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>> GOOD EVENING. [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]

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I FEEL LIKE I HAVE MISSED SOMEONE HERE.

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MISTER HAWKINS HOW DID I DO THAT [ LAUGHTER ]?

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>> GOOD EVENING, MADAME CLERK, I'M PRESENT.

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>> SEVEN MEMBERS PRESENT AT ROLLCALL.

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>> MISTER HARRISON HAS AN EVENT WITH

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THE COUNTY BUSINESS EVENTS TONIGHT.
AS DOES MS. FISHER, SO THEY HAVE EXCUSED ABSENCES, AND HOPEFULLY,

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HIS IV --

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>> SHOULD BE -- ? MISTER FRANKLIN IS ILL.

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>> SO, AS I SAID, IN OUR MODEL OF SHARED LEADERSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE COUNSEL,

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THE BOARD OF HEALTH MATTERS I TURN OVER TO OUR VICE CHAIR,

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OUR WONDERFUL VICE CHAIR.
SO I WILL KICK THE MEETING OVER TO HER,

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AND SHE WILL BE IN CHARGE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. IT IS GREAT TO BE IN THE ROOM

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WITH SO MANY PEOPLE, ADVOCATES THAT HAVE COMING,

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SHOWING THEIR INTEREST IN A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.

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WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE HAS BEEN SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH

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, OR EVEN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND WE DO RECOGNIZE

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AS A COUNTY THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING TO SUPPORT

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OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS SUFFERING FROM

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MENTAL HEALTH. I RECENTLY WILL TELL YOU THAT I LOST A FRIEND FROM SUICIDE

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TWO WEEKS AGO , AND I KNOW THE FAMILY

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SHOULD BE HERE . BUT I MET HIM JUST IN MY ADVOCACY WORK AND IT

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JUST HURTS THAT HE IS NO LONGER HERE . AND REMINDS ME OF THE FACT THAT

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WE NEED MORE RESOURCES TO'S OF THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH.

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TODAY, I WON'T BE LONG, BUT THE WAY THIS IS GOING

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TO GO BECAUSE I KNOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO SPEAK AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S
FIXED TODAY. THE BEGINNING OF THIS WILL

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BE A PRESENTATION FROM OUR HELP OFFICER

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, DOCTOR LEAVY WHO IS GOING TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE
RESOURCES WE DO HAVE HER MENTAL HEALTH.

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IT IS ONE REASON WHY WE DECIDED THAT WOULD BE
THE FIRST PART OF THIS IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS

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I'VE NOTICED IS WE HAVE RESOURCES BUT

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NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW.

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ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO IS MAKE SURE YOU ALL
KNOW WHAT THE COUNTY IS DOING. AND THEN WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORIES

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AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE STORIES FROM
THOSE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH.

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I DO KNOW THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THOSE HERE ARE SUFFERING

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FROM MENTAL HEALTH OR HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS, LEFT SEPARATE FROM MENTAL HEALTH.

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BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHERS WHO ARE OFFERING RESOURCES TO THOSE

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WHO NEED SUPPORT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A SPIRITED DISCUSSION TODAY.

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BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD I DO WANT TO HAND

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IT OVER TO COUNCILMAN AUSTIN IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE HAVING THIS

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IS HE NOTED SOME OF THE CONCERNS HE HAD FROM

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RESIDENTS IN HIS DISTRICT AND WE NEED TO FOCUS AS THE BOARD OF HEALTH.

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I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS BOARD OF HEALTH WE WILL BE ACTIVELY FOCUSING
ON ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY. OUR LAST MEETING

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WAS ON ER WAIT TIMES AND WE START A TASK

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FORCE TO ADDRESS THAT AND NOW WE ARE FOCUSING

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ON MENTAL HEALTH . AFTER

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COUNCILMAN AUSTIN, WHO WILL HAVE THE PRESENTATION BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR
STATE DELEGATION THAT WORKS IN ANNAPOLIS ON HEALTHCARE ISSUES

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WHO ARE ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH AN OVERVIEW OF

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THE STATE OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND WE WILL
HEAR FROM ADVOCATES HERE. SO QUICKLY HERE , TURNING IT OVER

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TO COUNCILMEMBER AUSTIN.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS WITH THE BOARD

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OF HEALTH. AND THANK YOU DELEGATES WERE BEING HERE AS WELL FOR

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YOUR LEADERSHIP . WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO A LOT MORE AROUND MENTAL HEALTH.

