Asian American Family Services' Morning Tea Seminars: Thursday, April 28, 2011

Come join the Asian American Family Services’ Stanley Sue Center for Cultural Competency for the on-going series of Morning Tea Seminars scheduled for the 4th Thursday of even number months.

The Morning Tea Seminar on Thursday, April 28th will bring a more in-depth look at human trafficking issues affecting the Houston community. Learn from an expert in the field what constitutes as human trafficking and what can be done.

Morning Tea Seminars are cross-cultural forums so that Houston-area community advocates and practitioners from different helping disciplines can take part in trainings and workshops that are developed to help individuals provide more effective and culturally sensitive mental health care. Mental Health Professionals from their respective fields will present on a topic currently affecting our community to bring forth a better understanding of our community’s needs. The Morning Tea seminars will be held once every fourth Thursday of the even numbered months.

Morning Tea Seminar

Date: Thursday, April 28, 2011

Time: 9:00 am to 10:00am

Registration/ Check-in: 8:30am

Please RSVP by April 21, 2011

rsvp@aafstexas.org

713-600-9400 (ext. 127)

One (1) Hour CEU available for LMFT, LPC, LMSW

*Please inform us of your request at the time of your RSVP.

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Texas Mental Health News 3/2011

Mental health funding cuts in Texas a big mistake, critics warn San Antonio Business Journal The Texas Department of State Health Services says $961.5 million is budgeted for mental healthservices in fiscal year 2011. A spokeswoman for the department, Carrie Williams, says House Bill 1 proposes allocating $847.3 million in fiscal year 2012.

Mental health community needs resiliency to weather upcoming storm Victoria Advocate Gulf Bend Center, along with nine other community mental health centers and five state hospitals, has joined a collaborative effort with Mental Health America of Texas and the National Alliance of Mental Illness of Texas.

Menninger plans new Houston hospital Topeka Capital Journal “As a teaching and research hospital, and an affiliate of Baylor College of Medicine, the proximity of our new hospital to the Texas Medical Center will be ideal for delivering the best personalized mental health services and prevention programs.

Shay Bilchik: The TT Interview Texas Tribune So when we think about cuts to education, cuts to mental health, cuts to substance abuse, cuts to job training, cuts to youth program development and opportunities. All of those cuts potentially have an impact on later delinquency for our young people.

As Mental Health Cuts Mount, Psychiatric Cases Fill Jails

State lawmakers are considering proposals that would reduce community-based health care services for adults and children and for community mental hospitals by about $152 million in 2012 and 2013. It is roughly a 20 percent reduction in financing from the previous two-year budget.

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