemployment insurance\, and other workforce services.    \n\n\n\nBeth has a BA in Public Policy from the James Madison College of Michigan State University\, and a MILR in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. She lives in Louisville\, Kentucky and in Vergennes\, Vermont.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gina Lasky\, PhD\, MAPL\, is a Managing Director for Behavioral Health at Health Management Associates (HMA). Dr. Lasky is a national expert in behavioral health strategy\, policy\, clinical design and operations and partnership development. Her career combines experience as a licensed psychologist with decades of experience in the public sector with a depth of system and policy design as well as expertise in cross- sector leadership. Working with states\, counties\, managed care plans and large providers across the country\, her work focuses on behavioral health system design\, payment and quality\, program innovation and operations including workforce. She is passionate about effective implementation of behavioral health integration and supporting providers on quality improvement such as enhancing measurement- based care; bringing behavioral health services into the community; partnership development; and leveraging human centered design in behavioral health. Dr. Lasky earned her master’s and doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Denver and a master’s degree in public leadership with a specialization in multi-sector management from George Washington University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Katie Marks serves as the Commissioner for the Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health\, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities. As a behavioral scientist\, Dr. Marks supports the departmental mission of promoting health and well-being by facilitating recovery for people whose lives have been affected by mental illness and substance use; supporting people with intellectual or other developmental disabilities; and building resilience for all. Dr. Marks previously served as the project director for the Kentucky Opioid Response Effort (KORE); bringing expertise focused on state\, community\, and organizational-level strategies as well as policies that support recovery from the overdose epidemic. Dr. Marks received a doctorate in Experimental Psychology from the University of Kentucky and a graduate certificate in Clinical and Translational Science.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Vestena Robbins is the Senior Executive Advisor for Innovation and Implementation Support in the Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health\, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities within the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. In this role\, Dr. Robbins leads behavioral health innovation\, implementation\, and system transformation efforts. She has over 30 years experience in the behavioral health services field as a behavioral health services researcher\, program evaluator\, and program administrator and has direct care experience in early care and education and as an elementary school counselor.   \n\n\n\nCurrently\, Dr. Robbins serves as the Principal Investigator of Kentucky’s System of Care Implementation and Expansion grant for child welfare and juvenile justice-involved families; Co-Coordinator for two 988 Workforce Transformation Transfer Initiatives; and leads the Behavioral Health\, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities Workforce Innovation and Development Collaborative. She serves as the department’s designee for the Kentucky Center for School Safety Board of Directors; Kentucky’s CCBHC Demonstration Project; Kentucky State Interagency Council for Services to Children and Transition-Age Youth; Kentucky Healthcare Workforce Collaborative Advisory Group; Kentucky Healthcare Workforce Investment Fund Steering Committee; Kentucky Coalition for Healthy Students; Whole School\, Whole Community\, Whole Child (WSCC) Subcommittee of the Kentucky Board of Education; Cabinet for Health and Family Services’ State University Partnership Advisory Board; Kentucky Juvenile Justice Oversight Council; and the Juvenile Justice Workgroup of the Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health. Dr. Robbins staffs the Social and Emotional Health and Wellbeing and Service Array Standing Committees of the State Interagency Council for Services to Children and Transition-Age Youth. She is a long-standing board member of the Kentucky Council for Children with Behavior Disorders; Red Bird Mission\, Inc.; Camp Beacon; and a founding board member of GLSEN Bluegrass. Dr. Robbins is Co-Chair of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services Institutional Review Board.  \n\n\n\nDr. Robbins received a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Berea College\, a Master’s Degree in Community and School Counseling from the University of South Florida\, and a doctorate in Child and Family Research and Policy from the University of South Florida. She completed a Graduate Certificate in Children’s Mental Health through the University of South Florida in 2008.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHolly Salazar\, MPH\, is Chief Executive Officer of The College for Behavioral Health Leadership (CBHL)\, a leadership organization supporting current and emerging cross-sector leaders with learned and lived experience to collectively advance behavioral health in North America. Holly has worked for more than 15 years in public and community health roles in community-based\, non-profit\, health care\, and local government organizations. An experienced systems leader\, Holly engages with cross-sector leaders to form strong partnerships and create transformative change. Holly believes in the power of true collaboration and leveraging collective talents to solve problems. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched the Center for Workforce Solutions in 2023 in partnership with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and Health Management Associates. The partnership is leveraging Collective Impact to address the workforce crisis\, and using a cross-sector approach to address the long-standing challenges for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/workforce-solutions-jam-june/
CATEGORIES:Workforce Solutions Jam
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SUMMARY:CBHL Member Networking Conversation | Profiles in Leadership - Meet Paolo del Vecchio!