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I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY

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TO THANK ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS , DEAN ELMA
CLAIRE AND HER DAUGHTER, PATIENTS THEY

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HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT LIKE SO MANY RESIDENTS OF OUR COUNTY HAVE GONE THROUGH

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IN TRYING TO GET THE CRITICAL MENTAL

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HEALTH CARE THAT IS NEEDED . AND THE FACT THAT SERVICES

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ARE NOT ADEQUATE , FRANKLY IN OUR COUNTY

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AND I DID PLACE A LETTER AND ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES' PLACE, I

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GAVE WANT TO DELEGATE MARTINEZ WHEN NO ALSO WORKED WITH MS. AUCLAIR. BUT

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I THINK THIS SHOWS I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE

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WHOLE THING A LONG WAY THAT WE NEED

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TO GO TO DETERMINE THEIR SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
AND SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.

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SHE REALLY WANTED TO BE , TO TESTIFY. BUT SEVERAL

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OF THE THING SHE WANTED US TO KNOW ARE THAT
WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT OFFERING INCENTIVES FOR MENTAL HEALTH

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PROVIDERS, THERAPISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS AND OPEN PRACTICES IN OUR COUNTY AND
ALSO TO ACCEPT INSURANCE. THOSE ARE ALL BARRIERS ARE GETTING

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MENTAL HEALTH CARE . ALLOWING AMBULANCE TO TAKE KIDS TO BALTIMORE

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OR OTHER PSYCH ER S OUTSIDE OF OUR

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COUNTY UNTIL OUR LESS A PSYCH ER'S BUILT IN

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OUR COUNTY. WE OPEN RICA, SOUTHERN MARYLAND, THAT CLOSED

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RECENTLY AND ENSURE THERE'S TRAUMA EDUCATED

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STAFF TO RUN IT. EDUCATE PARENTS IN OUR COUNTY ABOUT THE RESOURCES

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FOR MENTAL HEALTH HERE. THERE ARE SOME RESOURCES.

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WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE INFORMATION IS GIVEN TO ANY PARENT WHOSE CHILD WAS IN

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THE HOSPITAL MARYLAND TO ANY PARENT WHOSE CHILD HAS
AN EMOTIONAL DISABILITY DESIGNATION UNDER 504 IEP

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IN SCHOOL. MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR POLICE TO RETALIATE AGAINST PARENTS

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WHO FILE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THEM WHEN THEY HANDCUFFED CHILDREN

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HAVING A KNOWN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS . BETTER TRAINED EMTs

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AND POLICE AND MENTAL HEALTH AND INVOLVED PARENTS

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WITH KIDS WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN THESE ACTIONS. AND I KNOW WE ALL KNOW

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PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE ATTENTION ,

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THE CARE NEEDED . AND WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD

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IN THIS COUNTY SO I APPRECIATE THIS COUNSEL

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AND DOCTOR LEAVY WERE YOU BEING HERE

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AND THE FOCUS THAT WE HAD THE CONVERSATION BE HAD BEFORE. I KNOW

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THERE'S A LOT YOU ARE GOING TO TELL US A LOT THAT

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WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO. AND WE SIT HERE TONIGHT

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WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD. THANK YOU

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.
>> THANK YOU,

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COUNCILMAN OLSON, I AM GOING TO TURN IT BACK TO LEAVY BUT BEFORE THAT

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I KNOW THAT SHERIFF CARR IS HERE AND I KNOW HE

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SAID HE CANNOT BE HERE LONG. DID YOU WANT TO SAVE YOURS BEFORE WE START

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SHERIFF CARR?
GOOD EVENING, HOW ARE YOU TODAY.

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>> IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE

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HERE IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL. PRESENT HERE TODAY I ALSO HAVE MY CAPTAIN

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WISEMAN, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT.

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AS I HAVE BEEN IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL MANY TIMES BEFORE, I TOLD YOU EXACTLY
SOME OF THE I GUESS, POINTS

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AND SOME OF THE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY I WANTED TO MAKE

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SURE WE ADDRESS. THE MYSTIC VIOLENCE IS ONE, MENTAL HEALTH WAS THE OTHER.

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ONE THING THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE

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IS SERVING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. IN 2002, IT IS

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THE ONLY TIME IN OUR 300+ YEARS OF EXISTENCE

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THAT WE ACTUALLY LOST DEPUTIES ACTUALLY EXECUTING AN EMERGENCY PETITION.

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THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS NOT A CRIMINAL ISSUE, THIS IS AN

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ISSUE IN REFERENCE TO PUBLIC HEALTH. THIS IS AN ISSUE

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IN REFERENCE TO PROVIDING THE RESOURCES TO OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SUFFERING WITH MENTAL HEALTH. SO

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ONE THING THAT I STARTED COMING INTO ALL OF THIS

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WAS CREATING A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT.
THE UNIT IS HEADED BY CAPTAIN WISEMAN.

