Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
August 5, 2005, Vol. 05-109

SAMHSA'S Center for Mental Health Services National Advisory Council, Subcommitee on Cunsumer/Survivor Issues Meets August 15-16, 2005 in Rockville, Maryland

The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) Subcommittee on Consumer/Survivor Issues of the CMHS National Advisory Council (NAC) will hold its next meeting on Monday, August 15 through Tuesday, August 16 at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in Rockville, Maryland. (See below for address.) The meeting will take place in the Sugarloaf Room and is open to the public. All those interested are encouraged to attend.

The agenda of the upcoming meeting features presentations from the Administrator of SAMHSA, Charles G. Curie, M.A., A.C.S.W. (invited), and the Deputy Director of CMHS, Ted Searle, M.B.A. There will also be presentations and discussions on the development of the Kansas consumer-driven statement, defining consumer-driven mental health services, workforce development and peers as providers presented by the Annapolis Coalition, an update on SAMHSA's mental health transformation State Incentive Grants and SAMHSA's Transformation Action Initiative. Attendees are also provided an opportunity for public comment.

SAMHSA welcomes three newly appointed members to CMHS National Advisory Council, Subcommittee on Consumer Survivor Issues: Ms. Frances Priester, director of the Office of Consumer and Family Affairs for the Department of Mental Health for the District of Columbia; Ms. Ellen Awai, volunteer coordinator for NAMI Hawaii; and Mr. Randall Bosin, public mental health system advocate and consultant of Chevy Chase, Maryland.

The full CMHS National Advisory Council Meeting will take place at the same site on the three days immediately following the Subcommittee meeting, August 17-19, 2005.

SAMHSA
1 Choke Cherry Road
Rockville, MD 20857

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CMHS CONSUMER/SURVIVOR SUBCOMMITTEE

The Subcommittee on Consumer/Survivor Issues was formed in August 2000 to report to the CMHS National Advisory Council (NAC) on the specific needs, issues and concerns of mental health consumers/survivors from the consumer/survivor perspective, and to advise and make recommendations to the NAC. (A complete list of the Subcommittee's recommendations to the NAC can be accessed at http://samhsa.gov/cmhs/AdvisoryCouncil/matrix.asp .) The Subcommittee consists of members of the NAC and expert consultants.

Anyone interested in serving on the Subcommittee on Consumer/Survivor Issues should submit a resume and a statement of interest to CMHS Consumer Affairs Specialist Chris Marshall at chris.marshall@samhsa.hhs.gov or mail to Chris Marshall, SAMHSA, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Suite 6-1071, Rockville, MD, 20857.

More information about the Subcommittee on Consumer/Survivor Issues is available on the CMHS website at http://samhsa.gov/consumersurvivor/programs.asp

AGENDA

Monday, August 15, 2005

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Registration

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

Old Business
. Welcome New Members
. Status of Recommendations

10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. CMHS Director's Report
Ted Searle, M.B.A., Deputy Director, CMHS

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Kansas Consumer-Driven Statement
Randy G. Johnson, Program
Specialist, Consumer Affairs and
Development, Kansas Health Care Policy -
Mental Health

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Consumer/Survivor Subcommittee
Consumer-Driven Statement
Larry Fricks, Chair, CMHS National Advisory

Council Subcommittee on
Consumer/Survivor Issues
Pat Risser, Member, CMHS Subcommittee
on Consumer/Survivor Issues
Maria Maceira-Lessley, Member, CMHS
Subcommittee on Consumer/Survivor
Issues

3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Annapolis Coalition
John A. Morris, M.S.W., (invited) Vice Chair,
Annapolis Coalition, Professor and Director
of Health, Policy Studies, Department of
Neuropsychiatry & Behavioral Sciences,
University of South Carolina

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Public Comment

5:00 p.m. Meeting Adjourns

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. SAMHSA Administrator's Report
Charles G. Curie, M.A., A.C.S.W., (Invited)

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. SAMHSA Mental Health Transformation
State Incentive Grants
Crystal Blyler, Social Science Analyst, CMHS

SAMHSA Transformation Action Initiative
Roslyn Holliday Moore, Public Health
Advisor, CMHS

12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. NAC Agenda and Recommendations

2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Public Comment

3:00 p.m. Meeting Adjourns
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