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nMeet Paolo del Vecchio\, MSW! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for our members-only monthly networking conversation\, “Profiles in Behavioral Health Leadership.” This series is designed to highlight inspirational leaders who are eager to share their personal leadership journey. You’ll gain valuable insight into the lessons they’ve learned\, their proudest achievements\, and how they maintain the passion and drive to cultivate healing\, wellness\, and recovery through their work. \n\n\n\n10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMr. del Vecchio is the Director of the Office of Recovery where he provides leadership for SAMHSA’s efforts to advance recovery across the nation. This includes expanding the availability of recovery support services – including peer services\, housing\, employment\, and whole health care – to people with mental health and/or substance use conditions and their families. \n\n\n\nPreviously\, Mr. del Vecchio served as SAMHSA’s Executive Officer and Director of the Office of Management\, Technology and Operations and led improvements in the areas of human resources\, information technology\, ethics\, and more. He also previously served as Director of SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services\, providing executive leadership for Federal efforts to improve the nation’s mental health service systems. This included management of the federal/state mental health block grant program and directing a range of programs and activities that address topics such as suicide prevention\, children’s mental health\, homelessness\, disaster mental health\, HIV/AIDS\, and others. \n\n\n\nPrior to joining SAMHSA\, Mr. del Vecchio worked for the Philadelphia Office of Mental Health in the areas of policy formulation and the planning of a comprehensive system of trauma-informed\, recovery-oriented\, community-based mental health services. \n\n\n\nA person in long-term recovery from mental health conditions and addictions as well as a trauma survivor\, Mr. del Vecchio has over 40 years of behavioral health experience as a consumer\, family member\, provider\, advocate\, and policy maker. He graduated summa cum laude with a master’s degree in social work from Temple University\, has published widely\, and is a highly sought-after national leader and speaker. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMember networking conversations are designed to provide CBHL members with a unique opportunity to connect\, exchange valuable insights\, and collaborate with fellow leaders who are making a difference in their communities.  These sessions offer an informal platform for engaging discussions on leadership topics and challenges that are currently top of mind for our members.   \n\n\n\nThis time is for you!  We encourage you to join the conversation with your camera on if possible.  We look forward to seeing you.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-member-networking-conversation-profiles-in-leadership-meet-paolo-del-vecchio/
CATEGORIES:Members Only
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Supporting the Uptake of Behavioral Health Apps and Technology  
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 6\, 202411:00 am PT / 12:00 pm MT / 1:00 pm CT / 2:00 pm ETEvent length: 75 minutes \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFirst Session Theme: Conducting an analysis to assess how technology can support treatment needs\n\n\n\nAre you grappling with how to address unmet or undermet needs among specific population groups in your community or organization?  \n\n\n\nHave you considered the possibility of integrating behavioral health apps or new technologies into services?   \n\n\n\nDo you feel stuck by how to choose the right technology\, or how to implement successfully?    \n\n\n\nThe increasing demand for behavioral health services\, coupled with challenges in the workforce\, creates a compelling reason to take a closer look at forward-thinking solutions.  Behavioral health apps and other technologies have the potential to supplement existing services by increasing access and engagement among specific communities or population groups.    \n\n\n\nThis quarterly CBHL Leadership Community series is designed for any CBHL member interested in the successful integration of behavioral health apps and technology as a complement to existing practices. You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuest Subject Matter Expert:  Tim Andrews\, Founding President and Chief Commercial Officer\, ORCHA \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTim is an innovative entrepreneur with an extensive background in technology and outsourcing in both the public and private sectors. Tim has focussed on the health and social care environment for the past 10 years and co-founded ORCHA based on his passionate belief in the opportunity that Digital Health offered this exciting but challenging landscape. \n\n\n\nA lawyer by background\, Tim specialised in technology and commercial law and became an expert in the emerging dot.com and ecommerce environment. He moved from private practice and took on a number of General Counsel and Commercial Director roles in technology and outsourcing businesses\, developing some of the most ground breaking and sophisticated contracts in both the public and private spheres during that time. \n\n\n\nTim moved into Healthcare in the commissioning space\, initially supporting many NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups and fledgling NHS Commissioning Support Units   (CSU’s) before taking on the role of Managing Director of a CSU for a period. He co-founded ORCHA and has been responsible for all aspects of the various ORCHA assessments since its inception.  \n\n\n\nTim has supported the development and delivery of Digital Health assessment and accreditation models and approaches for a wide array of pan-national\, national and regional bodies and is a recognised authority on these approaches.  