Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web on-line support group via its deja community Chat Room on Wednesdays 8-9 p.m. Alaska Time. for questions and comments, please call 222-2980
Every Wednesday at noon, Informal Consumer Gathering at Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web Inc. 619 E5th Ave. Anchorage ( 5th Ave. and Gamble) for more info., please call 222-2980
Every 4th Monday, Mental Health Consumers of Alaska Board meeting for more info., call 277-3817
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday 7:30 NAMI Anchorage ( President Pat Kouris 561-3313) meeting at 144 W. 15th Ave, Anchorage
Every 3rd Thursday 6 pm NAMI Alaska State Board Meeting at NAMI
office 144 W. 15th Ave. Anchorage and via teleconference 269-3600 or
279-6617
2/2/00, Wed. 1 pm. Disability Law Workshop by Cindy Drinkwater, Staff Lawyer from DLC at Consumer Computer Connection, 619 E 5th Avenue, Suite 212, Anchorage, Alaska.
2/3/00, Thursday 4:30 pm Teleconference on Outpatient Commitment by National Empowerment Center-West (with Dan Fisher and Laurie Ahern) Please join to input your views or just listen at the Computer Connection, 619 E 5th Ave.Suite 212 Anchorage. 222-2980
2/4/00, Friday 3 pm Disability Law Center, Staff Attorney Cindy Drinkwater, is presenting on Mental Health Consumer Rights and Responsibilities at the Homer Independent Living Center, 3953 Bartlett Street--across from the Blue Garter There also will be a presentation at the HCMHC Annex for clients of that program starting at 10:30 am--Lunch
2/9/00, Wed. AHFC Public Hearing at its main office, 6 pm. Anchorage
2/ 9/00, Wed. 1 pm. TWIIA ( Tickets to Work & Work Incentive Improvement Act of 1999 ) by Michelle Morehouse, UAA at Consumer Computer Connection, 619 E 5th Avenue, Suite 212, Anchorage, Alaska.
2/16/00 Mental Health Board Program Evaluation and Review Committee API Review.
2/16/00, Wed. 1 pm. Alaska State Health & Social Services in general by Diane Disanto from the Commissioner's Office at Consumer Computer Connection, 619 E 5th Avenue, Suite 212, Anchorage, Alaska.
2/18/00 Friday, API Governing Body meeting at 8:30 am in the room 3123, API Building, Anchorage. See, Agenda.
2/24 - 25/00, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting at Juneau
3/14/00 Providers Association (ACMHSA) meeting in Juneau.
3/14-16/00 Bridges Conference at Juneau for more info. call 563-0880
3/16/00 - 3/18, Alaska Mental Health Board meeting in Juneau. See, Invitation Letter and Agenda.
3/21-22/00 Child Abuse Prevention Meeting Juneau for more information contact: Marie Lavigne, Statewide Newtwork Coordinator 907-257-0305 or 1-800-701-0328 Shari Paul 907-465-4870 or 1-800-643-KIDS Diane Disanto 907-269-7800
ABADA Meeting?
4/29/00 -5/ 2, Conference Name:In the Public Interest Building Communities That Care Conference Site:Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia. Behavioral healthcare training that matters-skills and tools that help you build support for your behavioral health care programs, alliances with your colleagues, and increase your effectiveness as a valued provider in your community . Contact Information:800-233-1234 or fax at 703-418-6727
5/3-6/00 2000 Mental Health Consumer and Family Member Leadership Conference at the Anchorage Marriott Downtown, put on by Mental Health Consumers of Alaska and NAMI-Alaska.
5/3/00, National Anxiety disorders Screening Day, United States, Puerto Rico, And Canada, Contact Information:Jeanine Christiana (718) 351-1717 http://www.nmisp.org/anxiety.htm
5/11-13/00, Thursday to Saturday State of Alaska Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Board Meeting at Gold Miner's Hotel Conference Room Palmer, Alaska Public Comment Time: - -- 4:15 pm Thursday
5/17 - 19/00, GCDSE Council Meeting, Kenai
5/20/00 The Trust Committee Meetings 9 am to 5 pm at Valdez Room, Anchorage Marriott Hotel 820 West 7th Avenue
5/21/00 The Trust Trustee Meeting 9 am to 4:30 pm at Valdez Room, Anchorage Marriott
5/22/00 The Trust Beneficiary Board Collaboration Meeting 8:15 am to 4:30 pm. at Anchorage Marriott Downtown
5/22-/26/00, International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services Annual Conference at Crystal City Washington D. C. for detail, click on www.iapsrs.org
5/30-6/2/00 2000 National Conference on Mental Health Statistics "Back to the Future Out of the Past" Measuring What Counts and Making What We Measure Count Our 49th annual Conference Sponsored by Center for Mental Health Services At Renaissance Mayflower Hotel - Washington, D.C
June, 2000
6/6/00 National Mini Summit of Mental Health Consumer by the Clearing House for more information call, Joe Rogers Pre Conference to the Clifford Beers Conference.
6/7-10/00 Clifford Beers National Mental Health Conference at Loew's L'Enfant Plaza Hotel Washington D.C.hosted by National Mental Health Association for more information, call Brian Cooper at the national office See Agenda.
6/7/00, COMP plan Workgroup, Anchorage
6/13-15/00, ACoA Meeting, Homer
6/13/00 Seattle Presentation on TWWIIA of 1999, Federal Policy Sate Opportunities: "Models and Strategies for an Inclusive Workforce" at The Westin Seattle. Seattle, WA. See, draft Agenda and Registration Form.
6/14/00 5 pm. Compeer Picnic Anchorage for more information please call 222-2978
6/14-18/00 NAMI National Convention at San Diego, Calif
6/20/00 The Trust Rural Meeting
6/21 - 23/00 Annual NAPAS Conference, Grand Hyatt Hotel 1000 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001 Considered the "Crown Jewel"in ATTAC's Training Initiative, the Annual Conference offers P&A/CAP professionals more than 80 workshops in nine theme-based tracks, three thought-provoking and sometimes highly charged plenaries and others special sessions developed to respond to unexpected issues of significance to disability rights advocates. In addition, the Annual Conference includes a full complement of pre-conference activities including day-long issue intensive institutes, and an orientation to the P&A/CAP System. The Conference is designed with P&A/CAP professionals of all levels of experience in mind, but has immense value for other disability rights and advocates as well. . for more information, please call 222-2978
6/22-23/00 The Alaska Mental Health Board Budget Committee in Anchorage; review of proposals and stakeholders comment time, all consumers are urged to input their funding priorities
6/22/00, Thursday at 5:30 Alaska Mental Health Board Budget Committee Consumer/Family Focus Group meeting at the Computer Connection, 619 E 5th Ave. Suite 212 Anchorage downtown 222-2980 Refreshment Served. Tell the AMHB how the system works for us and how it can be improved.
6-23/2000 API Governing Board Meeting 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.,The Governing Body Conference Room, Room 2192 Second Floor – API
6/24-26/00 Alaska Mental Health Board meeting in Galena. See announcement and agenda.
6/27/00, Tuesday, 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Public Meeting; Proposed Draft Standards for Quality Assurances & Standards for Hospitals that provide Designated Evaluation and/or Treatment Services at API 2900 Providence Ave. Anchorage.
July, 2000
7/6/00, Thursday, 6:30 pm National Empowerment Center West Teleconference on Dual Diagnosis; Dan Fisher and Laurie Ahen form the National Empowerment Center will join. for more information, please call Computer Connection, 2222-2980
7/6/00 11th Annual Winter Symposium Politics, Praxis, Polemics: Mental Health Nursing, odyssey 2000 & beyond The Rozelle Hospital, Sydney Australia Contact Information: Ms Alex Woods or Ms Michelle Cleary Phone:(02)98185712 Email Address: RozelleSymposium@cs.nsw.gov.au
7/10/00, Monday at 12 noon till? . Steve Hamilton of C&S Management Services will be doing a multi-media presentation and taking comments on the draft Inpatient Quality Assurance Standards (mainly API). Please see, http://akmhcweb.org/Docs/APIQA.PDF This will be an opportunity to both find out what the proposals are and to make your views known at the Computer Connection 619 E 5th Ave., Suite #212, Anchorage 222-2980 Free Pizza & Soda
7/15-16/00 Our Lives Our Chices III: Break Out, at Adelaide University, Adelaid south Australia Contact Information: Convenor:Beverley Searle, 4/62 Glen Osmond Road PARKSIDE SA 5063, Phone:061 8 8373 2063, Fax:061 8 8373 2090 Email Address: mhrc@camtech.net.au Web Address: http://www.oloc.org.au
7/15 - 20/00, National Wellness Conference at University of Wisconsin Stevens Poin Campus, Stevens Point Wisconsin Contact Information: 800-243-8694/fax 715-342-2979 Email Address: mwc@nationalwellness.org We Address: http://www.nationalwellness.org/nws/
7/19/00 AHFC Board meeting, Anchorage
7/21/00 Alaska Mental Health Board Teleconference 9:30 to 11:00 am primarily to consider the Budget Committee's Budget Recommendations for FY 2002-03:
See Agenda.
August, 2000
8/1/00, Tuesday Region IX Consumer/Survivor/Client Meeting sponsored by the federal Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) at Canterbury Hotel, 70 Sutter Street San Francisco, CA 415-474-6464 9 am - 5 pm PST
8/3-5/00 P&A Fiscal Management Training at U.S. Grant Hotel 326 Broadeay, San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 232-3121 Anyone who budgets, handles or spends the P&A/CAP's money should attend this program. Just six year's old, Fiscal Management Training started with 15 heart souls. Now more than 50 people come together annually to learn the latest financial requirements and strategies for meeting them. This training has become so essential to the efficient operation of a P&A/CAP, that now CEOs and Program Directors are attending to ensure that they are on the same "ledger" as their fiscal managers and financial officers.
8/11 - 13/00, National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (National DMDA) "Partnerships for Success" at Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge Massachusetts Contact Information: April Robinson Program Manager Email Address:arobinson@ndmda.org
8/13/00, ABADA Kodiak
8/23-24/00 Alabama Council of Community Mental Health 26th Annual Conference and Alabama Geriatric Coalition Conference at Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center--East Meeting Rooms Birmingham, Alabama Contact Information:Diane Dill Email Address: accmhb@aol.com
8/24-25/00 First Annual Empower Alliance Conference at Vancouver Red Lion at 100 Columbia Street, Vancouver WA. The theme for Bridges to Empowerment is learning about effective, choice based advocacy for self and others. The outline will include discovering your own strengths in advocacy, art of miscommunication, look-listen-watch-be sensitive, discovering your own communication strengths, and how recovery, self-determination and advocacy come together. Contact Information 258-847-8687 Email: andreastephenson@mhs.com Web Address: http://www.1empoweralliance.wego.com
8/25/00 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority The Trust Budget Meeting Anchorage
September, 2000
9/1/00, PAIMI Council teleconference (Protection & Advocacy In Mental Illness) 12 noon for more information, please call 565-1002, Disability Law Center
9/7 - 8/00, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting at Anchorage. See Draft Agenda or PDF version.
9/7/00, National Council on Disability (NCD) community briefing 1 pm to 5 pm at the Eagan Center, Anchorage Alaska, for more information, 202-272-2004 http://www.ncd.gov
9/13-15/00 KNA/Aniak Quality Assurance review. Public Forum on September 13, at 7:30 PM at the community center.
9/20/00 TWIIA( Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act to Alaska) Conference 11 am to 1 pm Anchorage--univrsity of Alaska Anchorage Building K, Room 166 Fairbanks--University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library, Room 340 Juneau--University of Alaska Southeast Library, Room 210
9/20-22/00, Governor's Council Meeting, Fairbanks
9/24 - 29/00, Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow 2000 Washington, D.C. Institute for Behavioral Healthcare (650) 851-8411
9/28-29/00 The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting, Anchorage to consider the FY 2002-03 Budget Recommendations. See, Agenda.
October, 2000
10/5 - 6/2000 International Mental Health Symposium in Okinawa, Japan Western Pacific Regional Meeting of The World Federation for Mental Health Joint symposium with the 6th National Conference of the Japanese Association for the Mentally Disabled (Zenseiren) "Towards a good relationship with mental health service users in Asia-Pacific Countries" Key note speech, Symposium, Regional Meeting, Hospital Tour & Excursion Contact: Dr. Kazuyoshi Yamamoto Dept of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215 Japan phone: +81-98-895-3331 (ext.2487) fax: +81-98-895-2965 email:koala@mb.ryukyu.ne.jp
10/5 - 6/00, Information Technology Institute-How to Leverage Your Technology Investment San Francisco, CA Open Minds (717)334-1329
10/4 - 7/00 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting at Fairbanks. See, Agenda, or for more information call 456-3071
10/13/00 API Community Project Meeting, 2:00 pm NAMI Alaska office, 144 West 15th Ave. (up from the corner of 15th and C)
10/11-15/00 Alternatives Conference sponsored by the National Empowerment Center at Nashville, TN for more information see www.power2u.org
10/13/00 API Governing Board Meeting 8:30 am to 1 pm. Anchorage
10/17/00 Meeting on the Proposed Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) at the Computer Connection, 619 East Fifth Avenue, Suite 212 at 1:00 p.m.
10/17 - 20/00 The Many Faces of Rights: The 2000 Recipient Rights Conference at Grand Traverse Resort. Traverse City, Michigan The seventh annual conference for advocates in the mental health field. Sessions focus on methods for investigating and determining if allegations of rights violations have occurred, current issues in the rights protection field, and assisting consumers in becoming knowledgeable about their rights. Contact: Andrew Silver, Michigan Dept. of Community Health, Office of Recipient Rights, 248-348-0899 silver@state.mi.us http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/orr/2000con.htm
10/21/00 API 2000 Summit Meeting at 9:00 a.m., UAA Arts Building, Room 150
10/23-25/00, Children's Mental Health Conference, Anchorage, Anchorage Hilton. 1-800-770-1672
November, 2000
11/2/00, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting at Fairbanks. See, Agenda.
11/8 - 11/00 NARPA 2000 Conference Taking Power to the People: Knowledge Plus Action at Doubletree Hotel: 2001 Point West Way, Sacramento, CA 95816 916-924-8855
11/5 - 8/00, Southern Regional Conference on Mental Health Statistics (515)244-7181 dwestvold@iowacounties.org
11/12 -16/00, American Public Health Association 128th Annual Meeting and Exposition Boston, MA (202) 777-2742
11/9 - 11/00 Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Meeting lliamna Room, Hilton Hotel, Anchorage Alaska. On 11/9 9:45 am Reports from Partners 1:30 Public Comment and Continuation of Reports from Partners.
11/21/00 1 pm. Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web Inc. and Its Consumer Clubhouse "Computer Connection" board meeting at 619 E 5th Ave. Suite 212 Anchorage Everyone is welcome.
December, 2000
12/13/00 AHFC (Alaska Housing Finance Corporation ) Board Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska For more information email at pgraber@ahfc.state.ak.us or call 800-478-2432
12/15/00 API Governing Board Meeting, At the 3rd floor room in API, Anchorage Alaska Agenda will be posted asap.
12/18/00 12 noon to 1:30 pm Alaska Chapter meeting, International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services at NAMI Alaska 144 W.15th Ave. Anchorage Alaska
12/19/00 12 noon All interested people are invited to a meeting at the Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web's Computer Connection, 619 E 5th, Suite 212 to discuss the proposed ACISP (Alaska Community-based Intensive Services Program) to serve the highest users of the API acute care units. In response to the concerns, ideas, and suggestions voiced at meetings held in October with consumers, family members and providers, the CMH/API 2000 Project staff went back to the drawing board and developed a much different program approach and would like to discuss this new proposal with you. An incomplete discussion draft RFGP, request for grant proposals, and budget are available.