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OUR UNIT OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES

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AS OUR NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO GROW, BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE

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RESOURCES AND SOME OF THE PARTNERS WE DO HAVE , SUCH AS 988,

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SUCH AS, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION THAT

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DO HELP US.

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WE HAVE A BIWEEKLY MEETING WHICH I'M GOING TO LET CAPTAIN WISEMAN
SPEAK ON BUT MENTAL HEALTH SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED JUST AS

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE . AS WE LOOK THROUGH THE COURTHOUSE, WE START

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TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE GOING UP, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REFERRED TO

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GO TO THE COURTHOUSE TO GET EMERGENCY PETITIONS.

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THAT IS NOT THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO ENGAGE OUR CITIZENS.

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WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHAT RESOURCES ARE THERE FOR THEM,

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AND WHERE TO GO.
WE WANT TO BE MORE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE. AS YOU

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TALK ABOUT HANDCUFFING INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL

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HEALTH COME IN OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT, ONE THING THAT I CHANGED WAS THE FACT THAT

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THEY DO NOT WEAR CLASSIC UNIFORM.

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THEY ACTUALLY WEAR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL
WHEN PEOPLE SEE THEM, IT ACTUALLY DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION. WE WANT TO

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ADDRESS PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT IS ONCE , CIVIL BRINGING PEOPLE DOWN AN UNDERSTANDING

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THAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS AND THEY ARE NOT CRIMINALS. SO I WILL OPEN UP AND GET MY CAPTAIN

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A CHANCE TO JUST TALK ABOUT

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BRIEFLY SOME OF THE STUFF THAT SHE GOES THROUGH AND

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THAT SHE SEES ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

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>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE FOR
THIS IMPORTANT MEETING. I WILL TALK ABOUT HOW HER HIGH UTILIZES MEETING ON AVERAGE,

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WE GET APPROXIMATELY 100 EMERGENCY PETITIONS A MONTH FROM

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THE COURTS AND LOCAL MEDICAL PROVIDERS THAT ARE ABLE TO

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SWEAR OUT, OR FILL

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OUT AN EMERGENCY PETITION. AND THAT MAKES US GO TO CITIZENS

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' HOUSES, WE GO INTO THE HOUSE, WE TRY TO TALK HIM INTO
CUSTODY. BUT ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE TO PUT THEM IN

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HANDCUFFS, POSSIBLY TRAUMATIZING TO MOURN THEIR MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS. AND THEN WE TRANSPORT THEM IN A SHERIFF'S VEHICLE

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TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

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SO, WE ARE AVERAGING APPROXIMATELY 100 A MONTH. WE HAD OVER 1000 BY THE END OF

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THE YEAR . AND WHAT WE DO , WE. PARTNERSHIPS WITH 988, I MIND, NAMI,

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ALL DIFFERENT GROUPS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE

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GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE HOSPITALS, BUT THEY ARE SEVERELY UNDERSTAFFED AND

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DON'T HAVE MENTAL HEALTH BEDS. THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME

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, MY UNIT WILL FILL UP THE MENTAL HEALTH BEDS ON FRIDAY EVENING AND WE
SPENT THE REST OF THE WEEKEND GOING TO AND RAMA COUNTY, HOWARD COUNTY

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AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES TO BRING OUR CITIZENS TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS

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TO GET THEM HELP. THERE WAS ONE EVENING WHERE DEPUTIES CALLED ME AND SAID

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WE NEED TO GO TO BALTIMORE CITY OR WE CAN

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GO TO,. AS WITH BUILT UP ALL OF THE HOSPITALS.

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IN THE LOCAL AREA. SO IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM , OUR FOLKS NEED A LOT

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OF HEALTH . THIS HIGH UTILIZES MEETING I HAVE

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JUDGES I DELEGATE AUSTENITE MENTAL HEALTH FROM

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THE NONPROFITS , FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE SCHOOL

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BOARD AND WE MEET MONTHLY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE

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DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SUCH AS

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THE JUVENILES . OUR LAST MEETING FOCUSED ON THE
ELDERLY BECAUSE WE HAVE PULLED USING THESE

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EMERGENCY PETITIONS TO HAVE PEOPLE FORCIBLY TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL

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FOR DEMENTIA . YES, IT IS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, BUT

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THEY SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE

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THEY ARE NOT A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T REMEMBER

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WHERE THEY LIVE, OR WHERE THEY ARE. SO, THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT

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PROBLEMS WE HAVE AND I'M GREAT FOR ALL OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE HELPING

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US TRY TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE LAW AND GET TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

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BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE DEAL WITH MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. MY DEPUTIES TRIED TO

