Interested in sharing your opinion or views on this issue or your personal experiences, concerns or ideas about current efforts to reform mental health services and supports in Michigan. Click here to find your Senator and share your voice today!
ACMH Sends a Huge Thank You to ‘Tiny Bit of Wood’!
Huge shout out to Tiny Bit of Wood for donating the proceeds after auctioning this beautiful Tea Box as a part of their Tiny Bit of Good campaign – a series of fundraisers that began in December 2020 to benefit local organizations working with marginalized communities.
Tiny Bit of Wood With the Woods in Mind creates environmentally conscious wood art and furniture from locally-sourced lumber obtained from tree service companies and/or naturally fallen trees. 100 % of lumber used is gathered, cut, dried, and sculpted in a one-woman wood shop right here in Michigan. Click here to learn more about Tiny Bit of Wood today!
Action Alert from the National Federation of Families – Opportunity to Share Your Voice
Parents and Caregivers:
Last year, the National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health surveyed families to better understand the incredible challenges so many were facing. The 1,100 families who completed the anonymous survey provided critical information about how the pandemic was impacting them and their children, especially in terms of academic progress, mental and behavioral health and substance use. As a result, they created a compelling infographic which was shared with SAMHSA and countless national partners and support organizations.
Now they invite you to participate in the second edition of our “How is School Affecting Children’s and Families’ Mental Health During COVID-19”survey. The survey is open to all caregivers with children of any age living at home who are in an educational program – at any level – or who chose to leave an educational program during the pandemic. Results of the survey will once again provide us with valuable information about the challenges families are experiencing and will inform our advocacy efforts at the national level. We hope you will share the survey with other parents and caregivers you know. Hearing from as many families as possible will only strengthen our ability to represent family voice.
You can access the survey by clicking here.
ACMH Awarded a $5,000 Donation from MeijerTeam Gives!
ACMH was recently selected by the staff of the Okemos Meijer Store to receive a $5,000 donation as a part of MeijerTeam Gives. This year Meijer Team Gives donated over $3 million dollars to an estimated 500 local non-profits across the midwest ahead of the holiday season. Each store and distribution facility could award one local nonprofit $10,000 or two nonprofits $5,000 a piece in the Meijer Team Gives donation program and funds were distributed following Giving Tuesday. We are so grateful for the donation and especially the local Meijer Team’s interest in children’s mental health and the work of ACMH!
ACMH to Host Virtual Youth Leadership Camp in March
We are pleased to announce that the Association of Children’s Mental Health will be holding a virtual Youth Leadership Camp on Saturday, March 26, 2022! This event will be an opportunity for youth and young adults between the ages of 15-20 with personal experience with a mental health or behavioral challenge to connect with others and learn about how they can use their voices in a leadership capacity.
This camp will provide youth and young adults an opportunity to connect with others across the state who are interested in getting involved in advocacy efforts and learn skills to speak out on issues that affect young people with mental health or behavioral challenges.
Where: Virtually, via Zoom
When: Saturday, March 26, 2022 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Who: Youth ages 15-20 with personal experience with a mental health or behavioral challenge
Why: An opportunity to –
- Build skills
- Learn about opportunities for youth voice in our state
- Talk about issues that matter to YOU
- Connect with others
- Have fun!
How to Apply:
Applications are due by February 7, 2022. Applications can be submitted by filling out the digital form linked below or by downloading the regular form and emailing it back to Sara Reynolds at [email protected].
Download Regular Application Form: ACMH-Youth-Leadership-Camp-Application-Winter-2022
For questions & more information, contact: Sara Reynolds at [email protected] or call 517-643-3544.
Michigan Psychiatric Care Improvement Project (MPCIP) Shares October Updates
Download the October Update Here: Michigan Psychiatric Care Improvement Project October Update
Ongoing work has been occurring across our state in an effort to improve mental health crisis services for individuals, children and youth who need them. Two of the groups focused on making improvements include The Michigan House CARES Task Force and Michigan Psychiatric Admissions Workgroups. The work and discussions of these groups have evolved into the Michigan Psychiatric Care Improvement Project (MPCIP) which is currently working to improve crisis services throughout Michigan.
The Michigan Psychiatric Care Improvement Project is currently focused on creating a 2-part crisis system that will:
- Be available for anyone, anytime, anywhere which will include MiCal a statewide Crisis and Access Line, Mobile crisis services and stabilization services/facilities; and
- Improve/increase/integrate available intensive crisis services needed by individuals, children and youth with more significant behavioral health and/or substance use issues.
Download the document above to learn more about current initiatives and work including MiCal Michigan’s Statewide Crisis and Access Line; 988 Coalition; Psychiatric Bed Registry; Crisis Stabilization Units; Mobile Crisis Units; and more.
Kaiser Foundation Shares Study of Impact of COVID on Children’s Mental Health
A recent study by the Kaiser Foundation outlined some of the factors contributing to poor mental health and substance use outcomes among children and youth during the pandemic. Check out the full report Mental Health and Substance Use Considerations Among Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic here.
Last Day to Submit Proposals for ACMH’s Fall 2022 Conference!
This year’s conference “We Shall Overcome: Advocacy to Activism” is dedicated to coming together as families, youth, professionals, peers, teams and systems to find ways to better support the needs of children and youth with mental health challenges.
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your expertise, ideas and examples on how we might address some of the barriers we collectively face in order ro create real change and a mental health system that works for youth with mental challenges and their families.
Click here Requests for Presentations to learn more or submit a proposal today.
We truly are stronger together and what a better time than this moment to come together as a community dedicated to children’s mental health, to create or renew our connections, share our expertise, support one another, spread some much-needed hope and finally find solutions to the issues we collectively face. Together we can and will create a Michigan where all kids with mental health challenges get the help and support they need when they need it creating a brighter future for them us all!
Conference sessions should be geared toward families of children, youth, or young adults with mental health challenges, as well as the community partners who support them. Workshops will be 75 minutes in length. Presentations that reflect this year’s theme and include an individual/individuals with lived experience are preferred. Proposals that showcase family/community partnerships, creative change efforts, innovative strategies to increase family voice and access to mental health services and supports and those that highlight the importance of family-driven, youth guided care, family voice/choice and peer support will also be given priority. The information requested below will be used to select conference sessions and ensure presentations meet the needs of our audience and theme of this year’s conference.
**This year’s event is all about coming up with ideas on how to collectively improve things for kids and families and then moving them into action, so proposals that include or partner with an individual or individuals with lived experience will be given preference in selection.
FFCMH Shares Infographic about the Impact of Covid-19 on Families – Insights from Family Leaders Across the Nation
In August of 2021, the National Federation of Families hosted a series of roundtable discussions with Executive Directors of family-run organizations from across the nation. The The Impact of COVID-19 -How Are Families Doing 18 Months In? Insights From Family Leaders in 27 States infographic was created to capture their insights about vaccine hesitancy and the toll the pandemic is taking on families and their staff.
Download it here: COVID ED Infographic FFCMH
Bridge Magazine Series- Mental Health Crisis: Children at breaking point during COVID
Bridge Michigan just released a three part report on a mental-health crisis facing Michigan children and teens. The series introduces you to families and hospital ER doctors and nurses left to care for children in distress who can’t get the mental-health treatment they deserve, sometimes for weeks. And it begins a conversation on policy solutions to help thousands of young people in crisis.
Click here to read segment one in its entirety.
Click her for the July 1st article Bureaucracy but no beds -Emergency rooms confront ‘tidal wave of sadness’ among young patients.
Click here for the July 2nd article A child mental-health fix takes early action, more help. Here are 7 ideas.
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