12/20/00 12 noon. Please join us for a meeting at the NAMI Alaska offices on 15th Street in Anchorage, on Wednesday, December 20 at 12 Noon. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the proposed ACISP (Alaska Community-based Intensive Services Program) to serve the highest users of the API acute care units. In response to the concerns, ideas, and suggestions voiced at meetings held in October with consumers, family members and providers, the CMH/API 2000 Project staff went back to the drawing board and developed a much different program approach. We would like to discuss this new proposal with you. An incomplete discussion draft RFGP, request for grant proposals, and budget are available.
January, 2001
1/4/01 Thursday, 9-11 am Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Teleconference. The teleconference number is 1 (800) 315-6338, and the code is 87878 and the pound (#) sign. See, Agenda.
1/8/01 Monday, 3 pm Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web Inc. board meeting at 619 E 5th Ave. Anchorage, Alaska. For more information, please call 222-2980.
1/10/01 Wednesday at 7 p.m. NAMI Kenai Meeting at the Bridges Building. For more information, please call Esther Hopkins at 283-3138
1/12/01 NAMI Alaska is holding an open house from noon until 7:30 pm. Consumer artists are invited to display and sell their artwork. Artwork must be submitted by January 10th.
1/17/01 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting at Egan Convention Center 555 West 5th Ave. Anchorage, AK from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. For more information, please call 269-7960. See, Agenda
1/17/01 The AHFC Board meeting at 12 noon 1st
Floor, 4300 Boniface Parkway, Anchorage, AK
THE AGENDA will include: A. Consideration of $48,000,000 in long term financing
for the renovation and construction costs for military housing located on
Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska B. Any other matters to properly
come before the Board.
THE PUBLIC is invited to participate by teleconference from the following
location: the AHFC Board Room, 1st Floor, 4300 Boniface Parkway, Anchorage, AK.
Pertinent reference materials, if used, will be made available to those members
of the public who wish to participate in the meeting.
1/17 - 21/01 NARPA's Winter Conference
- Orlando, FL
Sheraton Safari Hotel - 407-239-0444
Room Rate - $112
Early Bird Conference Registration Fee - $150 (rates increase closer to the
conference dates) Always a great way to start off the new year, this Conference
offers P&A/CAP professionals the chance to take an in-depth look at cutting
edge issues in disability rights advocacy. There is a series of workshops
dedicated to specialized issues within several theme-based tracks for
P&A/CAP advocates designed to offer hands-on, learn-by-doing opportunities.
1/19 - 21/01 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting at Anchorage See Agenda, or for more information call 465-3071.
1/22/01 Monday at noon Alaska Chapter of International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services meeting at NAMI Alaska, Anchorage
1/23-24/01 the CMHS National Advisory Council Subcommittee on Consumer/Survivor Issues at Hyatt Regency Bethesda Hotel 1 Bethesda Metro Center Bethesda, MD 20814 Phone:(301)657-1234 Fax:(301)657-6478
1/25-26/01 the CMHS National Advisory Council at the Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857
February, 2001
2/2/01 API (Alaska Psychiatric Institute) Governing Board Meeting, Anchorage Alaska See, Agenda.
2/6-8/01 The State Independent Living Council will hold its quarterly meeting in Juneau. See Notice and .
2/15/01 Alaska Mental Health Board Consumer Committee meeting at 1 pm Frontier Building Room #896, Anchorage for more information contact Yvonne Jacobson at DMH
2/15-16/01 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting at Juneau See, Agenda.
2/22/01 The AHFC Board of Directors Meeting at 10 am in the AHFC Board Room, 1st Floor, 4300 Boniface Parkway, Anchorage, AK For information, contact: Paula Graber 1-907-330-8457, 1-800-478-2432 (outside Anchorage, but within Alaska), or pgraber@ahfc.state.ak.us
2/24/01 Saturday, the Medical Care Advisory Committee the public is invited to attend. Public Comments Time at 11:00 AM and time will be provided as necessary. For information on making public comments to , please call Nancy Cornwell at (907) 269-3673.
2/25-3/3/01 Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Meeting at Juneau
2/28-3/3/01 SE AK Drug/Alcohol Conference at Juneau, for more information, please call 586-9508
2/26/01 IAPSRS-Alaska meeting, 12 noon at the Computer Connection, 619 E 5th, Suite 212, Anchorage.
March, 2001
3/1/01 PARENTS, Inc. is hosting a community Luncheon in honor of Dr. Diane Griffiths, Director of Family Planning for Special Olympics, Inc. from 11 to 1, March 1st at 4743 E. Northern Lights Boulevard.
3/3-6/01 Behavioral Health 2001 International Conference presented by the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission "Communities in Collaboration: Emerging Partnerships in Behavioral Health" For more information call 520-325-1044.
3/7-9/01 University of Alaska Board of Regents at Juneau. For further info contact Ms. Jeannie D. Phillips, Board of Regents' Officer, (907) 474-7908 or sybor@alaska.edu .
3/14-15/01 Key Campaign at Juneau.
3/18-20/01 NASMHPD 2nd National Summit of State Psychiatric Hospitals at Alexandria, VA
3/19/01 IAPSRS (International Association of Psycho Social Rehabilitation Services) Alaska Chapter meeting at API 3rd floor Room 3131, for more information please call 222-2978.
3/19-21/01 The Challenge Meeting, Substance Abuse Directors Meeting.
3/20/01 Alaska Mental Health Directors Association Meeting at Juneau.
3/21-22/01 Bridges Campaign at Juneau.
3/23 - 25/01 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting in Juneau. See revised Agenda. For further information phone/fax at Phone: (907) 269-7960 Fax: (907) 269-7966, website at http://www.mhtrust.org.
3/21-24/01 The American College of Mental Health Administration Santa Fe Summit, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Financing for positive results, purchasing quality and outcome behavioral healthcare. For more information; phone: 412-244-0670 www.acmha.org.
3/26/01 The Unwanted Cotraveler: Depressions Toll on Other Illnesses, Come learn about improving health outcomes for major diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, HIV/AIDS, and Parkinson's disease through the effective treatment of co–occurring depression at the upcoming National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) meeting, The Unwanted Cotraveler: Depression's Toll on Other Illnesses. Contact NIMH at (301) 443-4513, fax at (301) 443-4279 or email at nimhinfo@nih.gov.
3/27-29/01 The Trust Rural Outreach Trip, Nome.
3/26-27/01 National Mental Health Symposium to Address Discrimination and Stigma. at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. CMHS is convening a national one and one-half day symposium to examine and discuss a broad range of information and experience of those actively researching and refuting the discrimination and stigma associated with mental illness. CMHS views this symposium as an opportunity to seek and develop specific and successful means to address discrimination and stigma, raise awareness and lessen negative attitudes. If you have any questions, please contact Mike Finkle or Jennifer Brown at On Our Own of Maryland, Inc., 410-646-0262 or 1-800-704-0262.
3/31 - 4/4/01 National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare Presents "In the Public Interest: Strategies and Solutions for Tomorrow" Conferences. Portland Hilton Hotel, Portland, OR. For further information, contact National Council Training Conference Registration at (301)984-6200, or online at www.nccbh.org, and click on 2001 Training Conference.
April, 2001
4/3/01 at 3 pm Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web Inc. http://akmhcweb.org board meeting at Computer Connection, 619 E 5th Ave. Suite 212, Anchorage Alaska, public welcome. for more information please call 222-2980
4/5/01 National Empowerment Center Teleconference
on consumer operated mental health services on April 5 at 5:30 pm Pacific Standard
Time. Consumers who would like to participate in the teleconference, please call
1-888-746-4463 PIN 9378 on Tuesday, April 3 to sign up. The teleconference will be limited
to 20 callers.
4/6/01 World
Health Day 2001 - entitled Open Minds, Open Doors 6 from 9 A.M.- Noon,
E.S.T., Surgeon General, David Satcher, M.D. will participate in a live World
Wide Web broadcast organized by CMHS, and held at PAHO headquarters in
Washington, DC. Later that day,
from 2:00-2:30 P.M., E.S.T., CMHS will organize a World Wide Web chat with CMHS
Director Bernard S. Arons, M.D., which he will discuss mental health issues
including recent efforts by CMHS to address school violence. For more
information on World Health Day visit the following link: http://www.mentalhealth.org/highlights/april2001/worldhealthday/index.htm
4/9/01 Fostering Providers Hope Inspiring Competence This workshop will increase your knowledge about the nature of hope and its particular role in the process of recovery from a disabling mental illness. You will learn about various hope-inspiring strategies that can help providers of mental health and rehabilitation services promote the recovery process of their clients with psychiatric disabilities. In addition, this workshop will address some of the challenges that interfere with practitioners' ability to inspire hope. Phone/fax Blanca Yanulis at phone: 617/353-3549 fax: 617/353-7700, or email at byanulis@bu.edu for further information.
4/10/01 How To Lead a Recovery Workshop this
is the second in a series of spring workshops through the Center for Psychological
Rehabilitation. The Recovery Workshop is a 60-hour training curriculum for
people with mental illnesses designed to improve their skills in practical
coping, empowerment, and recovery. It was developed at Boston University in
collaboration with people with mental illnesses. This workshop will provide you
with the curriculum, process, reading materials, and evaluation tools for
implementing a Recovery Workshop. More detailed info on this and other
workshops can be found here http://www.bu.edu/cpr/workshops/
. Phone/fax Blanca Yanulis at phone:
617/353-3549 fax: 617/353-7700, or email at byanulis@bu.edu
for contact
information.
4/12-14/01 Building Healing Communities: the 2001 Mental Health Consumer and Family Member Leadership Conference at the Regal Hotel, Anchorage Alaska. Judy Chamberlin is coming, along with Kenneth Minkoff and Sam Cochran. See Information and Registration Packet.
4/12/01 12 noon Alaska PAIMI (Protection and Advocacy in Mental Illness) Meeting at the Regal Alaskan Hotel. For more information, please call 222-2978.
4/19/01 HIPAA: Specific Steps to a Successful Compliance Process audio conference from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Eastern Standard Time experts will offer their take on the top 'need to know' HIPAA compliance issues for the CEO, CFO, CTO, CPO, CSO, and the training director in behavioral health organizations. To register call the Audio Conference Customer Service Center at (800) 775-7654 (refer to seminar #MAN6174-0), audiocassettes will also be available for sale. For further information visit www.workgroup.org.
4/19/01 Founding Conference of the International Association of
Forensic Mental Health Services at Empire Landmark Hotel &
Conference Center, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
This exciting conference will
found the new International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services. The conference
is sponsored by the Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission, the British Columbia
Institute Against Family Violence, and the Simon Fraser University Mental Health, Law and
Policy Institute.attendance at this conference will be of interest to physicians,
psychologists, psychiatrists, criminologists, corrections workers, nurses, social workers,
lawyers, and other professionals working in academic centers or in forensic mental health
services, including administrators. A special student membership is available.
for more information: Tracey Moropito
Conference Co-ordinator info@iafmhs.org
Email Address: info@iafmhs.org
Web Address: http://www.iafmhs.org
4/19/01 Specialized Supported
Parenting Conference about working with parents who experience
developmental
disabilities, mental illness or chronic substance abuse issues. This group of
parents are at significantly increased risk of having their children taken from
them. The presenter will share techniques, ideas and strategies for
professionals working with families to provide the supports needed for them to
be successful parents. for further information contact Kathy
Fitzgerald: fitz@customcpu.com or
phone/fax her at: # 272-8270, fax: 274-4802.
4/19/01 Mental
Health Issues and Juvenile Justice is being presented with the
assistance of the Center For Mental Health Services, will air Thursday from
1:30-3:30 pm EDT. The videoconference is juvenile justice professionals,
including judges, juvenile probation and aftercare staff, juvenile correctional
administration, supervisors, case managers, and youth service providers;
professionals in private and public mental health agencies; and local, state and
federal policymakers. To register online, get further information about
the videoconference or facilitate a downlink site in your community, visit: http://www.juvenilenet.org/jjtap/mentalhealth/.
4/20/01 Alaska Disability Law Center board meeting at Juneau coinciding with Protection and Advocacy in Mental Illness Advisory Council meeting, for more information please call 222-2978, Katsumi, PAIMI member.
4/22-25/01 19th Annual Protection Children National American Indian Conference The19th annual conference will focus on the importance of working together to make services for children and families better. Phone/fax at (503) 222-4044, fax: (503) 222-4007, or email Kim Just (Conference Coordinator) at justkim@nicwa.org, ext. 113, Tina Baldomaro (Coordinator Assistant) at tinab@nicwa.org, ext. 145. Website at http://www.nicwa.org.
4/23/01 IAPSRS Alaska Meeting 12:00 noon on the 3rd floor of API (Kathy Carssow's office).
4/23/24/01 Work Incentives Update Listserv IL NET TRAINING- Buffalo, New York Federal Work Incentives Act and WIA: Making Them Work For You.
4/27/01 Alaska Psychiatric Institute Governing Board meeting at API, room 3123 3rd floor, Anchorage Alaska. Public Comment will be scheduled from 10:05 to 10:30 am See Agenda.
4/27/01
Voices From The Community: Building Community Readiness To
Improve Asian American And Pacific Islander Health, Hotel Sofitel San
Francisco Bay. This conference is intended to explore how Asian
American and Pacific Islander communities can exercise leadership to take
advantage of such opportunities and how to utilize our own best assets to make
the most of these and other developments. For further info and
contact: Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, 942 Market
Street, Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94102.
Tel: (415) 954-9988
Fax: (415) 954-9999
E-Mail: hforum@apiahf.org
May, 2001
5/1/01 National Housing Law Project Section 8 Teleconferences at Anchorage AHFC Main office 4th floor at 8:30 am and Anchorage HUD office. The teleconferences will provide in-depth discussions regarding the requirements and implementation of Section 8 homeownership programs as well as information about existing successful programs, community participation and financing. For more information visit the website at http://www.nhlp.org and/or contact the Computer Connection 222-2980 .
5/1/01 Rehabilitation Readiness and the Latino Consumer this is the 3rd workshop in a series of 4, through the Center for Psychological Rehabilitation. Learn what is involved in working with Latino consumers to accurately evaluate how ready they are to begin rehabilitation; and how to help consumers be ready. Contact Blanca Yanulis at byanulis@du.edu for info, or over phone or fax: Phone: 617/353-3549 Fax: 617/353-7701.
5/2/01 State Independent Living Council, Anchorage Alaska for further info visit http://www.labor.state.ak.us/silc/index.htm
5/3/01 AHFC Board Meeting at the Main Office, Anchorage Alaska for more information, contact: Paula Graber 1-907-330-8457, 800-478-2432 (outside Anchorage, but within Alaska), or pgraber@ahfc.state.ak.us
5/7-9/01 Annual School on Addictions This year's theme is "Best Practices: Collaboration for Recovery" and will provide current information on the substance abuse field. To be held at the Anchorage Sheraton Hotel, for further information, call Meeting Results at 888-653-4478.
5/7 - 11/00 International Association of
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services 26th Annual Conference
Adams Mark Hotel, Houston
Texas
Description: The conference provides a
forum for people involved in PSR worldwide to come together, celebrate, share ideas,
exchange knowledge, develop new models and approaches, and envision ways to create a
response and empowering mental health system. Through a 5 day program, participants will
have the chance to address the challenges arising every day in behavioral health care
systems for program directors, administrators, policymakers, practitioners, consumers,
advocates, family members and government officials.
Contact Information: phone
410-730-7190 or fax 410-730-5965
Email Address: general@iapsrs.org
Web Address: http://www.iapsrs.org
5/8/01 Alaska Legislative Session Ends.