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DE-ESCALATE AND MOSTLY THEY CAN, BUT I
JUST HAD A DEPUTY THAT WAS ASSAULTED TWO WEEKS AGO, PUNCHED IN THE HEAD

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MULTIPLE TIMES. AND WE DON'T CHARGE THESE INDIVIDUALS CRIMINALLY, BECAUSE IT

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IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING GOOD. THEY NEED MENTAL HEALTH HELP,

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THEY DON'T NEED TO GO TO JAIL.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU SO MUCH, THAT WAS SO

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HELPFUL. I JUST ASK HOW MANY BEDS DO WE HAVE

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IN THE COUNTY OVERALL?
>> I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER DEPENDS ON THE HALF,

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DEPENDS ON THEIR STAFFING. SO EACH HOSPITAL

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HAS A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF BEDS IN IT, I BELIEVE SOUTHERN MARYLAND

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HAS FOUR MENTAL HEALTH BEDS OFF OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM. I BELIEVE THE

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NEW HOSPITAL HAS 14 OR 12,

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I AM NOT SURE IF ANYBODY CAN SPEAK ON THAT , ON THE MAIN FLOOR

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THE ER LEVEL AND THEY HAVE IS FLOOR.
I KNOW THE NEW DIRE CENTER

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IS IN THE WORKS AND IS GOING TO BE A GREAT HELP FOR THE COMMUNITY. BUT
IN WORKS IN ITALY, WE POLICE OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES CAN'T

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TAKE THE EMERGENCY PETITIONS THERE BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN EMERGENCY

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DEPARTMENT? I SEE. AND THIS IS SIMILAR TO DC WHERE THEY HAVE FB 12

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? NEVERMIND. IT IS A PSYCH WARD, WHERE THEY HAVE A GASTRIC EMERGENCIES.

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SO YOU CAN ONLY GO TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM?
>> WE HAVE TO BE MEDICALLY CLEARED BY

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AN EMERGENCY OR PUT IN A HEALTH WING .

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>> I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUICK QUESTIONS.

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OKAY ALL RIGHT WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF BITS WE DEFINITELY THINK
THAT IS SOMETHING , BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THAT

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IS AN ISSUE IN THE COUNTY WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BEDS FOR SOME OF THE

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NEEDS WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY.
>> WE NEED THE NURSES TO STEP THOSE BEDS AS WELL.
>> OF COURSE, THANK YOU.

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>> THINK YOU CAN JUST FOR YOUR TIME AND PATIENCE, UNDERSTANDING

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THE NEED TO ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HERE

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IN THE COUNTY AND TRY TO

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PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. THANK YOU.

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>> OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY WE WILL RETURN TO DR. LEAVY BUT WE HAVE SOMEONE

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IN THE ROOM THAT WE CAN PROVIDE US MORE INFORMATION ON HOW MANY BEDS
AND I BELIEVE WE WILL DEFINITELY HEAR FROM THEM

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TODAY. SO, DR.

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LEVI I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

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>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR

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BUT GAVE AND DISTINGUISH COUNCILMEMBERS IS A

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PLEASURE TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN. TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE

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OF MENTAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

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I WANT TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'M HERE WITH OUR

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SENIOR TEAM AND MONEY FOR LURES MONEY

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BOOKER LEWIS WHO IS NEVER UNIT AND JACKIE SUMMERS WHO IS HEAD OF OUR

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BEHAVIOR UNIT. AND THEY ARE HERE EXPERTS TO ASSIST

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IN ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER. SO THANK YOU

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FIRST FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AND PRESENT TO YOU TODAY AT

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A PARTNER IN TRYING TO HELP ASSESS AND ADDRESS THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS

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. AND I CAN START PRESSING WHATEVER WE HAVE IS

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NOT ENOUGH. BUT, WE HAVE THINGS THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE AND WERE BUILDING

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MORE THINGS , AND TRYING TO DEVELOP MORE PROGRAMS

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TO ADDRESS AND HELP THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE MENTAL HEALTH

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AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SORT OF NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. I'M

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DR.

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TRENTON. TODAY DIDN'T GO THROUGH

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WHAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE. SHARE WITH YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2022 HEALTH ASSESSMENT
THAT WE DID WITH THE COMMUNITY,

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AND PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY,

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WHAT IT DOES, WHAT DOES UNDERNEATH IT, AND

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UPDATE YOU ON OUR BEHAVIORAL BEDS AND THEN I WILL ADDRESS

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THAT ISSUE , I'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

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IN THE TOP SOME OF THE BEHAVIOR HEALTH INITIATIVES WE HAVE

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IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. I DO WANT TO START BY DEFINING

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WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT .

