Post by blackcrowheart on Jan 22, 2006 18:47:38 GMT -5
CA American Indian Healthcare Organizations Call on Department of Mental
Health and County Mental Health Departments to Fund Indian Mental Health
Providers
Wednesday January 18, 2:00 pm ET
'Non-Support Would Be Devastating to Indian Clients in Need of Adequate
Mental Health Services'
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- American Indian Healthcare
Organizations operating Indian mental health treatment clinics in many
counties in CA join the California Rural Indian Health Board and other
concerned advocacy groups to urge the Department of Mental Health and
County Mental Health Departments (CMHD) to support funding for Indian
mental healthcare providers through the Mental Health Services Act.
James Crouch, CRIHB's Executive Director, Jerome J. Simone, United
Indian Health Service's Chief Executive Officer, Maria Tripp, UIHS's
Board Chairperson, Lorie Jaimes, Greenville Rancheria's Tribal Chair,
Dr. Marshall Gouze, Greenville Rancheria Tribal Health Program's
Executive Director, Farrell Neely, Tule River Health Center's Executive
Director, Neil Peyron, Tule River Tribe's Tribal Chair, and many other
health advocates support funding of Indian mental health treatment
clinics, pointing out that such funding will positively affect the
health and well-being of some of California's most vulnerable and
diverse citizens. These Indian citizens of California rely on and trust
the community-based and culturally-appropriate services provided by the
Indian mental healthcare providers and no other type of provider will be
as effective or culturally competent.
Yesterday the American Indian Healthcare Organizations sent a letter to
Stephen Mayberg, Director of Department of Mental Health and to Patricia
Ryan, Executive Director of CA Mental Health Directors Association,
detailing Indian Healthcare Organizations' concerns regarding how the
vast majority of Indian mental heath treatment clinics have been left
out of the funding partnerships between CMHD and other community-based
mental health providers and the need to fund Indian mental health
providers, with a plea that the Directors immediately support this
partnership. Many of the Indian mental healthcare clinics are struggling
to stay afloat, yet continue to serve the mental healthcare needs of
Indian clients and are thereby doing the work of the CMHD -- most often
without county compensation. If not for some other resources that flow
into the Indian mental health treatment clinics, the CMHD must figure
out a way to provide mental healthcare to this diverse and hard to reach
population.
Contact Mr. LeBeau for further information on this issue:
Mark LeBeau, M.S.
916-929-9761
Health and County Mental Health Departments to Fund Indian Mental Health
Providers
Wednesday January 18, 2:00 pm ET
'Non-Support Would Be Devastating to Indian Clients in Need of Adequate
Mental Health Services'
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- American Indian Healthcare
Organizations operating Indian mental health treatment clinics in many
counties in CA join the California Rural Indian Health Board and other
concerned advocacy groups to urge the Department of Mental Health and
County Mental Health Departments (CMHD) to support funding for Indian
mental healthcare providers through the Mental Health Services Act.
James Crouch, CRIHB's Executive Director, Jerome J. Simone, United
Indian Health Service's Chief Executive Officer, Maria Tripp, UIHS's
Board Chairperson, Lorie Jaimes, Greenville Rancheria's Tribal Chair,
Dr. Marshall Gouze, Greenville Rancheria Tribal Health Program's
Executive Director, Farrell Neely, Tule River Health Center's Executive
Director, Neil Peyron, Tule River Tribe's Tribal Chair, and many other
health advocates support funding of Indian mental health treatment
clinics, pointing out that such funding will positively affect the
health and well-being of some of California's most vulnerable and
diverse citizens. These Indian citizens of California rely on and trust
the community-based and culturally-appropriate services provided by the
Indian mental healthcare providers and no other type of provider will be
as effective or culturally competent.
Yesterday the American Indian Healthcare Organizations sent a letter to
Stephen Mayberg, Director of Department of Mental Health and to Patricia
Ryan, Executive Director of CA Mental Health Directors Association,
detailing Indian Healthcare Organizations' concerns regarding how the
vast majority of Indian mental heath treatment clinics have been left
out of the funding partnerships between CMHD and other community-based
mental health providers and the need to fund Indian mental health
providers, with a plea that the Directors immediately support this
partnership. Many of the Indian mental healthcare clinics are struggling
to stay afloat, yet continue to serve the mental healthcare needs of
Indian clients and are thereby doing the work of the CMHD -- most often
without county compensation. If not for some other resources that flow
into the Indian mental health treatment clinics, the CMHD must figure
out a way to provide mental healthcare to this diverse and hard to reach
population.
Contact Mr. LeBeau for further information on this issue:
Mark LeBeau, M.S.
916-929-9761