5/8/01 Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web Board Meeting at 4:30 pm, Computer Connection 619 E 5th Ave. Suite 212 Anchorage, Alaska For more information:222-2980
5/9/01 Community Civil Rights Forum for the general public 2-5 pm. at Fairview Community Center 1131 East 10th Ave. Anchorage, Alaska presented by Dep. of Health and Human Services and Office for Civil Rights, for more information, please call 1-800-368-1019
5/10/01 Civil Rights Forum for Providers for mental health service providers 9-12:30 at Fairview Community Center 1131 East 10th Ave. Anchorage, Alaska presented by Dep. of Health and Human Services and Office for Civil Rights, for more information, please call 1-800-368-1019
5/11/01 Civil Rights Forum for Advocates 9:00 - 11:30 AM in Anchorage for advocates and community service agencies by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
5/9-10/01 Juneau Works Meeting Juneau Works, who provides vocational support (including benefits counseling), will be presenting their 2-day training on Social Security, Adult Public Assistance and Housing benefits and work incentives. They tentatively have the training scheduled for May 9-10. The training will be held in Juneau--they do not currently have a training scheduled in Anchorage. I do not anticipate them scheduling an Anchorage presentation as they had videotaped their last session and will use that for outreach purposes. The video is scheduled to be completed by the end of May. However, the Juneau training will only be $40-$50, basically enough to cover the cost of printing the manual you will receive. for more information, call Michelle Morehouse at Alaska Works 269-3557.
5/9-11/01 Governor's Council Meeting at Seward
5/9-10/01 The First Annual Dual Diagnosis Conference this conference addresses all aspects of working with people who have a dual diagnosis of developmental disability and mental illness, go to following link for further information: http://www.theraed.com/Regionals/1stPacNW/index.htm
5/10-12/01 Advisory Board on
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse at Anchorage, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (time is
tentative)
Advisory Board Meeting in Anchorage at the Sheraton Hotel. Visit http://www.abada.com/,
contact Anne Schultz at anne_shultz@health.state.ak.us,
or phone at (888) 464-8920 for contact information.
5/15/01 Alaska Mental Health Board Program Evaluation and Review Committee (PERC) annual review of Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API). 11:00 am to 5:00 pm at API. Public Comment is from 1:15 to 1:45 and those who can not attend in person may call 800/315-6338, code 274#. In addition there will be an Off-site Consumer Gathering to Discuss API Issues at 6:30 p.m. at the Computer Connection, 619 E5th Ave. Suite 212, Anchorage Alaska 99501, phone: 222-2980.
5/16/01 The Trust Collaboration Meeting in Anchorage at the Egan Convention Centet, for further information phone/fax at Phone: (907) 269-7960 Fax: (907) 269-7966, website at http://www.mhtrust.org.
5/17-18/01 The AK Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting in Anchorage at the Sheraton, phone/fax at: Phone: (907) 269-7960 Fax: (907) 269-7966 for further information.
5/20-21/01 Center for Mental Health Services National Advisory Council Subcommittee on Consumer/Survivor Issues To take place at the Hiatt Regency Bethesda Hotel, 1 Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda MD 201814. For contact and further information phone/fax at: phone (301) 657-1234, fax (301) 657-6478.
5/21/01 Alaska Works' Jennifer Jones will present: A discussion of Work Incentives, relevant legislation and opportunities for involvement in the Alaska Works Initiative at the Mental Health Consumers Web Computer Connection, 619 East 5th, Suite 212, Anchorage, Alaska at 1:00 pm June 21, 2001.
5/21/01 IAPSRS (International Association of Psycho Social Rehabilitation Services) Alaska meeting at Noon, Southcentral Counseling Center Annex-610 E. 5th Ave. across from Computer Connection and connected to the NBA Bank on 5th Ave.
5/23/01 Grant Writing Workshop by Jim Gottstein Wednesday at 3 pm, Computer Connection, Anchorage Alaska for more information, please call 222-2980 or email to webmaster@akmhcweb.org
5/ 24-25/01 New Opportunities for Community Living: A Systems Change Conference, Grand Hyatt Washington. This national conference, New Opportunities for Community Living, is targeted towards states, consumers, providers and advocates to share information and ideas on home and community based systems change initiatives. Participants must register by April, 20 2001by mailing or faxing the following registration form, or register online at www.hcbs.org. Contact Pauline Chouinard at the MEDSTAT group, 15 CambridgePark Drive, Cambridge MA 02140, email at hcbsconference@medstat.com, phone/fax at phone: (617) 492- 9355, fax: (617) 492-9365.
5/25/01 12 Noon. Lunch, Questions and Answers with the Mental Health Court Judge Rhoades, Judge Lohff, Kathi Trawver (CRP Project Manager), Steve Williams (CRP Case Coordinator) at the Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web Clubhouse "The Computer Connection", 619 E 5th Ave. Suite 212 Anchorage, Alaska phone: 222-2980 email: webmaster@akmhcweb.org All are welcome!
5/29 - 6/1/01 50th Annual National conference on Mental
Health Statistics 2001 An Information Odyssey: Celebrating the Past
50 Years and Promoting the Future at Marriott Wardman Park Hotel2660 Woodley Road,
NW Washington, D.C. 20008
Call for papers Proposals Due January 2, 2001.
5/30/01 Small Business Development Center is hosting a Seminar on Self Employment Business Plan Overviews for consumers who want to venture into business ownership from 10 am to 12 noon at 430 West 7th Ave. Anchorage The presenter is Rick Leibowitz from SBDC for more information, please contact Ron Broome <rbroome@anch.net>
June, 2001
6/4-6 01 Youth Focus:Implementing IDEA, for working with kids with disabilities. Cleveland, Ohio
6/5/01 National Housing Law Project Section 8 Teleconferences at Anchorage AHFC Main office 4th floor at 10 am PST and Anchorage HUD office. The teleconferences will provide in-depth discussions regarding the requirements and implementation of Section 8 homeownership programs as well as information about existing successful programs, community participation and financing. For more information visit the website at http://www.nhlp.org and/or contact the Computer Connection 222-2980 .
6/6-9/01 2001
Clifford W. Beers National Mental Health Conference at Hyatt
Regency (Capitol Hill) Washington, D.C. Justice for All:
Addressing America's Mental Health Disparitie
Reflecting NMHA's ongoing effort to highlight and resolve inequities in mental health care, the 2001 Clifford W. Beers National Mental Health Conference will seek "Justice for All: Addressing America's Mental Health Disparities." The annual meeting will illustrate best practices in cultural competency and practical strategies for bridging gaps in mental health service delivery. For further information contact:
Diana Looney dlooney@nmha.org (703) 838-7504
6/7-8/01 University of Alaska Board of Regents at Fairbanks. For further info contact Ms. Jeannie D. Phillips, Board of Regents' Officer, (907) 474-7908 or sybor@alaska.edu .
6/8/01 Integrating the Recovery Process into Existing Mental Health Programs this is the 4th and final spring workshop through the Center for Psychological Rehabilitation. You will learn what the latest research teaches us about the recovery process and what practitioners and programs can do to support and facilitate the recovery process for people with psychiatric disabilities. You will have the opportunity to assess your own program's strengths and limitations in sustaining a recovery mission and providing recovery-oriented services. Workshop participants will learn about essential program ingredients needed to facilitate the recovery process. Strategies for implementing recovery-oriented practices will be presented. For further info do visit the following link: http://www.bu.edu/cpr/workshops/ .
6/11/15/01 Alaska Commission on Aging Meeting at Anchorage, Jane Demmert may be contacted through email Jane_Demmert@admin.state.ak.us, or one can phone/fax the Commission at Phone: (907) 465-3250 Fax: (907) 465-4716 for further info on this and other meetings.
6/13-16/01 24th Annual
Conference - P&A/CAP Training
Renaissance Hotel - 202-898-9000 Washington, DC
Room Rate - $139 Single/ $165 Double
Early Bird Conference Registration Fee - $240 (rates increase closer to the conference
dates)
Considered the “Crown Jewel” in ATTAC’s Training Initiative, the Annual
Conference offers P&A/CAP professionals more than 80 workshops in nine theme-based
tracks, three thought-provoking and sometimes highly charged plenaries and others special
sessions developed to respond to unexpected issues of significance to disability rights
advocates. In addition, the Annual Conference includes a full complement of
pre-conference activities including day-long issue intensive institutes, and an
orientation to the P&A/CAP System. The Conference is designed with P&A/CAP
professionals of all levels of experience in mind, but has immense value for other
disability rights advocates as well.
6-15-01, 12:00 p.m. South Central Counseling's Director of Providers Kate Gresson will be at the Computer Connection, 619 East 5th Avenue, Suite 212 (Across from NBA), Lunch, Questions, and Answers.
6/18 - 21/01 Third National Conference on Women: the Women, Children, & Families Team, Office of Policy & Program Coordination, SAMHSA, will be sponsoring the conference entitled, "A Generational Journey: Women Carrying the Vision---Common Issues, United Voices," to be held at the Rosen Plaza Hotel, Orlando, FL.
6/27/01 AHFC Board Meeting Kodiak, Alaska For more information, contact: Paula Graber 907-330-8457, 800-478-2432 (outside Anchorage, but within Alaska). or pgraber@ahfc.state.ak.us
6/25-27/01 Leadership in Employment Conference hosted by Alaska Work at Regal Alaska Hotel for more information contact Jennifer Jones at 269-8999, <Jennifer_Jones@health.state.ak.us>
6/27/01 Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API) Governing Board Meeting, for agenda call Shannon Carpenter 269-7100
6/28-30/01 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting, Nome. See, Draft Agenda. For further contact information phone/fax at (907) 465-3071 (907) 465-3079 (Fax), or email at amhb@alaska.net.
6/28-30/01 2001 National Health
Care for the Homeless (HCH) Conference
at Hyatt Regency Washington of Capitol Hill Washington District
of Columbia
Description: Experts from around the
country present up-to-date information, innovative approaches, and challenging ideas
related to providing health care and support services to homeless people. This two and
one-half day conference offers workshops on a wide range of topics, continuing education
opportunities, a resource area, a poster session, tours of local programs, and many
opportunities for networking, renewal, and inspiration. The conference will include
special policy sessions sponsored by the HCH Policy Symposium.
For more information: Jody Kibbey
Phone: 1-888-439-3300 ext. 242 Fax: (518) 439-7612 Address: HCH Information Resource
Center, 345 Delaware Ave., Delmar, NY 12054
Email Address: jkibbey@prainc.com
Web Address: http://www.prainc.com
July, 2001
7/12-14/01 National Alliance for the Mentally Ill United by Hope Working for Change Washington Hilton and Towers Hotel, Washington DC For more information: Connie Schantz 2107 Wilson Blvd. Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22201-3042 703/516-7986, website http://www.nami.org.
7/13/01 National Consumer Advocacy Net Work on Homelessness Teleconference 9:30 am EST Phone# is 1-888-566-4591, connection#58136
7/22-23/01 The Trust CIHA Housing funder tour
7/23/01 IAPSRS Alaska Chapter Meeting, at SCC Annex- 610 E. 5th Ave. across from Computer Connections and connected to the Wells Fargo on 5th Ave at 12:00 noon.
7/27/01 API Governing Board Meeting.
7/31/01 Updates on Recovery By Choice, API 2000 + a presentation by Kathryn Carrsow at Computer Connection, 619 E 5th Ave. Suite 212 Anchorage 222-2980
7/31/01 The Trust Housing & Home Mods tc
August, 2001
8/7/01 Guardianship Conference at Anchorage, for information contact Jane_Demmert@admin.state.ak.us , or phone at (907)465-3250.
8/8-9/01 Alaska State Independent Living Council meeting at Mat-Su, contact SILC at 888-330-6488 (Toll Free), or fax them at 907-269-3633 for any further information. Visit Website at http://www.labor.state.ak.us/silc/index.htm.
8/8/01 AHFC Board Meeting at Unalaska, Alaska For more information, contact: Paula Graber 907-330-8457, 800-478-2432 (outside Anchorage, but within Alaska) or pgraber@ahfc.state.ak.us
8/10/01 Meet & Lunch with Edie Zukaukas, a new DLC staff lawyer for mental health consumers at Noon, Computer Connection 619 E 5th Ave. Suite 212 Anchorage, Alaska 222-2980 http://akmhcweb.org/
8/13-17/01 Rasmuson Funder Tour
8/13/01 National Consumer Board Teleconference on Health Care for Homeless at 5 pm Anchorage time: 1-888-566-4591 Code24280# for more information contact Sbeloved@aol.com
8/15/01 Alaska Planned Giving Council August Meeting at noon, Providence Medical Center East Auditorium, Anchorage Program: "Alaska Charitable Gift Annuity Legislation, Learn What the New Alaska State Law requires of Non-Profits That Offer Charitable Gift Annuities" by Jon Calder, Annual and Planned Giving Director, Providence Alaska Foundation
8/17/01 Lunch and Dialogue with Kate Gresson, Southcentral Counseling Center's Director of Providers at Noon Computer Connection, 615 E 5th Ave. Suite 212, Anchorage Alaska 222-2980
8/20/01 IAPSRS Alaska Chapter Monthly Meeting at Noon, Computer Connection 619 E 5th Ave. Suite 212 Anchorage 222-2980
8/22-23/01 HUD Housing funder tour
8/22/01 National Convention of the Asian American Psychological Association at University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Contact at (415) 422-6166, or fax at (415) 422-6898. Visit website at http://www.west.asu.edu/aapa/.
8/23/01 Thursday 2-4 pm Eastern Time National Teleconference on Homelessness, Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System For more information contact Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. 262 Delaware Avenue Delmar, NY 12054-1123 518-475-9146 ext. 259
8/23 - 26/2001 (Thursday through Sunday) Alternatives 2001 at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania hosted by The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help
Clearinghouse, the 17th annual conference organized by and for mental health consumers and
survivors will be at the Loews Hotel, . For more information, call the National Mental
Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse at (800) 553-4539, ext. 293.
The National Mental Health
Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse 1211 Chestnut Street, Suite 1207 Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 800-553-4539, ext. 293 Fax: 215-636-6312 TTY: 215-751-9655
info@mhselfhelp.org http://www.mhselfhelp.org
8/29-31/01 State of Alaska Advisory Board on alcoholism and Drug Abuse at Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation Administrative Building Board Room Conference room--3rd Floor 829 chief Eddie Hoffman Highway Bethel, Alaska The Draft Agenda is available at the Computer Connection.
September, 2001
9/5-7/01 Statewide Sexual Violence Conference at Eagan Center, Anchorage
9-5-6/01 State Independent Living Council, Fairbanks.
9/5-7/01 The Trust Board Meeting at the Sheraton Hotel, Anchorage. See, Agenda and for further information phone/fax at Phone: (907) 269-7960 Fax: (907) 269-7966, website at http://www.mhtrust.org.
9/13-14/01 University of Alaska Board of Regents at Anchorage. For further info contact Ms. Jeannie D. Phillips, Board of Regents' Officer, (907) 474-7908 or sybor@alaska.edu .
9/19/01 AHFC Board Meeting (Annual Meeting) at the Main Office, Anchorage Alaska For more information, contact: Paula Graber 907-330-8457, 800-478-2432 (outside Anchorage, but within Alaska), or pgraber@ahfc.state.ak.us
9/21/01 Disability Law Center of Alaska Governing Board Meeting at Fairbanks for more information, please contact 565-1001 or 800-478-1234
9/26/01 Role Recovery: An Overview at NAMI-Alaska's offices, 144 W. 15th Avenue-Anchorage,12:00 to 1:30.