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AND IS THERE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TERMS MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR

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HEALTH? BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GENERALLY REFERS TO

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MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS

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. YOU DON'T SEE SUBSTANCE ABUSE ANYMORE, WE SEE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.

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METAL HEALTH IS GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS OUR EMOTIONAL WELLNESS AND ARE JUST

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MEANT OUR ABILITY TO ADJUST AND COPE IN RESPONSE TO ORDINARY STRESSORS

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OF LIFE AS WELL AS OUR ABILITY TO DEVELOP MEANINGFUL AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS

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. THE ROLE OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS A PUBLIC

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HEALTH DEPARTMENT , OUR FOCUS IS TO IMPROVE ACCESS,

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PREVENTION COLLABORATION, EDUCATION AS WELL AS

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MAKE EFFORTS TOWARDS INTEGRATING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WITH OTHER SERVICES

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. ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IS WE ALL

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WORK TOGETHER AND THERE ARE SILOS OF CARE , MENTAL, PHYSICAL,

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ORAL , NUTRITIONAL, SOCIAL IN TERMS

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OF ENVIRONMENT, ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE

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OVERALL HEALTH OF THE PATIENT'S AND OF THE RESIDENCE OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

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SO, WE DID COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, I

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WANT TO SHOW YOU TWO SLIDES FROM THIS.

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BUT, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE OVERALL

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RATE OF SUICIDE HAS GONE UP FROM THE COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE.

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THIS ISSUE OF MENTAL HEALTH DRINKS NUMBER TWO.

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THE ONLY ONE ABOVE THIS IS SOCIAL IN TERMS OF HEALTH. OTHER

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THAN THAT, MENTAL HEALTH IS RANKED NUMBER TWO.

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WE HAVE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS INCREASED

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THE NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, BUT AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING IT IS

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NOT ENOUGH. ON THE SUBSTANCE USE AND THIS IS AN OLD SLIDE , SO WE CHANGE

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THIS, ON THE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SIDE, WE

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KNOW THAT THE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER IS GOING UP IN

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THE DEPTHS FROM OPIOIDS KEEP GOING

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UP. IT WENT UP IN THE COUNTY FROM 22

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TO 23 ABOUT 8.5%. SO, WE HAVE A CRISIS. THIS IS

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NUMBER THREE RANKED ISSUE FOR THE RESIDENTS

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OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

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SO, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS REALLY BROKEN INTO TWO

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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AREAS. THE LOCAL HEALTH , LOCAL

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BEHAVIOR HEALTH AUTHORITY IS PART OF THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUT
IT'S A LITTLE BIT SEPARATE IN THE SENSE THAT IT IS

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OUTWARDLY TRACING. IT IS THERE TO, IT'S A

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PROGRAM THAT IS THERE TO MONITOR , AND TO HELP PLAN AND TO HELP MANAGE

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ALL THE SERVICES

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OUTSIDE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE RELATED TO BEHAVIORAL AND

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MENTAL HEALTH. MONEY BOOKER LEWIS IS THE MANAGER OF THAT

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PROGRAM AND WE PUT HER NUMBER HERE IN CASE THERE'S AN ISSUE

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WITH SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS RELATED

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TO THESE SERVICES I'M GOING TO DESCRIBE IN
A MINUTE, DON'T HESITATE TO CALL THAT NUMBER.

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TO ASK HER FOR SOME RESOURCES.

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SO, HOW DOES THIS WORK?

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THE LBHA IS OFTEN THE FIRST POINT OF CONTENT CONTACT

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FOR RESIDENTS SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT BEHAVIOR HEALTH TREATMENT. THEN THE

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GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE ALL RESIDENTS RECEIVE NECESSARY SERVICES ON

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MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. THE NUMBERS POSTED

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HERE AND IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN OR COMPLAINT, YOU CAN SEND
THAT TO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WE WILL ADDRESS IT

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THE TEEN IS ACTUALLY OVERSEEING AND MONITORING OUTPATIENT

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MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES , MOBILE TREATMENT SERVICES AND ALL

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THE SERVICES YOU SEE HERE , INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS.

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AND THOSE THAT ARE RELATED TO EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, TWO MORE HIGH

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INTENSITY PROGRAMS AROUND SUBSTANCE TO SERVICE

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DISORDERS.