He also has pioneered much of ORCHA’s work in the UK and internationally that is focused on driving the wider adoption and use of digital health technologies amongst health and care bodies. \n\n\n\nAbout ORCHA: The Organisation for the Review of Health and Care Apps (ORCHA) is the world’s leading digital health quality management and distribution platform\, featuring the core infrastructure needed to deliver digital health safely in healthcare services at scale.        \n\n\n\nAs passionate advocates for digital health\, we recognise that it underpins the future of a more patient-centred and sustainable healthcare service. It enables self-managed care that is personalised\, convenient\, empowering for the user\, and available 24/7.    \n\n\n\nOur ‘assurance solutions’ underpin most of the major digital health assessment schemes globally.  Our ‘activation solutions’ support hundreds of health and care providers and thousands of health and care professionals in the UK and globally to truly unlock the power of digital health. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBackground:  \n\n\n\nSignificant interest in our November 2023 webinar\, Revolutionizing Behavioral Health: The Role of Behavioral Health Apps in Addressing the Workforce Crisis\, sparked a follow up roundtable dialogue where CBHL members delved into the potential of behavioral health apps as a transformative technology supporting both mental and physical wellbeing. Participants explored challenges faced by organizations in determining how to select the right technology\, considerations for how to implement as a complement to existing services\, and additional support members might need to feel more informed and better equipped to successfully integrate behavioral health apps and technology into existing practices.   \n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community?  \n\n\n\nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \n\n\n\nCBHL leadership communities are created based on member interest with a focus on a specific topic or leadership population. They are recurring over a specific period of time and open to all CBHL members.  \n\n\n\n\nTo improve knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue. \n\n\n\nTo facilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes.\n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Hosts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gastfriend is an addiction psychiatrist. At Harvard Medical School\, he directed addiction research at Massachusetts General Hospital and was an investigator in the NIDA Cocaine Collaborative Study\, NIAAA’s COMBINE Study and NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network. As Vice President at Alkermes\, Inc.\, he directed scientific publications on Vivitrol in clinical\, criminal justice and health economics research. \n\n\n\nHis research led most states to endorse the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria. His 150 scientific publications include the books The ASAM Criteria and Addiction Treatment Matching. His ASAM CONTINUUM – The ASAM Criteria Decision Engine ® and ASAM’s CO-Triage ® tools are being adopted nationwide. \n\n\n\nIn 2016\, he co-founded DynamiCare Health\, a nationally-scalable technology for Contingency Management and predictive analytics\, winning awards from HarvardBusiness School\, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts\, the Governor of Ohio\, and the New York Times. He has consulted to governments in Belgium\, China\, Iceland\, Israel\, Norway\, Russia and the U.S. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGarrett E. Moran\, Ph.D.\, serves as the the Principal Investigator for the Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care\, a program sponsored by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)\, and served as Project Director of the Academy from 2010 until 2018. He is deeply committed to advancing holistic\, person-centered health care. Dr. Moran retired in 2021 from his role as the Associate Director of Services and Policy Innovation in the Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute\, and Professor in the School of Public Health and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University (WVU). Before coming to WVU he was a Vice President and Associate Director at Westat where he worked for 29 years. \n\n\n\nDr. Moran has more than 50 years of experience in public policy\, program evaluation\, research\, and management. His career has included key leadership roles on projects for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)\, as well as consulting roles with states working on health reform and care integration. His major areas of substantive expertise include integrated healthcare delivery\, health care financing\, health information technology\, and program evaluation. Dr. Moran directed the consultant support and writing contract for the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in the early 2000s\, and subsequently served as an Advisor and Consultant to the States of Maryland and Ohio as they developed mental health transformation plans. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now
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SUMMARY:Workforce Solutions Jam | Workforce Expansion