9/29/01 Women Healing for Women in Recovery sponsored by Betty Ford Center, Hazelden Foundation and Caron Foundation at Double Tree Hotel Seattle Airport, 18740 Pacific Highway South Seattle, Washington 98188 206-246-8600 For more information, contact: phone 888-257-7800, Ext. 4429 or 4462 www.hazelden.org
October, 2001
10/2/01 Reception for Susan Daniels, PhD, former Deputy Commissioner for Disability and Income Security Programs at the Social Security Administration from 1994-2000 where she spearheaded the disability and employment reform activities resulting in the passage of The Ticket To Work And Work Incentive Improvement Act of 1999. 5:30pm – 7:30pm at Access Alaska, 121 West Fireweed Lane, Suite 105 (on the corner of Fireweed and A Street)
10/9-12/01 Global Forum for Health Research at Geneva, Switzerland. For more information, email at info@globalforumhealth.org. Contact info: Tele (41 22) 791-4260, Fax (41 22) 4394, or email at forum5@globalforumhealth.org.
10/9/01 National Mental Health & Employment Summit A National summit on Best Practices for Mental Health in the Workplace, Hand in Hand: It's Worth The Investment at Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington D.C. For Summit information and to register online, visit www.mentalhealth.org/employmentsummit or contact 301-670-0020, summit@scgcorp.com
10/11-13/01 National Association of Social Workers 15th Annual Conference at Hilton Hotel, Anchorage Alaska Email: naswak@alaska.net, phone: 907-332-6279 www.naswak.org
10/14-20/01 PGNF Conference, Portland OR. for more information please contact the Trust;269-7960
10/16/01 API Governing Board Meeting at 9 am. API 3rd floor, Anchorage. See, Agenda. For more information please contact Shannon Carpenter at 269-7100.
10/18-20/01 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting has been changed from Dillingham to Anchorage due to the tragedy and there is a Revised Agenda. See, For more information call 465-3071
10/22/01 IAPSRS Alaska Chapter monthly meeting at Computer Connection at Noon, 601 E 5th Ave. Anchorage 222-2980
10/23-25/01 American Public Health Association 129th Annual Meeting at Atlanta, GA for registration and more information see http://www.apha.org/meetings/registration.htm
10/23-25/01 Governor's Council meeting, Anchorage
10/23-25/01 Governor's Committee on Employment & rehabilitation, Anchorage. See, Agenda.
10/31/01 AHFC Board Meeting at the Main Office, Anchorage Alaska For more information, contact: Paula Graber 907-330-8457, 800-478-2432 (outside Anchorage, but within Alaska), or pgraber@ahfc.state.ak.us
November, 2001
11/1-4/01 NARPA's 20th Annual Rights Conference, "Fighting for Rights, Choice and Social Justice for All People," Holiday Inn Select, 300 Third Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14303
11/6-7/01 The State Independent Living Council (SILC) meeting at the DVR Conference room in Anchorage. 1016 W. 6th Ave., Suite #205, Anchorage, 99501 Public comment at 4:30pm. People may call in to testify from anywhere in the state by dialing 1-800-315-6338 password 7452# On 11/7, dialogue with the MS Society (at 9:30), a presentation by the Alaska Neighborhood Housing Presentation (at 10:15), and a dialogue with the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (at 11:00).
11/12-13/01 Alaska Community Mental Health Services Association Meeting at the Alaska Center for Families, 3745 Community Park Loop Rd, Anchorage. There will be several interesting features to this meeting which includes time to develop a legislative agenda for the association; a training workshop on Board Fiscal Policy by the Foraker Group; joint planning with the Foraker Group on training for ACMHSA providers on key financial indicators and core management competencies; and a two hour working lunch with DMHDD.
11/12-14/01 Prevention Symposium at Anchorage for information on this upcoming conference phone/fax at 907/332-6279 or 1-800-478-6270 (In Alaska only)/907/332-6270, or email at naswak@alaska.net.
11/14-15/01 The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel of the Social Security Administration announces a Quarterly Meeting to be held on November 14, 2001, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on November 15, 2001, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Madison Hotel, 15th and M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005, Phone: 202-862-1600, Fax: 202-785-1255. See information and Agenda.
11/8-10/01
Pathways Conference 2001 at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel
Pre-registration forms are now available on-line, www.parents.org
11/9/01 University of Alaska Board of Regents, at Fairbanks. For further info contact Ms. Jeannie D. Phillips, Board of Regents' Officer, (907) 474-7908 or sybor@alaska.edu .
11/14-17/01 2001 TASH Conference, Anaheim CA. The theme for this years conference is "Imaging the Future". The TASH 2001 Conference Committee has identified interest in presentations that present this theme. 700 West Convention Way, Anaheim, CA 92802 Phone: 1-714-750-8000 Fax: 1-714-750-9100, website at www.tash.org. Contact Kelly Nelson at knelson@task.org for further contact information.
11/15-16/01 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting at Fairbanks See, Agenda.
11/15-16/01 FAS Summit, Anchorage
11/20/01 at Noon, Focus Group On Consumer Employment by Jennifer Jones, Alaska Work Employment Specialist, at the Computer Connection 619 E 5th Ave. Suite 219 Anchorage 222-2980
11/26/01 at Noon IASPAS Alaska Chapter monthly meeting at NAMI 144 W. 15th Ave. Anchorage 269-3600.
11/26-12/1/01 Rural Mental Health Training Conference, Anchorage for the conference schedules and more information, please go to Division of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities web site or call 465-3370.
11/28-30/01 The Phillips Alaska United Way of Anchorage Leadership Series presented by the Foraker Group Skill-building Workshops for Nonprofit Boards and Professional Staff at the Fourth Avenue Theater and Phillips Alaska
11/29/01 Dialog and Lunch with Kate Gresson, Director of Providers, Southcentral Counseling Center Anchorage at Noon, the Computer Connection, 619 E 5th Ave. Suite 212 Anchorage 222-2980
11/30/01 The Alaska Mental Health Board for Refreshments and Conversation: 5 pm at Millennium Hotel Suite 1004, Anchorage
11/30-12/2/01 Celebrating Our Strength Through Diversity Conference at Renaissance Hotel, Washington DC. Contact FFCMH Conference c/o BC Family Production, Inc. 3209 Guess Road, Suite 206 Durham, NC 27705 phone: 919-477-3677 fax: 919-479-a5247 www.bcfamily.com
December, 2001
12/3-6/01 Health Summit, Anchorage Phone at (907) 465-3027, or email t_Anderson@Health.state.ak.us f at Sheraton Anchorage Hotel, Anchorage Alaska Sponsored by The Alaska Public Health Association (ALPHA) There is no consumer input nor incentive in the Alaska Public Health Conference. There are some consumer scholarships for The National Public Health Association Conference in Washington DC next Spring. Will be webcast at http://avrhp.alaska.edu:222/
12/5/01 AHFC Board Meeting at the Main Office, Anchorage Alaska For more information, contact: Paula Graber 907-330-8457, 800-478-2432 (outside Anchorage, but within Alaska), or pgraber@ahfc.state.ak.us
12/5-7/01 The Region X Employment Conference: "Rehabilitation: Working in a Dynamic Environment", Portland, Oregon for more information call Michelle Morehouse at the Labor Dept. Or Christin King at Alaska Work
12/5-8/01 We Can Do This! Ending Homelessness for People with Mental Illnesses and/or Substance use Disorders A National Training Conference at Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington D.C. For more information, contact the National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness at (800) 444-7415 It will feature whole and half-day training institutes and workshops focusing on the housing, treatment and support needs of people with mental illnesses and/or substance use disorders who are homeless. Training sessions will feature evidence-based and promising practices in service delivery and housing, as well as cross-cutting principles for promoting collaboration, systems change and recovery.
12/6-7/01 University of Alaska Board of Regents, at Fairbanks. For further info contact Ms. Jeannie D. Phillips, Board of Regents' Officer, (907) 474-7908 or sybor@alaska.edu .
12/10-11/01 Alaska Works is sponsoring a free training for consumers on "Understanding Your SSA Benefits And Work Incentives in Transitioning to Work." The training will provide consumers with an understanding of their Social Security benefits and what work incentives they are eligible for to support them in going to work. Seating is limited to 30 people per session, so you will need to call Christine King at (907)269-3562. Accommodations provided upon request.
12/11/01 4 pm Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web and It's Clubhouse Board Meeting at Computer Connection 619 E 5th Ave. Suite 212 Anchorage 222-2980
12/13/01 11 am Bridges Teleconference 1-800-315-6338 (Code: 09#) Regular weekly Bridges teleconference begin every week on Thursday, January 10/02 at 11am
12/18/01 API (Alaska Psychiatric Institute) Board Meeting at API, Anchorage See Agenda, or for more information, please call 296-7100. From 10:00 am to 12:00 p.m. there will be a presentation on the API replacement and public comment.
January, 2002
1/8/02 Alaska Common Ground meeting at Charter North Hospital Atrium, Anchorage 12 noon to 1:30 pm
1/8/02 Alaska Disability Law Center, PAIMI ( Protection and Advocacy with Individual Mental Illness) Advisory Council from 1 pm to 2:30 pm at DLC for more information please call 222-2978
1/9/02 2 pm. Self Employment Brain Storm by Ron Broome, Alaska Works Micro-Enterprise Developer at the Computer Connection 519 E 5th Ave Suite 212 Anchorage 222-2980
1/9/02 the Alaska Consumer Leadership Network 12 noon at the Governor's Council office, 3601 C street suite 740. The disability Awareness Work Group is meeting to discuss training needs and who to target for awareness training. For more information, please call Jennifer Jones at 269-8999
1/14-15/02 Fed. MH Subcommittee meeting, Washington DC
1/15/02 Alaska State Homeless Coalition meeting at the AHFC Anchorage, 2 pm. for more information please call 222-2980 The program will feature the proposed alcohol tax and what can be done to insure that a portion of that tax goes to interim housing for persons with substance abuse issues.
1/15/02 Alaska State Direct Worker's Association meeting, Anchorage
1/15-16/02 Alaska Community Mental Health Association quarterly meeting in Anchorage (Assets and Anchorage Center for Families) for more information, please contact Ron Adler humanservices@city.ketchikan.ak.us
1/16-18/02 The Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education meets in Juneau, January 16 - 18, 2002 at Centennial Hall (101 Egan Drive Public testimony will be accepted from 5-7PM on Thursday, January 17. Written comments are welcome anytime and may be submitted to P.O. Box 240249, Anchorage, AK 99524-0249.
1/18/-20/01 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting at Fairbanks West Mark Hotel. See, Invitation letter and revised Agenda. or for more information call (907) 465-3071.
1/22-24/02 NAHASDA Essentials, Anchorage 343-2207
1/25/02 Alaska Disability Law Center Governing Board Meeting at Anchorage DLC 3330 Arctic Boulevard Suite 103, Anchorage 1 pm. See Notice and Agenda. For more information, please call 565-1002
1/28/02 Notice of Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities Meeting - An open meeting of the Task Force will take place on Monday, January 28, 2002 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H Street, NW., Washington, DC 20062
This being the first Task Force meeting since the introduction of the President's New Freedom Initiative, the agenda will include:
Any individuals wishing to attend the Task Force meeting who need special accommodations or require further information should contact Mr. Paul Bennett at (202) 693-4939 (voice), (202) 693-4929 (fax), or (202) 693-4920 (TTY) by Friday, January 18, 2002.
February 2002
2/7-8/02 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting at the Permanent Fund Building, 801 West 10th Ave Juneau, for more information please call 269-7960 See Agenda. 4 board collaboration meeting on 2/6/02
2/7/02 Psychiatric Human Rights Day 9am - 4 pm at Olympia Capital Building , Olympia Washington, sponsored by Holistic Health and Advocacy Contact person: Carole Willey 360-352-5361
2/13-14/02 Think Tank Retreat at Downtown Anchorage Marriott, for more information, contact Jennifer Jones, Alaska Works Project Coordinator 269-8999
2/15/02 Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web/Clubhouse board meeting at 3:30 pm Computer Connection 619 E 5th Ave. Suite 212 Anchorage 222-2980
? Advanced Directive Presentation at the Computer Connection , 619 E 5th Ave. Suite 212 Anchorage at 5 pm. (Multicultural food served.) 222-2980
2/19-22/02 Alaska Commission on Aging in Juneau
2/20/02 People with Cognitive Disabilities and the Criminal Justice System by Greg Olley, Ph.D. at UAA Commons, 4 to 6 pm Please RSVP by Feb. 15, 02 272-8270
2/26-28/02 State of Alaska Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Meeting, Alaska Office Building 350 Main Street--Room 123 Juneau, Alaska Public Comment Period Feb. 27, Wednesday at 11 am.
March 2002
3/4-5/02 The Science of Early Childhood From Birth to Eight, Hilton Hotel, Anchorage
3/4/02 Alaska Pro Bono Mediation Legal Clinic 6-8 pm at the Mountain View Community Center 315 North Price St., Anchorage for more information, please call 565-4300
Week of 3/11 9th Bridges Campaign for Mental Health, Juneau Alaska
3/13/02 Public Housing Agencies Plan meeting at AHFC, Anchorage from 4 pm to 6:30 pm
3/14/02 NEC-West teleconferences at 5:30 pm Pacific Standard Time "A Continuing Discussion of How Self Help can support.. Dual Recovery" If you are a c/s/x of mental health services and would like to participate, please call 1-888-746-4463 PIN 9378 on Wednesday, March 13 to sign up.
3/14-16/01 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting at Juneau. See, letter and Agenda (Revised No. 2) or for more information call 465-3071
Key Campaign
Meeting the Challenge
Alaska State Direct Worker's Association meeting, Anchorage for more information contact Millie Ryan at Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education
3/25-26/02 "Fulfilling the Promise of
Community Living"
At Renaissance Harborplace Hotel 202 East Pratt Street Baltimore,
Maryland 21202 sponsored by The Center for
Medicaid and State Operations at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS)
To learn more about this conference and to register please visit the conference
Web site at: http://www.conwal.com/CMS.
3/26/02 API (Alaska Psychiatric Institute) Governing Board meeting from 11 am to 4 pm at API Room 3123 Public Comment at 11:35 am. See Draft Agenda.
April 2002
4/1/02 Alaska Pro Bono Mediation Legal Clinic 6-8 pm at the Mountain View Community Center 315 North Price St., Anchorage for more information, please call 565-4300
4/4-6/02 2002 IDA Learning Conference, international perspectives on asset-building: Sponsored by Corporation for Enterprise Development, Center for Social Development, Social and Enterprise Development Innovations, Washington DC 202-408-9788 www.cfed.org
4/11/02 National Alcohol Screening Day Contact: Screening for Mental Health, Inc. http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/alcohol.htm
4/25/02 NEC-West teleconferences at 5:30 pm Pacific Standard Time "A Continuing Discussion of How Self Help can support.. Dual Recovery" If you are a c/s/x of mental health services and would like to participate, please call 1-888-746-4463 PIN 9378 on Wednesday, April 24 to sign up.
4/25-26/02 2002 Alaska Rural Health Conference, Millennium Hotel, 4800 Spenard Rd. Anchorage for more information: www.ashnha.com or 786-6567
4/25-26/02 The First Annual Statewide Direct Support Conference at Anchorage Marriott Hotel sponsored by Center for Human Development, UAA. Three conference tracks present sessions addressing roles of the Direct Service Professional, Supervisors/Management, and individuals or families receiving services. Contact information for registration, available travel funds and accommodation at www.alaskachd.org/fullives/ FullLives@logisticsllc.com or Please call 907-276-6060
4/29-30/02 National Coalition for the Homeless Annual Policy Conference and Lobby Day at Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington DC NLIHC Post-Conference Leadership reception: 2002 Housing Leadership Reception, Tuesday, April 30th Honoring Cushing Dolbeare: Her First 50 Years in Housing for the conference and registration information-- www.NLIHC.org
May 2002
May is Mental Health Month
Governor's Council Meeting?