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THERE ARE 180 LICENSE PUBLIC HEALTH , PUBLIC BEHAVIORAL

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HEALTH PROVIDERS AND 596 LICENSED GRAMS IN THE COUNTY. FROM

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OCTOBER 2022 TO OCTOBER 2023, THE NUMBER HAS

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INCREASED OF LICENSED INCREASED BY 23% THE NUMBER PROVIDERS HAS INCREASED

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BY 22%. THE MENTAL HEALTH INPATIENT AND CRISIS

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THAT'S INCREASED BY 12% AND THE SUBSTANCE USE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS

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HAVE INCREASED BY 80%. THEY ARE STILL SMALL.
AND WE NEED MORE SERVICES, BUT THEY ARE GOING IN

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THE RIGHT DIRECTION VERSUS THE WRONG DIRECTION.

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THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTY AND AS YOU

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CAN SEE WHAT THEY ARE, I'M NOT GOING TO NAME

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THEM ALL BUT THEY WILL BE ON THE SLIDES. AND MOST
OF THEM HAVE ACTUALLY INCREASED THEIR BEDS.

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LUMINOUS , WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO INCREASE

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THEIR CAPACITY FOR ADOLESCENT SERVICES AS WELL. IN

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THE COUNTY AND I WAS JUST ON A CALL WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND THEY ARE

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ALSO FACING SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES IN TRYING
TO FIND CARE FOR THEIR ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

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THIS IS REALLY TO SHOW THE TWO-YEAR TREND AND

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THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS BEDS HAVE STAYED THE SAME

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, ALTHOUGH I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THAT IN A
MOMENT, THE INPATIENT BEDS HAVE ACTUALLY GONE UP

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IN THE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER RESIDENT TREATMENTS HAVE

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GONE UP.

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THE LBHA IS WORTH IS

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MANAGES APPROXIMATELY $13 MILLION IN GRANT

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FUNDED PROGRAMS AND RUNS FOR THE EIGHT MOBILE CRISIS MOBILE RESPONSE TEAMS

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AND A FEW OTHER SERVICES. I WILL GO INTO DETAIL

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IN MOST OF THOSE. SO, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE

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IN THAT WE RECEIVED ,

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THERE IS AN ETA CRC GRANT AND

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THREE OF THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS GOT TOGETHER TO APPLY FOR THIS

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AND ACTUALLY GOT MONEY TO CREATE MORE PROGRAMS IN

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RELATION TO TLC AND I SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT

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WE HAVE SOME OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE ROOM TODAY. TLC , SEE CSI

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ARE HERE AND THEY CAN ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE SERVICES THEY

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ARE PROVIDING. BUT WHAT THAT GRAND DID WAS TO CONDUCT

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CREATE A CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT HAD MULTIPLE COMPONENTS. AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

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SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR NGO LOCATE WHERE THE MOBILE RESPONSE TEAMS ARE

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, MOBILE RESPONSE TEAMS ,

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980 AND 911 DIVERSION INITIATIVE IS THE

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CHIEF OF POLICE TALKED ABOUT A MINUTE AGO . CREATING A READMISSION REDUCTION PROGRAM,

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AND ONE THING WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT

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HAS NOT COME ONLINE IS THE IS THE DYER CENTER . SO THE

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BEST PRACTICE ACROSS THE NATION FOCUSES ON THREE AREAS. PEOPLE HAVE A PERSON

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TO CALL , PEOPLE WHO CAN COME TO THAT PERSON TO HELP

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, AND TO TRY TO DEFUSE AND TRY TO SUPPORT

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THE SITUATION, AND IF THAT FAILS, A PLACE TO
GO THAT HAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS.

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AND WE WILL BE , ONCE WE COMPLETE THIS WEEK WILL BE

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THE FIRST COUNTY IN MARYLAND

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TO HAVE A CRISIS CONTINUUM , WHICH IS VERY EXCITING

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FOR US AND A MUCH-NEEDED SERVICE THAT WE REALLY

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FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HERE. AND WE ARE MAKING STRIDES

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TO BRING THIS HERE VERY QUICKLY. SO, HOW

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DOES IT WORK? SOMEONE MIGHT CALL 911 OR 91 ASSESSES THE SITUATION

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AND DETERMINE IF IT NEEDS IT IS A CRISIS ISSUE. AND NEEDS TO BE

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REFERRED TO 988. YOU CAN ALSO

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CALL 988 DIRECTLY. YOU DON'T NEED TO CALL 911. 988 AND TRIES TO

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RESOLVE THE SITUATION WHILE THEY HAVE THIS PERSON ON THE

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PHONE, BUT IF THEY CAN'T , THEN THEY MAKE A REFERRAL THROUGH

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BEHAVIORAL LINK TO THE MOBILE CRISIS PROGRAMS. AND THEN

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THE CLOSEST MOBILE CRISIS PROGRAM THAT WILL GO

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OUT AND ASSESS OFTEN WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SEE IF THEY CAN

