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Holding Hope is a monthly email communication to share updates, activities and resources that support and advance children's behavioral health in Oregon.

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November Events - Opportunities - Resources

Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings​​​

November 2024

​In this issue...

Chelsea's Chat; Mental health coalition and partnership with first responders supports awareness of 988 resource; Give us your thoughts on children's behavioral health; Community First Choice “K Plan" for mental health update; Trillium Family Services opens new psychiatric day treatment facility in Salem; Updated fentanyl toolkit for schools and opioid prevention lessons now available ; Policy option package for student mental health and wellness; Five highlights from the agency request budget; Salma Abdulkadir joins the CFBH team; Tribal suicide prevention efforts highlight the power of culture; Culture is prevention: Tribal training for Sources of Strength; Gratitude from the CFBH Team; What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources​

October Events - Opportunities - Resources

Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings​​​

October 2024

​Chelsea's Chat; Please share your thoughts on children's behavioral health; 2024 Peer Fusion Retreat; Young adult work at OHA; School attendance matters; In community; Construction underway for new residential facility in Eastern Oregon; Referral and Capacity Management (RCM); What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources​

September Events - Opportunities - Resources

Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings​​​ ​​ 

September 2024

​​In this issue...

Chelsea's Chat; National connection opportunity; Suicide Prevention Awareness Month; Oregon's Youth IDD Mental Health Summit; Welcome Anis Zaman – Hatfield Fellow; January-June updates to the CFBH Roadmap; Home and Community-Based Services – Senate Bill 1557 (2024) – Updates; Behavioral Health Youth Engagement report; Feeling PRIDE in Eastern Oregon; Wraparound – a success story from Christianna Rhoads; Interdisciplinary Assessment Teams — Expedited Assessment Services for Youth (EASY); Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) provider education – input needed; What we are reading, watching or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources

August Events - Opportunities - Resources

Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings​​​ ​​ 

August 2024

In this issue: Chelsea's Chat; Wraparound engagement sessions; Access to mental health assessment, treatment or services for children and youth up to 21 with intellectual or developmental disability; Workgroup: Families leading children's behavioral health systems - K-plan draft recommendation consultation; Youth Intellectual and Developmental Disability Mental Health Summit August 20 and 21; Fidelity Wraparound expansion - Request for Grant Applications posted; Building Bridges Initiative; Roger Brubaker joins CFBH youth suicide prevention team; Thank you note to Black Youth Suicide Prevention Policy Academy participants; Over 3,000 storage devices for lethel means distributed; What we are reading or listening to; Events - Opportunities - Resources​

July Events - Opportunities - Resources

Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings​​​ ​​ ​

July 2024

​In this issue: ​Chelsea's Chat; Mobile Response and Stabilization (MRSS) summer update; Release of a new Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan (YSIPP) annual report; Recognizing the work of Dr. Ajit Jetmalani; Introduce Raven Duren, Youth ERA's youngest youth Drop manager; Sources of Strength summar; What do families need to thrive?; Profile of a Family Support Specialist; Oregon teen blog on national Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website; Residential capacity tracking moves forward; Summer Learning for 2024; Supporting LGBTQIA2S+ youth; What we are reading

June Events - Opportunities - Resources

Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings​​​ ​​ ​

June 2024

In this issue: ​Chelsea's Chat; Children's Mental Health Acceptance Day; New youth drop in-center in Redmond; System of Care strategy meeting grows interconnectedness of agencies; Ombuds team helps OHP members overcome struggles with getting services and supports; Coos and Curry counties connect with CFBH on community needs; International residential and community services conference; Alliance conference brings wider community together; 2024 Sources Showcase honors youth-led suicide prevention work in Oregon; Changes at Early Assessment and Support Alliance; Catholic Community Services Family Search and Engagement: "Children need thier families and families need thier children"; Summer food service program for students; Events-Opportunites - Resorces 

May 2024

​In this issue: Chelsea's Chat; Children's Mental Health Acceptance Day invitation; Youth engagement for policy priorities – what did we learn?Understanding the need for respiteNew leadership at Oregon Family Support NetworkOHA expands health benefits for youthWhere are the Intensive Treatment Services (ITS) capacity graphs?What we’re readingEvents – Opportunities – Resources