5/2-4/02 Alaska Mental Health Consumer & Family Conference at Anchorage Millennium Hotel, Alaska
5/6/02 Alaska Pro Bono Mediation Legal Clinic 6-8 pm at the Mountain View Community Center 315 North Price St., Anchorage for more information, please call 565-4300
5/16/02 API Governing Board Meeting at API Anchorage from 4 pm to 8 pm. for more information, please call 269-7100
5/16-17/02 2002 Mental Health in Corrections Consortium Symposium Diversity in Correctional Mental Health Marriott Downtown, Kansas City, MO http://www.forest.edu 417-823-3477
5/17/02 Fairness In The Workplace, 10 am to Noon at Loussac Public Library Wilda Marston Theater 2600 Denali St. Anchorage presented by Commissioner Paul Steven Miller and Seattle Director Jeanette Leino of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This event is sponsored by the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights. For more information, please call 276-7474, ext. 239
5/28-31/02 2002 National Mental Health Statistic Conference sponsored by SAMHSA, Renaissance Mayflower Hotel Washington D.C.
5/30/02 Alaska Mental Health Board Budget Committee 10 am at Frontier Building 3601 C Street, 8th Floor Room 890/896. See, Agenda and for more information contact Kate Webster 465-3072. The teleconference "meet me" number is 1-800-315-6338-3071 followed by the # sign.
June 2002
Rural Providers Conference
6/4-5/02 Alaska State Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting at Egan Center, Anchorage See, Agenda and for more information, please call 269-7960
6/5-8/02 The 2002 National Mental Health Association Annual Conference entitled "Prevention, Resilience and Recovery: United for Mental Health" at Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC www.nmha.org Contact person: William Ford, Ph.D., Task Director 202-828-5100 ext.170 wford@hsrnet.com
6/10-4/02 27th Annual IAPSRS International Meeting ( International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services) at Regal Constellation Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hosted by PSR Canada and the Ontario Chapter www.iapsrs.org Email: conferences@iapsrs.org
6/14-16/02 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting at Ketchikan. See, invitation letter and draft agenda. For more information call 465-3071
6/27-29/02 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference sponsored by HRSA at the Drake Hotel Chicago, Illinois for more information, contact Policy Research Associate 888-439-3300 hch@prainc.com
6/26-29/02 NAPAS (National Association of Protection and Advocacy System) 25th Annual Conference at Washington, DC renaissance Hotel 999 9th Street, NW Washington DC 20001 800-468-3571/202-898-9000, Room Rate - $145 Single/$165 Double by May 31 http://www.protectionandadvocacy.com/
July 2002
7/12/02 Information Systems Advisory Committee meeting, Albuquerque, NM
August 2002
8/5-7/02 Mobilizing Resources for Independent Living at Canal Place, New Orleans La sponsored by IL Net Registration by July 3, Registration fee: $65 for more information, please go to www.ilru.org
8/9-11/02 National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association 15th Annual Conference at Wyndham Resort Orlando FL email: programs@ndmda.org website: http://www.ndmda.org/conference.html
August 15, 2002, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time Call on Comparative Models for Serving Special Needs Populations: Neighborhood Health Plan and AXIS Healthcare. Guest Experts: Robert Master, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Neighborhood Health Plan, and Christopher Duff, Chief Executive Officer, AXIS Healthcare Date & Time: August 15, 2002; 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time Background & Speaker Information (pdf file:59K) To Register: Complete this Confirmation Form (pdf file:56K) and fax back to Jill Ward at 609-895-9648.
8-20 Federal Office for Civil Rights “Listening sessions” in Anchorage on how well (or poorly) Alaska is doing in providing community based services. Access Alaska, 121 W. Fireweed Lane, Suite 105 (907-248-4777) 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Providers’ Meeting; 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Consumers’ Meeting
8-21 Federal Office for Civil Rights “Listening sessions” in Fairbanks on how well (or poorly) Alaska is doing in providing community based services. A chance for the disability community to tell the Federal Government how well (or poorly) Alaska is doing in providing community based services. Access Alaska, 3550 Airport Way, Suite 3 (907-474-4052) 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Providers’ Meeting; 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Consumers’ Meeting
8-22 Federal Office for Civil Rights “Listening sessions” in Juneau on how well (or poorly) Alaska is doing in providing community based services. A chance for the disability community to tell the Federal Government how well (or poorly) Alaska is doing in providing community based services. Centennial Hall, 101 Egan Drive, Hickel Room, (907-586-5283) 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Providers’ Meeting; 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Consumers’ Meeting
8/22-23/02 Alaska State Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting, Eagan Center Anchorage See, Agenda and for more information, please call 269-7960
8/26-29/02 National Association for Rural Mental Health: 2002 Annual Conference "Riding the Winds of Change: Alternatives for the Journey" at La Fonda Hotel Santa Fe New Mexico 505-272-0537 http://www.narmh.org
September 2002
9/5-6/02 Alaska State Mental Health Trustee Meeting, Egan Center Anchorage. See Draft Agenda. For more information, please call 269-7960
9/5/02 National Low Income Housing Coalition Field Call meeting at 3:00 pm eastern. The call in number is 800-311-9405 and the password is Trust Fund. I look forward to speaking with you on the call. On this months call: 1. Review the activities people participated in and the effects of those activities. 2. What the Campaign expects to happen now on the Hill. 3. Endorsements, Endorsements, Endorsements. 4. Set some goals for the next call.
9/9-10/02 Alaska Community Mental Health Services Association (providers association) in Fairbanks.
9/13/02 Living With Schizophrenia by Beth LaCrosse at UAA from 7:00 to 9:00
9/17/02 16th Annual NASW Alaska Chapter Conference"Integrating Creative Solutions For and With Alaskans" - Captain Cook, Anchorage September 17-20, 2002 - call 907/332-6279 or 1-800-478-6279
9/19-21/02 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting in Dillingham, Alaska. See Invitation Letter and Revised (9/13) Agenda.
9/19/22/02 The Alternatives 2002 Conference at the Hyatt Regency, Peach Tree Center in Atlanta, Georgia for more information Contac, 91`0 Qaurrier St. Suite 414 Charleston, WV 25301 888-825-8324 Meeting Planners: Horizon Meetings, Inc. P.O. Box 500209 Austin, TX 78750 Pat Guyton, CMP 512-336-9029, Ext.103 email: pguyton@horizonmeetings.com
9/11/02 Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web Board Meeting at 11:00 am, 1248 Gambell Street, Anchorage, Alaska.
October 2002
1/0/1-2/02 IT Expo at Egan Convention Center in Anchorage
555 W. 5th Ave, Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Venue Phone: 907-263-2800
Organizers Phone: 907-277-7469
10/2-402, New Freedom Commission on Mental Health” will hold its fifth meeting, Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. The phone number for the hotel is (703) 920-3230.
10/21-25 Alaska Federation of Natives Convention
10/24-29/02 Recovery, Rehabilitation, and the Decade of the Person: Innovations for the New Millennium. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Sponsored by the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center, and the Latino Behavioral Health Institute. For more info, contact: Blanca Yanulis, Conference Manager
10/16-18/02, The BCAP Quality Summit at the Emory Conference Center in Atlanta, GA, is for health plans and plan partners committed to improving the quality of care delivered to people covered under Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Participants will learn how to develop innovative approaches for improving quality, increasing collaboration with key stakeholders, implementing quality initiatives with providers, and measuring outcomes through return on investment. Participants also will benefit from problem-solving sessions, focused break-out sessions, and networking opportunities. A Pre-Conference: Welcome to BCAP on October 16 will outline the Best Clinical and Administrative Practices quality improvement method and S hiloh Baptist Church, 2100 North Monroe Street Baltimore, MD Registration fee $10.00 for more information contact: Hearts & Ears: 1-410-833-7778 http://www.heartsandears.org Paula Lafferty, Exec. Dir.
10/28-30/02 Expanding Access to Community-Based Services for People with the Justice System at Hotel Nikko San Francisco, CA Contact Ashley Lounsbury, phone: 518-311-4246, ext.269 email: alounsbury@prainic.com web site: http://www.gainsctr.com/conference GAINS Center 2002 National Conference
10/29/02 CMS Town Hall Meeting on Restraints and Seclusion in Baltimore, MD, Participation via teleconference is welcome, for more information http://www.cms.hhs.gov/opendoor/hospitals.asp
10/31/02 Anchorage Consumer Leadership Network Meeting 12 noon to 2 pm at Suite 740 3601 C Street sponsored by Alaska Work Initiative for more information, please call 269-8999
November 2002
11/7/02 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority at the Hilton Hotel in Anchorage. See Agenda.
11/7/02 Alaska Direct Workers Retention Committee at 1:30 pm, Frontier Building, Suite 222 telephone participation is available, for more information please contact Kay branch <Kay_Branch@admin.state.ak.us>
11/7-9/02 9th Annual Minority Health Conference at The Harvey Hotel, DFW Airport, Irving Texas Contact Info: Eva Holguin 512-458-7629 or Linda Freeman 972-721-3629 email: Healthtx@ci.irving.tx.us Web Sitehttp://www.ci.irving.tx.us/healthtx Effective approaches for solving health challenges in minority and under-served populations.
11/7/02 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Board Meeting at the main office, 4300 Boniface Parkway, Anchorage Alaska
11/7/02 ACMHSA (Alaska Community Mental Health Services Association) Teleconference at 8:30 am 1675 C Street, Suite 117 Anchorage AK 99501
11/10/02 at 8 am A Business/Breakfast meeting sponsored by the National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse This is part of the American Public Health Association's 130th Annual Meeting and Exposition.
11/13-14/02 Meeting of President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health at Le Meridien Hotel, 465 South La Cienega Boulevard Los Angels, CA
11/18/02 Anchorage Consumer Leadership Network Meeting from 12 noon to 2 pm at Governor's Council Conference Room, State Building, Anchorage For Teleconference #1-800-315-6338 Code:AKWORK# for more information please contact Jennifer Jones <Jennifer Jones@health.state.ak.us>
11/21-24/02 The 2002 NARPA (National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy) Conference, "Rights Under Siege," at DoubleTree Lloyd Center Hotel in Portland, Oregon. The special conference room rate is $79 per night. for more information is at http://www.narpa.org.
11/21-22/02 Housing First: Models and Methodologies, a national technical assistance workshop cosponsored by The National Alliance to End Homelessness and Beyond Shelter, Inc. in Los Angeles for more information www.nhchc.org
11/25/02 ALASKA ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SERVICE CAREERS At Frontier Building (3601 C St. Suite 896, Anchorage 10 am. - 4 pm. Meeting Agenda
December 2002
12/2-6/-2 Alaska Rural Mental Health Conference. See, http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dmhdd/Rural%20MH%20Conference.htm
12/2-4/02 Alaska State Independent Living Council Meeting at Alyeska Prince Hotel, Girdwood, Alaska. See, Agenda
12/2-3/02 Schizophrenia and the Criminal Justice System at Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel, Towson to register or for more information, contact Erica Chestnut 1-800-949-1003, ext.1857 Erica.Chestnut@lrn.va.gov
12/2-3/02 New Hope for Borderline Personality Disorder, from Science to Service. Presented by the TARA National Association for Personality Disorder and supported by NIMH. Washington DC, Holiday Inn Bethesda, MD for more information, Valerie Porr, Pres. TARA National Assoc. for Personality Disorder 1-888-4-TARA APD TARAAPD@aol.com http://tara4bpd.org
12/2-5/02 Bureau of Indian Affairs Annual Providers Conference, Egan Convention Center, Anchorage Alaska
12/4-5/02 Meeting of President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
12/7/02 The National Coalition for the Homeless 1st Annual "Bringing America Home for the Holidays" award Gala, 6 pm. - midnight, Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill. For more information about the Gala or hotel reservations, please contact Veronica Rice at 202-737-6444 ext. 21 or vrice@nationalhomeless.org www.nationalhomess.org
12/8-10/02 Winter 2002 Commissioners Meeting at Radisson Bahia Mar, Ft. Lauderdale Florida sponsored by NASMHPD http://www.nasmhpd.org/meetings.htm
12/11-12/02 ACMHSA Quarterly Meeting at the BP Energy Center, 900 East Benson Boulevard, Anchorage RSVP to dnewell@denalifs.org
12/13-15/02 Alaska Mental Health Board meeting at the Hilton Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska. See Revised Agenda.
1/7/03 Alaska Mobility Coalition Tele Conference 1:30 pm Call in #s: Outside Fairbanks 1-877-751-8040 In Fairbanks 474-8050 Passcode: 530279 Contact Person: Bob Kniefel 337-6560 crazybob@gci.net
1/8-9/03 Meeting of President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
1/15/03 Innovations in Telemental Health Audio teleconference Portland, Oregon Contact: Association of Telehealth Service providers Will Engle phone:800-852-3591 engle@atsp.org http://www.telehealthconference.org
1/21-22/03 National
Community Reinvestment Coalition Western Regional Conference at Los Angels,
CA for more
information: www.ncrc.org or
213-743-9920
1/23-25/03 Health Action 2003 - the annual gathering of grassroots advocates at The Mayflower Hotel, Washington DC sponsored by the National Healthcare for the Homeless Council http://www.nhchc.org/
1/28-2/2/03 20th annual Advanced International Winter Symposium on Addictive Disorders and Behavioral Health at Sheraton Hotel Colorado Springs, Colorado Contact Info: Sandra Della-Giustina 719-594-9304 addicteduc@aol.com
4/2-3/03 Meeting of President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
4/3/03 National Housing Trust Fund teleconference 3 pm Eastern Time, 1-800-351-4896, passcode:TrustFund
4/3/03 The Disability Law Center of Alaska will hold its annual meeting in Anchorage, AK, on Thursday, April 3, 2003. The meeting will be held at the Westmark Hotel, 720 West 5th Ave., Anchorage, in the Chugach Room from 9:00a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Public comment will be heard from 4:30-6:00p.m.
4/3-4/03 Alaska 20/20 Conference at Eagan Center Contact: Alaska Humanities Forum 907-272-5316 http://www.alaska2020.org
4/9-12/03 International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services - Annual Conference at Roney Place Miami, Florida Contact: Tracey Moropito - International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services info@iafmhs.org http://www.iafmhs.org
4/7-9/03 Co-Occurring Disorder Institute 2003 Spring Conference at Lake Lucille Inn, Wasilla, Alaska for more information, please contact Stepenie J Saunders, Research and Training Associate , co-Occurring Disorder Institute 907-745-2634, sscodi@pobox.mtaonline.net www.cordi-ak.org
4/9/03 Alaska Housing Finance Co. Board meeting at the main office, Anchorage
4/11-12/03 Alaska Mental Health Board Budget Committee Budget Summit continued at the Millennium Hotel in Anchorage. 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m., April 11th; 9:00 am to 4:00 p.m., April 12th The Committee is seeking input on the 11th about how Alaska's mental health budget and budgeting process helps and hinders achieving desired outcomes for its recipients and hopes to write its report during the meeting on the 12th. This is a policy discussion and does not directly concern the current legislative process for FY 04. See Agenda.
4/11-13/03 27th Annual Convening of Crisis Intervention at Chicago Marriott Downtown Hotel, Chicago Illinois Contact: Dr. Barry Greenwald - bsgreenw@uic.edu http://www.nic.edu/orgs/convening/ this annual conference is dedicated to providing information to crisis intervention personnel; it is held in April of each year at a Chicago location.
4/14/03 3:00-4:30 PM. Self-Determination & Empowerment Forum: Micro-Enterprise and Supported Self-Employment. Speakers: Ken Hamrick and Ron Broome 2210 Arca Dr., Anchorage, Alaska.
4/15-16/03 Healthier US: Putting Prevention First at Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore Maryland Contact: Nancy Stanisic - 202-26-3601 http://www.healthypeople.gov Formerly the Healthy People Conference, this summit will focus on the urgency of prevention and on promising approaches for tackling key challenges.