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BRING THE PERSON , THEY CAN RESOLVE THE SITUATION

00:27:40.533 --> 00:27:42.533
OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT HAVING

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THEM GO TO JAIL, FOR WITHOUT HAVING

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TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
THEY CAN'T, THEN THEY CAN BRING THE PERSON TO

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THE TIRE CENTER, WHICH IS A CRISIS, WHICH IS A MOBILE

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CRISIS CENTER AND THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING ONLINE SOMETIME IN WE ARE HOPING IN

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JANUARY OR MAYBE THE LATEST, FEBRUARY, THAT'S WHAT

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YOUR TARGET. SO, THAT WE WILL HAVE A CONTINUUM FROM WHEN SOMEONE

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CALLS, AS YOU ESCALATE THEIR NEED ,

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SO, TOO WE HAVE THE SERVICES FOR THOSE FOLKS.

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SO, THE CALLS THAT COME IN PER MONTH THAT GO TO

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THE MOBILE CRISIS MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM,

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IS ABOUT BETWEEN 200

00:28:37.467 --> 00:28:39.467
-250 PER MONTH. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT CALL IN

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OUR TWEEN THE AGES OF 25-39. BUT THERE

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QUITE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING IN

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BETWEEN 16-24. I KNOW SOMEONE ELSE CAN CALL IN ON BEHALF OF THAT PERSON AS WELL

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IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO CRISIS. THE NUMBER OF CRAWLS

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THAT WE GET, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF CALLS WE
GET FOR THE NUMBER ONE IS ADULT PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY.

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SUICIDE AVIATION AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE CALLS. THESE

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ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, SO ONE CALL COULD HAVE MULTIPLE COMPONENTS.

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WE SEE , WE SEE HERE THAT

00:29:23.467 --> 00:29:25.467
THE HYATTSVILLE COLLEGE PARK AREA IS THE MOST CALLS FOLLOWED

00:29:26.467 --> 00:29:28.467
BY THE SUIT AND DISTRICT HEIGHT , TEMPLE HILL

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:31.400
AND OXON HILLS AND THEN ALL IS DOWN THE LINE .

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:37.400
SO, THAT IS SORT OF THE CRISIS PROGRAM

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:43.400
UNDER THE LBH A , BUT IN PARTNERSHIP

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:49.400
WITH TLC AND RI AND I MIND AND

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:54.400
SEE CSI, ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO CREATE THIS CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:59.400
PEOPLE IN CRISIS. NOW I'M GOING TO SWITCH THE FOCUS TO

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:04.400
THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE INTERNAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH UNDER

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:07.400
DIVISION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:10.400
MAXIMUM I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY, WE DO

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:13.400
HAVE AN OVERFLOW ROOM UPSTAIRS,

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:19.400
2027 FOR THOSE STANDING UP WHO CANNOT HAVE A SEAT FOR YOU ALL CAN

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:22.400
GO TO THE OVERFLOW ROOM WHICH IS UPSTAIRS.

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:25.400
AND MY STAFF MEMBER , SONJA WILL EAT ANYBODY BACK THERE, SONJA

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:28.400
CAN COME AND LEAD ANYBODY TO THE OVERFLOW ROOM.

00:30:29.333 --> 00:30:31.333
ALL RIGHT TURNING IT OVER TO YOU. MAC I GAVE YOU A CHANCE TO

00:30:32.333 --> 00:30:34.333
GET A DRINK OF WATER , THANK YOU. SO, WE HAVE A LOT OF

00:30:36.333 --> 00:30:38.333
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

00:30:41.333 --> 00:30:43.333
THEY ARE TRYING TO, THE PROGRAM REALLY TRIES TO FOCUS ON THE CHILDREN

00:30:47.333 --> 00:30:49.333
AND THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN OF INDIVIDUALS ARE MOST AT RISK AND

00:30:51.333 --> 00:30:53.333
OFTEN ON THE MARGINS OF OUR SOCIETY WHO ARE AT THE HIGHEST

00:30:56.333 --> 00:30:58.333
RISK. AND IT WILL SEEM LIKE THE PROGRAMS ARE LITTLE BIT KIND OF

00:30:59.333 --> 00:31:01.333
ALL OVER THE MAP, BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY

00:31:04.333 --> 00:31:06.333
AND THEY ARE CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO TRYING TO REACH

00:31:10.333 --> 00:31:12.333
AND HELP AND SUPPORT DIFFERENT GROUPS IN PARTICULAR THOSE THAT ARE REENTERING

00:31:17.333 --> 00:31:19.333
THE COUNTY ADOLESCENT WHO ARE AT RISK, AS

00:31:20.333 --> 00:31:22.333
WELL AS VETERANS AND OTHERS FOR

00:31:26.333 --> 00:31:28.333
GO, WHAT

00:31:30.267 --> 00:31:32.267
WE'VE SEEN ON THE DEPARTMENT'S ALSO FOCUSED ON

00:31:35.267 --> 00:31:37.267
TREATMENT AND EDUCATION . IN CONNECTION AND PARTNERS.