DESCRIPTION:Workforce Solutions Jam: Workforce Expansion\n\n\n\nAccelerating Investment in the Workforce Pipeline\n\n\n\nTuesday\, May 21\, 2024 | 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am MT / 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ETEvent Length: One Hour \n\n\n\nJoin us on Tuesday\, May 21 for the first Workforce Solutions Jam! The Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration through the Center for Workforce Solutions. \n\n\n\nThe Workforce Solutions Jam will provide an opportunity to: \n\n\n\n\nLearn innovative new practices\n\n\n\nStay informed about ongoing efforts\n\n\n\nEngage with subject matter experts\n\n\n\nHear about new legislation and/or federal workforce efforts\n\n\n\nTake action!\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExpanding the workforce is critical for meeting the growing need for timely and effective behavioral health care. Workforce expansion can help improve accessibility to services and enhance the overall quality of care. The May 21 Workforce Solutions Jam will feature innovative behavioral health workforce expansion projects\, such as Accelerate the Future and the Mass League of Community Health Centers partnership on loan repayment. \n\n\n\nAccelerate the Future is committed to improving the mental health of children and adolescents by supporting a more robust and diverse behavioral health workforce. The foundation invests in projects that build a well-defined behavioral health career ladder\, while supporting models that create well-paying employment opportunities for the behavioral health workforce and provide excellent mental health outcomes for children.  \n\n\n\nKey highlights of this Jam include: \n\n\n\n\nLearn how Massachusetts has addressed a workforce shortage through apprenticeships and loan forgiveness \n\n\n\nHear about how a foundation has invested in projects to build a well-defined behavioral health career ladder and well-paying employment opportunities\n\n\n\nUnderstand the Center for Workforce Solutions’ use of collective impact to address the workforce crisis and key accomplishments since our November 2023 webinar\n\n\n\nLearn more about SAMSHA’s Behavioral Health Workforce Workgroup efforts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRoss Lohr\, Managing Director\, Accelerate the Future\n\n\n\nRoss Lohr (he/him) is the managing director of Accelerate The Future\, a private family foundation based in Massachusetts. Originally from Newton\, Massachusetts\, Lohr received his bachelor’s degrees in economics and psychology from Boston University and an MBA in non-profit management from the Heller School of Social Policy at Brandeis University. While at Boston University\, Lohr founded a non-profit organization providing educational opportunities to children in rural Tanzania\, and later founded a social enterprise creating fair wage jobs at a worker owned factory in North Carolina around textile recycling.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexis Murray\, MSW\, Director\, Program Operations\, Loan Operations\, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers\n\n\n\nAlexis Murray is the Director of Program Operations\, Workforce Initiatives at the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (Mass League). She directs many programs that are in support of a broad range of the Massachusetts workforce\, including the Mass League’s community health centers as well as other community-based organizations. Over the course of the past fifteen years\, Alexis has become an expert and advocate for the Massachusetts workforce needs. In 2017 and again in 2022\, Alexis was selected to be on Mass League’s procurement response teams that ultimately brought in the two largest contracts ever to be awarded to the Mass League.    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrie Reimann\, Vice President\, Practice Improvement and Consulting\, National Council for Mental Wellbeing\n\n\n\nBrie Reimann (she/her) is the Vice President of Practice Improvement and Consulting at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing\, a membership organization that drives policy and social change on behalf of 3\,400 mental health and substance use treatment organizations and the more than 10 million children\, adults and families they serve. In her role she provides department leadership over 40+ practice improvement initiatives that aim to improve access to and quality of care for individuals living with mental illness and substance use concerns. She is a passionate change leader who believes that all individuals and families should have equitable access to quality health care services. Prior to joining the National Council Reimann led statewide integrated care initiatives in Colorado focusing on primary care\, mental health\, substance use and HIV care settings working toward advancing comprehensive care  to provide essential primary\, treatment and recovery services for all individuals and families. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy B. Smith\, LPC\, Public Health Advisor\, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)\n\n\n\nAmy B. Smith\, L.P.C. is a Public Health Advisor within the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)\, Division of Systems Improvement (DSI).  She serves as a co-staff lead for the Cross-SAMHSA Workforce Workgroup and co-POC for the Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center which is funded by SAMHSA and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). She is the ACOR for the National Center for Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) a collaborative effort between CSAT and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). Amy is the SME lead for the Pregnant and Postpartum Women (PPW) programs in DSI and a member of the HHS Maternal Mental Health Task Force. Prior to joining the DSI team\, Amy was the co-lead for the Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale -Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched the Center for Workforce Solutions in 2023 in partnership with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and Health Management Associates. The partnership is leveraging Collective Impact to address the workforce crisis\, and using a cross-sector approach to address the long-standing challenges for expanding and solidifying the behavioral health workforce.
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/workforce-solutions-jam-may-21/
CATEGORIES:Workforce Solutions Jam
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