4/22/03 Disability Summit at Juneau Contact: Millie Ryan 907-269-8990 Millie_Ryan@health.state.ak.us Summit on Legislative issues and priorities affecting individuals with disabilities in Alaska. Targeted audience includes Administration Representatives, Legislators and others involved in policy and prioritization of disability issues.
4/23-26/03 36th Annual American Association of Suicidology Conference at Lafonda Hotel and Hotel Loretto, Santa Fe New Mexico http://www.sucidology.org
4/24-25/03 Full Lives: Moving Forward Together Direct Support Conference at Anchorage Marriott Hotel Downtown Call for Paper-due date January 24, 2003 for more information contact Center for Human Development phone: 907-272-8270 Email: programcommittee@alaskachd.org
4/25/03 at 5:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time NEC-West Teleconference Topic To Be Announced If you are a c/s/x of mental health services and would like to participate in this, please call 1-888-746-4463 PIN 9378 on Wednesday, April 24 to sign up. for more information, please contact Carol Patterson<necwest@earthlink.net>, NEC-West Facilitator
4/28-29/03 National Low Income Housing Coalition Annual Housing Policy Conference in Washington DC for more information: www.nlihc.org
4/29/03 Attitudes and Mental Health at Sailnt Joseph Mercy Health system Education Center, 5305 Elliott Drive, Ypsilanti Michigan Contact: Dawn Farm at info@dawnfarm.org http://www.dawnfarm.org/event.php The Dawn Farm Comminuty Education Series is a new; re-designed, FREE annual workshop series developed to provide accurate, practical, current information about chemical dependency and recovery. Attitudes and Mental Health" will describe the source or compulsion and delusion in chemical dependency.
5/1/03 National Housing Trust Fund teleconference at 3 pm (Eastern Time) 1-800-351-4896 Passcode: Trust Fund
5/1-3/3 Addictions and Behavioral Health Conference at Double Tree Hotel Bellevue, Bellevue Washington Contact: 719-634-7943 800-544-9562 http://institutefortraining.com
5/5-9/03 IAPSRS 28th Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia for more information www.iapsrs.org/conference or Trudi Murray <trudimurray@iapsrs.org>
5/7-8/03 Governor's Council on Disability and Special Education at Kodiak Contact: Jay C Bush Jay_Bush@health.state.ak.us 907-269-8991 http://www.hss.state.ak.us/Gcdse/ Quarterly meeting of the Governor's Council
5/8-9/03 Mental Health Consumer and Family Leadership Conference at Anchorage Contact: Jill Ramsey 277-1300 "Circles of Discovery" Annual Consumer and Family Conference for leadership, empowerment and advocacy.
5/11-13/03 American Planning Association Conference The American Planning Association will hold its 2003 Legislative and Policy Conference from May 11-13, 2003, in Washington, D.C. Topics will include transportation planning, neighborhood reinvestment policies, smart growth politics and policy, homeland security implications for planning, and affordable housing. The conference program will feature addresses from leaders in Congress and the administration, training for grassroots advocacy, a special Capitol Hill reception, and meetings with Members of Congress as part of "Planner's Day on Capitol Hill." More information is available at www.planning.org/legislation/2003policyconf.htm.
May 17-18/2003 Anti-Forced Treatment Rally and Freedom Forum. Freedom Forum & Festival on Sat., May 17, 2003 and a Freedom Rally on Sun., May 18, 2003 to protest forced treatment during the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco
5/22-23/03 Employment Net Work Summit in Washington DC The objective of the meeting includes to "recommend statutory or regulatory changes related to current and prospective Employment Networks participating in the Ticket to Work Program. Specifically, the recommendations will focus on increasing and accelerating the recruitment of a national array of qualified, skilled and committed Employment Networks to support the Program." Contact: TWWIIAPanel@ssa.gov EN Summit Ticket to Work Panel Suite 700, 400 Virginia Ave. S.W. Washington, DC 20024
5/27-30/03 2003 Joint National Conference on Mental Health Block Grant and the National Conference on Mental Health Statistics at Marriott Wardman Park Hotel 2660 Woodley road, NW Washington, D.C. 20008 Call for Papers: due December 31, 2002 "Promoting Resiliency and recovery Through Planning and Data Partnerships in a Time of Economic Austerity"
5/27/03 Alaska State Mental Health Trust Authority Asset Management Committee at Fairbanks 1:30 to 3:30 pm Contact: Leann McGinnis leannm@dnr.state.ak.us 907-269-8658
5/28-29/03 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting at Wedgewood Hotel, Fairbanks 8:30 am Contact: Delisa Culpepper delisa_culpepper@mhta.revenue.state.ak.us 269-7965
5/28-30/03 Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Regular Meeting at Hotel Edgewater, Seward Contact: Pam Watts pam_watts@health.state.ak.us 888-464-8920 www.abada.com
5/30/03 API Board Meeting at 3rd floor conference room, Anchorage 10 am
5/29-31/03 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference at Hyatt Regency Washington, Washington DC Sponsored by Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center Policy Research Associates, Inc. 345 Delaware Ave. Delmar, NY 12054 1-888-439-3300 hch@prainc.com
5/28-31/03 National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems, Inc. 26th Annual Conference: P&A CAP training at Washington DC http://www.protectionandadvocacy.com/20001p.html
5/30/03 API Governing Board Meeting at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute, starting at 10:00 a.m.
6/4-7/03 The National Mental Health Association's 2003 Annual Conference, "America's Mental Health Crisis: Finding Solutions Together" in Washington DC http://www.nmha.org/annualconference
6/12-14/03 Alaska Mental Health Board
Meeting at Ionia/Soldotna
for more information, Phone: 907/465-4765
Email: Richard_Rainery@health.state.ak.us
See Draft Agenda.
6/24/03 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Teleconference Asset Management Committee Meeting at 1:30 to 2 pm Contact Leann McGinnis leannm@dnr.state.ak.us 907-269-8658 #1-800-315-6338 Code #856 (TLO)
6/28-7/1/03 NAMI's 2003 Annual Convention will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The convention will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center. (Pre-conference session scheduled for Saturday, June 28 will be held at the Hilton Minneapolis.) Hilton Minneapolis & Towers for more information: http://www.nami.org/convention03/minneapolis.html
7/7-12/03 17th Asia Pacific Social Worker Conference Nagasaki International University & Huis Ten Bosch Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
7/14-16/03 "5th Annual Statewide Mental Health Consumer Conference "Frontiers for Recovery" at Iowa Central Community College Fort Dodge, Iowa Contact Info: Connie Hadden, Human Development and Family studies, Ames, Iowa 50011-1030 chadden@dhs.state.ia.us This is a conference for mental health consumers. It is put on and ran by mental health consumers.
7/16-19/03 New Partnerships for Ending Homelessness: Housing, Services, and Employment Conference at Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill Washington DC Contact Info: Registrar (202) 638-1526 or naeh@naeh.org E-mail Address: Web Site: http://www.endhomelessness.org/conf2003/intro.htm. Partnerships like these can meet the urgent need for affordable housing and support services for people with low incomes and those living with HIV/AIDS, addictions, mental illness, and other disabilities. They can help the thousands of people who become homeless every day stay housed instead, and move people who are already homeless back into stable housing faster than ever. This conference addresses the multiple issues and challenges associated with achieving the goal of providing a home with accessible, appropriate services for every individual and family in need.
7/16/2003 Teleconference on National Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 2-5 PM EDT. See, http://www.cessi.net/nidrrlrp/index.htm and http://www.cessi.net/nidrrlrp/videoconf.htm#web
7/17/03 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Budget Meeting, 10:30 - 5:00, 8th Floor, Frontier Building, Anchorage.
7/17-20/03 National Association of Rural Mental Health Annual Conference at Grosvenor Resort, Orlando, Florida for more information: http://www.narmh.org/pages/03confra.html
7/18/03 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Program and Planning Meeting, 2-4 PM, Atwood Building Conference Room, 550 W. 7th Ave
7/19-22/03 Allies for Action Advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention at Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington DC SPAN USA, the Suicide Prevention Action Network, presents its 8th annual National Awareness Event. Contact information: SPAN USA, Inc. 5034 Odins Way, Marrietta, GA 30068 http://www.spanusa.org/
7/21/03 Mental Health Trust Authority Outreach Trip Contact: Bill Herman 269-79627/22/023 Alaska State Mental Health Trust Authority Asset Management Committee Meeting 1:30 to 3:30 pm Contact: Leann McGinnis leannm@dnr.state.ak.us 907-269-86587/29/03
7/22-24/03 Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP 2003): What's Working? What's Missing? What's Next? at Omni Shoreham Hotel City: Washington DC http://www.blsmeetings.net/TRIP/ The conference will examine successes and challenges in implementing research findings faced by patients, communities, physicians, practices, health care organizations, national and local governments, payers, educators and the media. Attendees will include health services researchers, clinicians, health care managers, payers, patient and consumer representatives, industry representatives, and policymakers
7/22/023 Alaska State Mental Health Trust Authority Asset Management Committee Meeting 1:30 to 3:30 pm Contact: Leann McGinnis leannm@dnr.state.ak.us 907-269-8658
7/24/03 API Governing Board Meeting (Teleconference), not open to public.
7/29/03 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Retreat Contact: Bill Herman 269-7962
7/30-8/3/03 Sharing Successes and Dealing with Differences Conference at Embassy Suites Charleston West Virginia Contact Info: Kathy Muscari, Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center - 1 888 825 8324 Kathymuscari@contac.org www.contac.org This exciting event provides a unique opportunity to dialogue with experienced & successful consumer/survivor network-builders while learning skills from top experts in conflict resolution for managing challenges that often arise when creating positive change in the system of mental health care. The Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center (CONTAC) and the Collaborative for Conflict Management in Mental Health are excited about having consumer/survivors in attendance representing states who have been awarded CMHS Statewide Networks Grants.
8/5/03 Protection and Advocacy in Mental Illness meeting at the Alaska Disability Law Center at 3:30 pm Anchorage, Alaska for more information Patti Freeman <pfreeman@dlcak.org>
8/9/03 The first annual Alternate Transportation Fair from 10 am to 6 pm at Dimond Center featuring many of the unique ways resourceful Alaskans get round "The Great Land". for more information: 343-8491
8/20/23/03 National Mental Health Association 2003 Annual Conference: America's mental Health Crisis: Finding Solutions Together at Hyatt Regency, Washington DC http://www.nmha.org/annualconference/index.cfm
8/20/03 Alaska Housing Financial Corporation (AHFC) board meeting at 10 am ,main office, 4300 Boniface Parkway, Anchorage, Alaska for more information: http://www.ahfc.state.ak.us/
8/27/2003 New Freedom Initiative Open Door Forum. Start Time: 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). Topic:CMS Initiatives Related to the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Conference Leader(s): Dennis Smith/Rich Lawlor/Joe Tilghman. Special Guest: Charles G. Curie, M.A., A.C.S.W., Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) Two Ways to Participate 1. Telephone Participation: (RSVP is not required) Call-in Phone #: 1-800-837-1935 (Access TTY by dialing 711) Conference ID: 9828505
8/27/03 Anchorage Special Muni Assembly meeting on AR 2003-265 Community Development Bloc Grant-2003 Revised Action Plan, HOME investment Partnerships Program funding and more at room 155 City Hall 12 noon to 1:30 for more information: James H. Boehm at 343-4285, 343-4881
8/27/03 Alaska Consumer Consortium meeting
at NAMI Anchorage from 9 am. for more information: "Ionia Inc."
<burdock@ionia.org>
September, 2003
9/3/03 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Asset Management Committee Meeting at Anchorage from1:30 to 3:30 pm Contact Leann McGinnis leannm@dnr.state.ak.us 907-269-8658
9/4/03 The 2004 Affordable Housing Workshops GOAL Program sponsored by Alaska Housing Finance Corporation at Fairbanks Aspen Hotel, 4580 Old Airport Road, RSVP required: 330-8277, 800-4782432
9/5/03 Alaska Behavioral Health Housing
Summit at Frontier building, 3600 C Street, Room 890 8:30-11:30
RSVP Gail Penningons:261-5307 gpennington@alaska.net
9/4-5/03 (changed to
9/15-16-03) Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee
Meeting at Egan Center, Anchorage. See
Agenda. Contact:
Delisa Culpepper
delisa_culpepper@mhta.revenue.state.ak.us
269-7965
9/9/03 The 2004 Affordable Housing Workshops GOAL Program sponsored by Alaska Housing Finance Corporation at Sitka Centennial Hall, 330 Harbor Drive l RSVP required: 330-8277, 800-4782432
9/10-11/03. Mental Health Disability Law Seminar in Anchorage, Alaska by mental health law expert Michael L. Perlin and award winning science writer Robert Whitaker. See Seminar Agenda
9/10-14/03 XXII World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) at Stockholm City Conference Center, Norra Latin Stockholm, Sweden Contact Info: ellenor.mittendorfer@ipm.ki.se E-mail Address: Web Site: http://www.ki.se/suicid/iasp2003/. The XXII IASP Congress is to take place in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10-14 September 2003. It will be hosted by IASP and the Swedish National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health. The theme of the Congress, Crossing Borders in Suicide Prevention -- From the Genes to the Human Soul, reflects the aim of holistically synthesizing biological, psychosocial and ethical aspects of suicide for a better understanding of its aetiology.
9/12/03 Protection and Advocacy in Mental
Illness meeting at Disability Law Center at
Anchorage for more
information: Patti Freeman <pfreeman@dlcak.org>
9/14/03 The 2004 Affordable Housing Workshops GOAL Program sponsored by Alaska Housing Finance Corporation at Anchorage Diamond Hotel RSVP required: 330-8277, 800-4782432
9/15-16-03 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting in Anchorage. See Agenda. Contact: Delisa Culpepper delisa_culpepper@mhta.revenue.state.ak.us 269-7965
9/16/03 Alaska Mobility Coalition Tele-conference Call In no.: 1-800-315-6338 Code 8900# for more information: Bob Kniefel <crazybob@gci.net>
9/17-9/03 The New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services Inc. 21st Annual Conference "Recovery & Rights for all: Every Single One." at Ellenville New York, New York Contact Info: Mary McLaughlin (518) 436-0008, ext.23
9/17/03 Disability and Aging activists March at 1 pm Upper Senate Par, Washington DC for more information: 512-431-4085 www.freeourpeople.org
9/18/03 The 2004 Affordable Housing Workshops GOAL Program sponsored by Alaska Housing Finance Corporation at Kenai Merit Inn, 260 South Willow, RSVP required: 330-8277, 800-4782432
9/19/03 Noon. The Department of Health and Social Services will be holding a statewide teleconference to discuss the Preferred Drug List on Friday, September 19, 2003 at noon. The call in number will be 1-800-315-6338 (735# or PDL#).
9/20/03 Alaska Disability Law Center board meeting at Fairbanks, Spring Suite for more information: Patti Freeman <pfreeman@dlcak.org>
9/20-23/03 5th International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services at Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington DC Contact: Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy http://www.icsbhs.org
9/22/03 IAPSRS Alaska Chapter meeting at Group Room C Southcentral Counseling Center 4020 Folker Street, Anchorage for more information: Janet & Jim McLaughlin <jjers@gci.net>
9/23/03 Alaska Mental Health Board meeting by phone from 2:30 to 4:30 pm Juneau: Alaska mental Health Board, 431 N. Franklin St. Suite 101, Anchorage: Alaska Mental Health Trust. 550 West 7th Ave. Suite 1828, Fairbanks: Information Insights, 212 Front Street If not in Juneau, Anchorage, or Fairbanks, or cannot come to one of the site, the dial-in bridge number is 907-474-4636 for more information 485-3071
9/24-27/03 AACC's 2003 World Conference: "Helping People" Live the Life at Opryland , Nashville, Tennessee Contact Info: Registrar (434) 525-9470 or MemberServices@AACC.net http://www.aacc.net/ This American Association of Christian Counselors conference offers 125 workshops in the following tracks: (1) grief, crisis, and suicide; (2) abuse, terror, and trauma; (3) biblical and spiritual foundations; (4) pastoral care and the church; (5) children and adolescents; (6) families and parenting; (7) marital therapy and enrichment; (8) healthy sexuality; (9) multi-cultural and special populations; (10) clinical assessment and treatment; (11) psychiatry and behavioral medicine; (12) addictions and recovery; (13) extraordinary women; (14) counselor care, training, and supervision; and (15) ethical and legal issues.