April Events – Opportunities – Resources

Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings​​​ ​​ ​

April 2024

In this issue: ​Chelsea's Chat; Nexus Family Healing Walden Crossing opens; Madrona Recovery open house; Nurturing Hope - Suicide prevention in Oregon; Medicaid fee-for-service rate increases for behavioral health services; What we're reading; Events-Opportunities-Resources

March Events – Opportunities – Resources

​​​​​​​​Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings​​​ ​​ ​​

March 2024

In this issue: Chelsea's Chat; March 6 – Presentation of recommendations for Medicaid and children's behavioral health​; Umatilla County CARE Program; Nurturing Hope – Suicide prevention in Oregon; Understanding the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic & Treatment Program; Progress report for the CFBH Roadmap, July-December 2023; Roadmap 2.0; "A Time for Families" makes a diffe​rence one story at a time; Intensive Treatment Services capacity reports; What we're reading;  Events – Opportunities – Resources​​ 

February Events – Opportunities – Resources

​​​​​​​Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings​​​ ​​ ​

February 2024

In this issue: Chelsea's Chat; Meet the REAP Youth SAVE team; Oregon Pediatric Society wins contract award for pediatric suicide prevention; The Black Youth Suicide Prevention Coalition; Black Youth Suicide Coalition: inivtaiton for Black youth to attend mixer; The Life-sustaining Practices Fellowship pilot project; Youth Mental Health Summit; Intensive Treatment Services capacity reports; What we're reading;  Events – Opportunities – Resources​​ 

January Events – Opportunities – Resources

​​​​​​Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings​​​ ​​ 

January 2024

In this issue: Chelsea's Chat; Welcome Molly Sandmeier, Hatfield Resident Fellow; Oregon Alliance to Prevent Suicide, youth and young adults focus group findings; Empowering communities: AOCMHP and OHA's impactful mini-grant program; Madrona Recovery 18-bed expansion in 2024; Intensive Treatment Services capacity reports; Events – Opportunities – Resources​​ 

December Events – Opportunities – Resources

​​​​​Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings​​​ ​

December 2023

In this issue: Chelsea's Chat; School-Based Mental Health program: The Wellness Center at Scappoose High School; Peer-delivered services and the Office of Recovery and Resiliance; Suicide Prevention Conference; $500,000 in grants awarded to OHA for culturally specific suicide prevention; Applications open for youth-serving Black, African or African American adults to join Life Sustaining Practice Fellowship; Dr. Sejal Hathi announced as OHA Director; Intensive Treatment Services capacity reports; Events – Opportunities – Resources​​ 

November Events – Opportunities – Resources

​​​​Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings​​​ 

November 2023

In this issue: Chelsea's Chat; The CFBH unit shares their gratitude; Roadmap – New progress report available; Request for Grant Applications (RFGA) – Youth SUD in Oregon is on OregonBuys; Workgroup: Families Leading Children's Behavioral Heathl Systems –​ date and time change; November 15 Behavioral Health Community Techinical Assistance and Support Session; Public Health Advisory Board accepting applications for new members; Capacity monitoring for Intensive Treatment Services; Events – Opportunities – Resources​

October Events – Opportunities – Resources

​​​​Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings​​

October 2023

​In this issue: Chelsea's Chat; Welcome Megan Kirk, Hatfield Resident Fellow; Youth & Young Adult Substance Use Prevention and Recovery Symposium; The 4D Recovery Center in Portland; Request for Grant Applications (RFGA) – Youth SUD in Oregon; Youth Data Council recruiting new members; All voices invited to Roadmap focused community conversations; Workgroup: Families in children's behavioral health policy making; Capacity monitoring for Intensive Treatment Services; Events – Opportunities – Resources​

September Events – Opportunities – Resources

​Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings

September 2023

​​In this issue: ​Chelsea's Chat; Suicide Prevention Month call to action for schools; Black Youth Suicide Prevention Travel Team; Welcome Julie Graves, Intensive Services Coordinator; Welcome Christianna Rhoads, Wraparound and System of Care Coordinator; Engaging Community Voice: School-Based Mental Health, Mental Health Promotion & Prevention​; School community partnerships; National experts reviewing Medicaid system in Oregon; All voices invited to community conversations; Families in children’s behavioral health policy making; Workgroup looks at safety in residential settings; Capacity monitoring for Intensive Treatment Services

August Events – Opportunities – Resources

​Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings​​

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