9/29/03 One-day media spokesperson training sponsored by the Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma Associated with Mental Illness (ADS Center) at The Gallup Organization, 901 F Street NW, Washington DC 20004 for more information: http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov
October, 2003
10/1-3/03 National Association of Social Workers Alaska Chapter Annual Conference. "The Power of Stories: Narratives of Hope, Courage and Change" at Hotel Captain Cook, Anchorage Invited Keynote Speakers: Naomi Haines Griffillth, David Epston, co-founder, Narrative Therapy. for more information: naswak@alaska.net or call 907/332-6279 or 1-800-478-6279 (Alaska only).
10/3-4/03 Alaska State Housing and Homelessness Coalition Annual Meeting at Fairbanks for more information, (travel scholarships available) contact "Kris Duncan" <kduncan@ahfc.state.ak.us>
10/3-4/03 Rethinking Mental Illness: The Power of Procovery.University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. 2-day Procovery and Procovery Circle training for staff, family members, consumers and administrators. Principal trainer Kathleen Crowley author of The Power of Procovery in Healing Mental Illness: Just Start Anywhere. Co-sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Illness. For more information: www.procovery.com or email rstratt@procovery.com or call 323/571-0659.
10/03/03 API Governing Board Meeting 3rd floor API building, Anchorage
10/3-4/03 “Rethinking Mental Illness: The Power of Procovery.” University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. 2-day Procovery and Procovery Circle training for staff, family members, consumers and administrators. Principal trainer Kathleen Crowley author of The Power of Procovery in Healing Mental Illness: Just Start Anywhere. Co-sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Illness. For more information: www.procovery.com or email rstratt@procovery.com or call 323/571-0659.
10/6-8/03 National Coalition for the Homeless Annual Conference in Washington, DC. National Coalition for the Homeless Annual Bringing America Home Conference. For more information, please contact Nick Phillips at 202.737.6444 ext. 17 or nphillips@nationalhomeless.org. Watch for details at www.nationalhomeless.org.
10/17/03 2nd Behavioral Health Housing Summit in Anchorage, Alaska for more information: "Peratrovich, Frank" <Frank_Peratrovich@health.state.ak.us>
10/17/03 Alaska Housing Financial Corporation (AHFC) board meeting at Juneau, Alaska for more information: http://www.ahfc.state.ak.us
10/20-22/03 The 2003 Alaska Community Transportation Conference & North Star Maintenance Forum at Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage Alaska for more information: www.alaska.gov/transit
10/23-25/03 Physical Activity and Mental Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach Conference at the Cooper Institute, Dallas Texas Contact Info: Melba Morrow, Conference Director: 972-341-3247 E-mail Address: mmorrow@cooperinst.org, http://www.cooperinst.org/. A conference to expand the knowledge of how physical activity influences mental health outcomes, neurobiology, and psychological function.
10/24/03 "Best Practices in Psychiatric Rehabilitation of
Schizophrenia" - Professional Training Series at Grand Wayne Center, 120 W.
Jefferson Blvd, 46802 Fort Wayne, Indiana Contact Info: Fran Howard, Workshop
Registrar Park Center, Inc. 909 E. State Blvd Fort Wayne, IN 46805 Ph:
260-481-2700 ext. 2019 Fax: 260-481-2717 E-mail:
fhoward@parkcenter.org.
http://www.parkcenter.org/Workshops.htm. It is therefore, increasingly
recognized that effective treatment of schizophrenia involves a combination of
pharmacotherapy and psychiatric rehabilitation. When optimal medication regimens
are combined with skills training, cognitive rehabilitation, environmental
modifications and supports, and self-management techniques, outcomes are
improved, and a higher proportion of patients demonstrate treatment gains. This
workshop will cover recent advances in psychiatric rehabilitation practices,
focusing on techniques with demonstrated effectivenss that can be implemented
within inpatient, outpatient, day hospital or residential settings. Participants
will gain an understanding of the rationale for, and current practices in, the
areas of social skills training, cognitive rehabilitation, developing incentive
programs, and therapeutic contracting. Steven Silverstein, Ph.D., is an
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, and the Program Director for the Psychiatric
Disorders Division at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He has
established two comprehensive inpatient behavioral rehabilitation programs that
have received national recognition: The University Services Psychiatric
Rehabilitation Program in Rochester, New York and the Second Chance Program in
White Plains, New York. He has also served as a consultant to numerous hospitals
and outpatient programs throughout the country in the areas of psychiatric
rehabilitation and program development.
10/26-28/03 The 20th Annual National Home and Community Based Services Conference at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center located at 509 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Registration is being done on line at http://www.nasua.org.
10/27/03 IAPSRS Alaska Chapter monthly meeting at Noon ( Lifequest,) Behavioral Health Services of Mat-Su, Alaska for more information; Jim M at SCC 563-1000
10/27-28/03 Alaska Providers Association Quarterly Meeting from 8:30 to 5 at Aspen Hotel, Fairbanks, for more information: Anita Wilson <Anita_Wilson@AssetsInc.org> teleconference: 800-315-6338, 64#
10/28 Jail Diversion /Decriminalizing Mental Illness Education Meeting sponsored by NAMI Anchorage. Location: Northstar Behavioral Systems, 2530 DeBarr Rd; 7:00 p.m. Presenter: Jim McLaughlin.
10/29-31/03 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting at Fairbanks. See Letter and Second Revised Agenda. Note: this has a new time for public comment. For more information, 465-3071 amhb@alaska.net
11/5/03 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation board meeting, for more information: Paula Graber 1-907-330-8457, 1-800-478-2432 (outside Anchorage, but within Alaska), or pgraber@ahfc.state.ak.us
11/7/03 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Meeting. Anchorage. See, Agenda.
11/14/03 Alaska Housing Summit at Frontier Building Room 896-890, Anchorage from 8:30-11:30 am for more information: Shannon Wilkins 563-1000 Agenda will follow.
11/14-15/03 21st Annual National Conference on Health Education & Health Promotion for more information, go to http://www.astdhpphe.org
11/15-19/03 American Association of Public Health 131st Annual Meeting at San Francisco, CA http://www.apha.org/meetings/
11/16-18/03 CHCS annual Purchasing Institute in Colorado Springs. Highlights of the curriculum include: Building the Business Case for Quality; Building Capacity and Improving Quality in Medicaid Managed Care; Medicaid Purchasing and Design Innovations; and Leadership and Team Building. see CMS web site
11/17-19/03 Prevention Symposium 2003 at Anchorage Hilton Hotel, Anchorage Alaska sponsored by Akeela Inc. www.alaskaprevention.com
11/18/03 Alaska Coalition on Housing and the Homeless meeting at AHFC, Anchorage or tele-conference from 2 to 4 pm for more information: Gordon Howell ghowell@ruralcop.com
11/20/04 Anchorage Advocate Agencies Meeting at Hilton Hotel Anchorage sponsored by Anchorage Police Dept. for more information: Heather Handyside 343-4546
11/20/03 Public Hearing: "Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing" at 4 pm, AHFC Board Room 4300 Boniface Parkway, Anchorage for more information: Bob Pickett at bpickett@ahfc.state.ak.us 907-330-8273, 1-800-478-2432
11/20-21/03 Alaska Behavioral Health Stakeholders Committee meeting ¨ 8:30am-4:30pm, 3601 C Street, Suite 1401, Anchorage, In-person meeting, also teleconferenced, and broadcast live on http://www.webscription.com
11/20-23/03 The 2003 NARPA (National Association of Protection and Advocacy) Annual Conference at the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown in Austin, Texas "United for Social Justice" for more information www.narpa.org
11/21/03 Coffee with Representative Les Gara from 10 to 11 am at the Anchorage Senior Center for more information:269-0106 or Representative_Les_Gara@legis.state.ak.us
11/22-24/03 Employee Assistance Professionals Association 32nd Annual Conference at Hyatt Regency and Fairmont Hotels, New Orleans LA http://www.eapassn.org/public/pages/index.cfm?pageid=329
12/1-4/04 Alaska Behavioral Health Summit at the Sheraton Hotel in Anchorage. for the full program: http://www.alaskapublichealth.org/healthsummit.htm
12/3-6/03 SAMHSA's National Training Conference on Homelessness for People with Mental Illnesses and/or Substance Use Disorders at Pointe South Mountain Resort Phoenix, Arizona Co-sponsored by: Center for Mental Health Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration US Department of Health and Human Services. For more information, contact: National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness 800-444-7415 or visit www.nrchmi.com
12/8-12/03 Annual Alaska Rural Mental Health Conference contact info: Doug Veit, President, Rural Mental Health Association of Alaska <centaur@aptalaska.net>
12/10/03 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation board meeting, for more information: Paula Graber 1-907-330-8457, 1-800-478-2432 (outside Anchorage, but within Alaska), or pgraber@ahfc.state.ak.us
12/17/03 New Freedom Initiative Open Door Forum on Integrated Housing: Facilitating coordination of services with accessible and affordable housing. 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Call in Phone #: 1 800 837 1935 (Access TTY by dialing 711). Open Door Forums are a series of CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid) monthly and bi monthly audio conferences that focus on issues specific to Medicare and Medicaid.
12/29/04 IAPSRS Alaska Chapter meeting at noon, at Southcentral Counseling Center Main Office on Folker Street: for more information: Jim McLaughlin, the Chapter president at 563-1000
1/15/04 Noon to 4 pm HUD Alaska Field Office Open House at 3000 C Street, Suite 401 Anchorage, AK 99503 for more information 271-4663 before December 12, after Dec. 15-- 677-9800
1/23/04 API board meeting at the 3rd floor conference room, Anchorage Alaska for more information: 907-269-7128 Barbara
1/22-24/04 Health Action 2004 at Mayflower Hotel Washington DC sponsored by Families USA for more information: www.familiesusa.org info@familyusa.org
1/26/04 International Association of Psycho Social Rehabilitation Services Alaska Chapter monthly meeting at Folker St. at SCC noon time, for more information contact Jim McLaughlin 563-1000
2/4-5/04 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting at Juneau for more information: 269-7960
2/5/04 Screening of West 47th Street, 7:00 p.m., at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium on the UAA Campus. This is a PBS documentary filmed over three years at Fountain House, a renowned 50-year-old rehabilitation center in New York. West 47th Street reveals the human face of mental illness – and the faith and courage with which its victims fight to recover control of their lives.
2/17/04 Alaska Coalition of Housing and Homelessness monthly meeting at AHFC Anchorage at 2pm Main Office for more information Kris Duncan <kduncan@AHFC.STATE.AK.US>
2/18-22/04 Leading Successful Peer Programs: Our Vision/Our Outcome at Embassy Suites - Charleston, West Virginia sponsored by CONTAC, consumer scholarships available 1-888-825-8324 http://www.contac.org
2/24-26/03 Alaska Housing Financial Corporation Training Conference in Anchorage Alaska, for more information: Kris Duncan kduncan@AHFC.STATE.AK.US
2/24/04 Alaska Consumer Consortium meeting at Juneau Polaris House for more information barry@ionia.org
2/24/04 Alaska Housing Financial Corporation Board meeting at the main office Anchorage, Alaska
2/25-27/04 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting at Juneau. See Invitation Letter and Agenda.
3/2-3/ 04 The Alaska Rural Health Conference: “From Local to Global”….Highlighting Primary Care, Rural Health, and Rural Hospitals. Pre-sessions kick off the Conference March 1st, 2004.
3/2-3/04 Building Systems, So That Money Follows The Person at Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel 700 Aliceanna Street Baltimore, Maryland For registration application at http://www.nashp.org/CMSConference2004/ConfReg.cfm Registration Application Deadline: Friday, January 30, 2004 Limited consumer travel scholarships are available.
3/5-7/04 Alaska Psychiatric Association 11th Annual Spring Educational Meeting Hotel Captain Cook -- Anchorage, Alaska
3/8-9/04 Traumatic Brain Injury Conference at Hilton Hotel Anchorage, Alaska sponsored by Southcentral Counseling Center for more information: Shannon Wilks at 563-1000
3/17-20/04 2nd World Congress on Women's Mental Health at Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington D.C. for more information, http://www.womenmentalhealth.com/congress/default.htm
3/26-28/04, "The Next Step for Psychiatric Survivors: Creating Places of Our Own,” a Conference at Zuzu's Place about how to create genuine alternatives to forced psychiatric treatment.. We are all working toward the day when no one will have to submit to the horrors of forced psychiatric "treatment." To achieve this, we need places -- actual physical structures -- where people can live with freedom and dignity. This conference will bring our community together to confront the challenges we face in creating places of our own. Keynote Speakers, Judi Chamberlin, David Oaks, and Bob Whitaker.
3/31-4/2/04 BCAP Quality Summit at New Orleans, LA, will offer a national showcase of best practices in improving care for special needs populations. Medicaid health plans, primary care case management programs, and state Medicaid agencies will hear from programs that have demonstrated results through BCAP, will learn how to design a quality improvement pilot project with measurable outcomes, and will be eligible for seed grants that will be awarded to the most innovative quality improvement projects. for more information: www.chcs.org
4/12/04 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Meeting in Juneau, Alaska. See, Agenda.
4/12-15/04 Innovation in Recovery and Rehabilitation at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University more information and registration please go to http://www.bu.edu/cpr/workshops
4/13-15/04 Pathways to Adulthood National Independent Living Transitional Living Conference Washington, DC. Sponsored by the Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services. For more information; http://www.nrcys.ou.edu
4/19-20/04 Best Practices for Surveying People with Disabilities Sponsored by the Federal Interagency Committee on Disability Research at Washington, DC. Conference information available at: www.icdr.us/survey
4/19-20/04 "Removing Bias by Removing Barriers" at Capital Hill Holiday Inn, Washington DC contact info: David Keer, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research 202-205-5633 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd9/September%202003%20Issue.pdf
4/21-24/04 Internet, Media and Mental Health International Conference , Brisbane, QLD, New Zealand. www.immh04.im.com.au, alishaf@im.com.au or 07-3858-5437
4/26-27/04 National Low Income Housing Coalition Conference, Washington DC. for more information; http://www.nlihc.org
4/26-28/04 Leadership Institute at Center for Human Development, UAA for more information, contact Katy Arvidson Center for Human Development;907-272-8270, 800-243-2199 katy@alaska.edu www.alaskachd.org/fulllives/leadership.htm
4/29-30/04 3rd Annual Full Lives: Quality in Changing Times Direct Support Conference at Anchorage Marriott Hotel Downtown facilitated by University of Alaska Anchorage Center for Human Development 2210 Arca Drive, Anchorage Alaska 99508
4/29/04 API board meeting, Anchorage Alaska for more information Barbara at 269-7100
5/2/04 Protest for Freedom, Equality and Human Rights in front of the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association Jacob Javits convention center 655 west 34th street, New York City, Sponsored by Mental Patients Liberation Alliance and Mindfreedom/Support Coalition International. See, MindFreedom.Org for more information as it develops.
5/12-14/-4 GAINS 2004 Conference: "From Science to Services: Emerging Best Practices for People in Contact with the Justice System" Conference at Las Vegas sponsored by the National GAINS Center. www.gainsctr.com
5/13/04 Leadership to End Homelessness Audio Conference. 3-4 p.m. EST. Sponsored by the Council of State Community Development Agencies, National Alliance to End Homelessness, National Council of State Housing Agencies, National League of Cities, and U.S. Conference of Mayors. For details, see http//www.endhomelessness.org/audio
5/16-20/04 2004 U.S. Public Health Professional Conference. Anchorage, AK 866-544-9677 www.coausphsconference.org
5/17-21/04 IAPSRS' 29th Annual Conference in San Diego, California, USA for more information: www.iapsrs.org Each year, the IAPSRS Conference provides a forum for people involved in PSR worldwide to come together, celebrate, share ideas, exchange knowledge, develop new models and approaches, and envision ways to create a responsive and empowering mental health system.
5/20-21/04 "Housing First Ending and Preventing Family Homelessness" Workshop. Los Angeles, CA. Sponsored by Beyond Shelter, Inc. and co-sponsored by National Alliance to End Homelessness and Shelter Partnership, Inc. For details, see http//www.beyondshelter.org or contact 213-252-0772.
5/25/04 First Annual Symposium on Crisis Intervention, Baltimore, MD. for more information: Justin Stapleton at jstapleton@santegroup.org or www.thesantegroup.org
6/1-4/04 2004 Joint National Conference on Mental Health Block Grant and National Conference on Mental Health Statistics. sponsored by SAMHSA at Marriot Wardman Park Hotel Washington DC for more information: http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/StatePlanning/2004conference.asp
6/1-4/04 Advancing a Research Agenda for ICF--International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health at Halifax, Nova Scotia, conference information available at: www.icfconference.com
6/3-4/04 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting in Fairbanks. See Agenda .
6/6-9/04 Mental Health Services at the Interface of Mental Disorder, Addiction, and Crime at Stockholm, Sweden contact: info@iamhs.org http://www.iafmhs.org/conference/index.html This is the 4th annual international conference of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services.
6/9-12/04 National Mental Health Association Annual Meeting, "Justice for All--fighting for America's Mental Health," Washington DC 703-684-7722 www.nmha.org
6/12/04 The National Mental Health Association 2004 Annual Conference at Hyatt Regency Washington DC on Capital Hill for more information www.nmha.org or 1-800 969-6642 Consumer travel scholarships available from SAMHSA
6/12-13/04 Women Across the Life Span A National Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery in Baltimore MD sponsored by SAMHSA Additional information about the training events is posted at www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov.
6/16-18/04 The Alaska Mental Health Board will meet June 16-18, 2004 at the Aspen Hotel in Anchorage. See, invitation letter and draft agenda.
6/17/04 Consumer forum by the Alaska Mental Health Board. Details TBA.
6/17-19/04 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference at Hyatt Regency, New Orleans LA for more information: www.bphc.hrsa.gov/hchirc
6/16-18/04 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting at Anchorage for more information, 465-3071 amhb@alaska.net
6/23-25/04 Complexities of Co-Occurring Conditions Conference. Washington, DC. Sponsored by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and other federal agencies. For details, see http//www.cccconference.com
6/24-27/04 National Association for Rural Mental Health 2004 Annual Conference, "The Changing Faces of Rural Mental Health," at Boulder, CO www.narmh.org, narmh@facts.ksu.edu or 320-202-1820
05 rural/2day meeting schedule for Alaska Mental Health Board October 21-22/04 rural March 3-4 Juneau June 23-24/05 Anchorage
7/7/04 The Alaska Council on Homelessness will meet at 8:30 am on Wednesday, July 7, 2004 at the Permanent Fund Office, Hugh Malone Board Room, 801 W. 10th Street, #302, Juneau, Alaska. The agenda will include comments from the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, a report on the status of collecting data on homelessness in Alaska, and presentations from various state agencies on the impact of homelessness on their respective programs and services. The public is invited to attend the meeting, but should be aware that provisions for public testimony have been scheduled for a later meeting date. Any individual with a disability who may need special accommodations to participate in this meeting should contact Kris Duncan at Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, 330-8276 or 1-800-478-2432 no later than July 2.
7/12-13/04 SAMHSA training event, "Women Across the Life Span: A National Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery," Baltimore, MD. www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov
7/13/04 Site review for the Disability Law Center's PAIMI Program at 3:45-5:00 pm, 3330 Arctic Blvd, Suite 103, Anchorage, Alaska 99503 The PAIMI Program was created in 1986 to advocate and protect the rights of individuals with mental illness and severe emotional disturbance, either at risk for abuse, neglect and rights violations or abused, neglected while in care or treatment in public or private residential facilities, or within 90 days of discharge from such facilities.
7/14-15/04 Putting the Pieces Together 1st National Conference on Substance Abuse, Child Welfare and Dependency in Baltimore MD sponsored by SAMHSA Additional information about the training events is posted at www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov.
7/19-21/04 The National Alliance to End Homelessness 2004 Annual Conference at Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill Washington, DC for more information: www.endhomelessness.org
7/22/04 Alaska Psychiatric Institute Governing Body Meets In Anchorage
7/27/04 Mayor's Homelessness Task Force Meeting at 8th floor conference room City Hall 4-6 pm.
7/28/04 Anchorage Title 21 Rewrite Citizen Participation project Meeting at 7-9 pm First Floor Conference Rm. City Hall for more information: ACC@ACCAlaska.org www.accalaska.org
7/30/04 Presentation and Discussion on New DHSS Regulations on Assisted Living Home Reimbursement at Anchorage Legislative Information Office 716 West 4th Ave. Room 220 contact phone: 800-395-5073
8/4/04 "Supportive Housing Development: Increasing Production" Audio Conference 3-4 pm EDT. Sponsored by the Corporation for Supportive Housing. http://www.csh.org
8/5/04 Alaska Community Mental Health Services Association Teleconference at 8:30 am 1-800-315-6338 Code 64# for more info: www.acmhsa.org 907-262-5722
8/10-11/04 HUD Grant Writing Workshop at University Community Presbyterian Church, Fairbanks Alaska, contact person: Gail West Gail_West@hud.gov 677-9831, 1-877-302-9800, HUD Anchorage field office
8/12/04 The audio conference, Breaking the Cycle of Chronic Homelessness, will be held from 300 to 400 p.m. EDT on Thursday For further details, including information on how to participate by phone or over the Internet, see http//www.endhomelessness.org/audio/
8/13/04 AHFC Board meeting at Wrangell Please reconfirm on this site or contact Teresa Meyers tmeyers@ahfc.state.ak.us, 1-907-330-8452, or 1-800-478-2432 (outside Anchorage, but within Alaska The Public is invited to participate
8/16/04 Alaska Council on the Homeless at Juneau State Strategies and Approaches Review of Priorities and Strategies that other states have adopted, Discussion on which strategies may be a "fit" for Alaska for more information: the AHFC planning dept.
8/17/04 Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness August Meeting at HUD Field Office, 3000 C Street, Anchorage 2 pm to 4 pm
8/18-19/04 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting at Anchorage, for more information: 907-269-7960
8/19-20/04 2004 National Symposium on Faith Based & Community Partnerships Conference at San Diego, CA. contact information: James Simpson <simpson@performancewe.org 7030894-0481 x204
8/24/04 Mayor's Homelessness Task Force Meeting at 8th floor conference room City Hall 4-6 pm.
8/25/04 Anchorage Title 21 Rewrite Citizen Participation Project Meeting, 7-9 pm at City Hall 3rd floor conference room for more information: ACC@ACCAlaska.org www.accalaska.org
8/30/04 IAPSRS Alaska Chapter August meeting at SCC Folker Street 12 noon, for more information: Jim McL, Chair, 563-1000
8/31-9/1 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority Trustee Meeting at Anchorage. See, Agenda and Board Package.
9/1-3/04 Dialogue with Consumers-Multi-Cultural Food Festival in conjunction with the Alaska Mental Health Authority Trustee Meeting at Computer Connection 13th and Gambell Anchorage Alaska 5:30-till?Sponsored by Computer Connection, NAMI Anchorage, Ionia, Peer Properties Inc. contact;770-7560
9/8/04 Anchorage Title 21 Rewrite Citizen Participation Project Meeting, 7-9 pm at City Hall 3rd floor conference room. for more information: ACC@ACCalaska.org www.accalaska.org
9/10/04 Mental Health Disability and the Law at Pearlstone Conference & Retreat Center Reistertown, Maryland Contact info: Debra Hammen, LCSW-C(410) 724-3172 hammend@dhmh.state.md.us This Symposium will examine a variety of issues in mental disability and the law. Participants will learn about managing the risk of violence in both the community and hospital setting, ponder the application of Maryland's insanity defense in one of the State's most compelling recent cases, and explore assisted suicide and other difficult legal and ethical issues in medical decision-making. Workshops will afford opportunities for participants to learn about Maryland's specialty courts for criminal offenders with mental illness and substance abuse, services for incarcerated individuals, Maryland's guardianship and surrogate decision making process, efforts to implement the Olmstead decision in Maryland, and how to interview the criminal defendant.
9/14/15 National HMIS Conference Chicago, IL. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Detail will by available around July 1 on the HUD website: www.hud.gov
9/19-21/04 SPAN USA 2004 National Awareness Conference at Washington DC The Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA) will be holding its ninth National Awareness Event in Washington, DC from September 19-21 for suicide survivors and advocates. It will include a memorial event, advocacy training and visits to Capitol Hill. Consumer travel scholarships available: www.spanusa.org
9/21-23/04 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting in Fairbanks. See Invitation Letter and Agenda.
9/22/04 "Strategies for Effectively Integrating Consumers as Staff and Experts into Jail Diversion Programs: Net/Tele Conference 2-3 pm EST. Sponsored by the National GAINS Center's TAPA Center for Jail Diversion. http://www.gainsctre.com/pdfs/tapa/Instructions2.pdf
9/23-24 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska. See invitation letter and tentative agenda.
9/26-10/2/04 National Homeless Voter Registration Week. Sponsored by the National Coalition for the Homeless. For details, visit http://www.nationalhomess.org or contact Michael Stoops at mstoops@natinalhomeless.org or (202) 737-644, ext.19
9/28/04 Mayor's Homelessness Task Force Meeting at 8th floor conference room City Hall 4-6 pm. for more information: Mayor's office
9/29/04 AHFC Board Meeting at Juneau Please reconfirm on this site or contact Teresa Meyers tmeyers@ahfc.state.ak.us, 1-907-330-8452, or 1-800-478-2432 (outside Anchorage, but within Alaska
9/29-10/1/04 2004 National Zarrow Mental Health Symposium: A Place to Call Home. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sponsored by Mental Health Association in Tulsa. For details, see http://www.mhat.org/zarrow/overview.htm
10/8/04 "Taking the Court to the Streets" National Conference on Homeless Courts. San Diego, CA. Sponsored by the American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness and Poverty. For details, see http://www.abanet.org/homeless/home.html
10/8-10/04 International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (ICSPP) Conference "Critiquing Disease Models of Psychological Distress and Developing and Implementing Effective Psychosocial Theories and Interventions" in New York City.
10/12/04 Alaska Council on the Homeless Meeting #3 at Anchorage Held in conjunction with Annual Meeting of the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness. Public Hearing
10/13-14 Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness Annual Meeting at Anchorage for more information: AHFC planning department Anchorage
10/13-15/04 "Building Together Partnerships for Successful Community Development" The Enterprise Foundation Annual Network Conference. New York, NY. For details, visit www.enterprisefoundation.org
10/13-17/04 Alternatives 2004 --- "Achieving the Promise of Recovery: New Freedom, New Power, New Hope" at the Marriott Denver City Center in Denver, Colorado. The theme of Alternatives 2004 --- "Achieving the Promise of Recovery: New Freedom, New Power, New Hope" --- was chosen to echo the title of the report of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health: "Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America. for more information Horizon Meetings, Inc. 800-776-1286
10/14-15/04 National Conference on Family Homelessness at Los Angeles Wilshire Grant Hotel for more information: conference @naeh.org http://www.endhomelessness.org/conf2004/
10/26/04 Mayor's Homelessness Task Force Meeting at 8th floor conference room City Hall 4-6 pm. for more information: Mayor's office
10/29/04 API board meeting at API 3rd floor conference room Anchorage, for more information:269-7100
11/2/04 Anchorage Mayor's Homelessness Task Force Meeting at 8th floor conference room City Hall 4-6 pm. for more information: Mayor's office
11/10/04 AHFC Board Meeting at Juneau Please reconfirm on this site or contact Teresa Meyers tmeyers@ahfc.state.ak.us, 1-907-330-8452, or 1-800-478-2432 (outside Anchorage, but within Alaska
11/15-17/04 1st Annual Alaska Prevention and Treatment Symposium at Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska see www.akeela.org, www.alaskaprevention.org 907-565-1200,
11/16/04 Anchorage Mayor's Homelessness Task Force Meeting at 8th floor conference room City Hall 4-6 pm. for more information: Mayor's office
12/9-10/04 Alaska Mental Health Board Meeting in Anchorage. See Invitation and Agenda.
12/10/04 Mayor's Homelessness Task Force Meeting at 8th floor conference room City Hall 4-6 pm. Final Presentation to Mayor, for more information: Mayor's office
12/15/04 AHFC Board Meeting at Juneau Please reconfirm on this site or contact Teresa Meyers tmeyers@ahfc.state.ak.us, 1-907-330-8452, or 1-800-478-2432 (outside Anchorage, but within Alaska
1/11/05 Alaska Council on the Homeless meeting #4 at Juneau review/discussion of information collected to date Resource Identification Approval of framework for draft report for more information: AHFC Planning Dept.
2/2-3/05 The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority will conduct a Board of Trustee Meeting on Wednesday, February 2nd from 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. and Thursday, February 3rd from 8:30 AM until 3:30 PM. Public Comment is scheduled from 3:15 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. on Wednesday only. The meeting will be held at the Permanent Fund Board Room, 801 W. 10th Street, Suite 302, Goldbelt Building, Juneau, AK. If you need special accommodations, please contact 907-269-7960. Also, a full agenda can be found on the Trust web site at www.mhtrust.org. This meeting will be available via teleconference (1-800-315-6338 / code 87878#). Video conferencing will also be available from 9 AM – 4:30 PM on February 2nd and from 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM on February 3rd in Suite 1860, Atwood Building, 550 W. 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK.
2/16/05 Alaska Mental Health Board Planning and Program Evaluation Committee Teleconference at noon. To request the call-in number and a copy of the meeting agenda contact Erin Walker-Tolles, (907) 465-3278, or email, erin_tolles@health.state.ak.us
3/3-4/05 Alaska Mental Health Board meeting in Juneau. See, Invitation letter and Agenda.
4/12/05 Alaska Council On The Homeless Meeting #5 Council discusses draft and takes public comment
4/29-5/2/05 MindFreedom Action Conference: Activism for Human Rights in Mental Health: How the Law Can Support Grassroots Action for Human Rights in the Mental Health System at American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. An action-oriented conference co-sponsored by American University Washington College of Law and MindFreedom Support Coalition International.
4/29-5/2/05 MindFreedom Action Conference: Activism for Human Rights in Mental Health: How the Law Can Support Grassroots Action for Human Rights in the Mental Health System at American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. An action-oriented conference co-sponsored by American University Washington College of Law and MindFreedom Support Coalition International.
5/2-3/05 2005 National Lowe Income Housing Coalition Annual Housing Policy Conference and Lobby Day at the Capital Hilton in Washington DC. The Leadership Reception will be held the evening of May 3. for more information: www.nlihc.org
5/13/05 Peer Properties Board of Directors Meeting, 406 G Street, Anchorage Alaska, Second Floor Conference Room, 3:30 p.m.
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