00:31:44.267 --> 00:31:46.267
IN 2020, WE GOT A VERY BIG GRANT FROM SAMSUNG THAT HAS MULTIPLE PIECES

00:31:48.267 --> 00:31:50.267
TO IT THAT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE, TO GREET PROGRAMS

00:31:53.267 --> 00:31:55.267
INSIDE THE COMMUNITY . AND SOME OF THESE ARE RELATED TO TRAINING

00:31:56.267 --> 00:31:58.267
AND CREATING CAPACITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY SO TRAINING

00:32:02.267 --> 00:32:04.267
TRAUMA FOCUSED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH , BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

00:32:08.267 --> 00:32:10.267
THERAPY WE TRAINED 40 MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FROM SCHOOLS AND

00:32:11.267 --> 00:32:13.267
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND

00:32:15.267 --> 00:32:17.267
HOW TO USE THIS TRAUMA INFORMED APPROACH TO COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY WHICH

00:32:20.267 --> 00:32:22.267
IS A WELL-KNOWN APPROACH TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

00:32:23.267 --> 00:32:25.267
OF THE 48, 40 OF THEM ACTUALLY TOOK THE

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:30.200
FULL CERTIFICATION TO THE LEVEL I TRAUMA THERAPIST

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:34.200
IN THE COUNTY. SO, WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:41.200
SOME CAPACITY.
WE ALSO COMPLETED TWO COHORTS OF A TRANSITIONAL

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:46.200
AGED YOUTH COMPETENCY SERIES AND WE HAVE TRAINED , WE HAVE

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:52.200
A 10 PART SERIES IN YEAR THREE AND A SECOND OR PART SERIES

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:58.200
IN SPRING SUMMER 2023.

00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:01.200
THROUGH THIS GRANT WE ALSO DEVELOPED

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:07.200
A SUICIDE PREVENTION PILOT WITH MY DULA WHICH IS ONE OF OUR

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:13.200
COMMUNITY PARTNERS USING A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:16.200
PROGRAM AROUND PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS, EVIDENCE-BASED INTERACTIVE

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:22.200
AND USING A TEXT-BASED PLATFORM TO TRY TO REACH FOLKS AROUND YOU

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:28.200
TO PREVENT YOU SUICIDE THROUGH A VIRTUAL AND INPATIENT SUPPORT.

00:33:29.133 --> 00:33:31.133
THEY REACHED ABOUT 32

00:33:35.133 --> 00:33:37.133
RESIDENTS YOUTH AND THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON

00:33:41.133 --> 00:33:43.133
WORKING ANOTHER 28. THIS

00:33:47.133 --> 00:33:49.133
ALSO PROVIDED CRUCIAL STARTUP FOR YOU DROP IN CENTER THAT IS PARTNERED

00:33:53.133 --> 00:33:55.133
WITH DSS YOU HOMELESS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

00:33:56.133 --> 00:33:58.133
WE ALSO PROVIDED STARTUP FUNDS FOR THE HOPE

00:33:59.133 --> 00:34:01.133
HEALTH SYSTEM TO CREATE A NEW ADOLESCENT PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION

00:34:02.133 --> 00:34:04.133
PROGRAM AT THE MEDICAL CENTER. AND

00:34:08.133 --> 00:34:10.133
, WE LAUNCHED A LARGE CAMPAIGN BECAUSE EDUCATION IS REALLY

00:34:14.133 --> 00:34:16.133
AN UNDERSTANDING AND SOCIALIZING THE IDEA THAT IT IS OKAY TO HAVE A MENTAL

00:34:17.133 --> 00:34:19.133
HEALTH ISSUE IN OUR CULTURE

00:34:23.133 --> 00:34:25.133
, IN OUR COUNTY, IT IS OKAY TO FEEL THAT WAY

00:34:26.133 --> 00:34:28.133
AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LIKE HEART HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH IS

00:34:29.670 --> 00:34:31.670
ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO BE HEALTHY AND WELL.

00:34:35.670 --> 00:34:37.670
SO, WE CREATED A 17-WEEK MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO TRY TO RAISE AWARENESS

00:34:41.670 --> 00:34:43.670
ON LOCAL RADIO STATIONS . SO, WE ALSO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF YOUTH

00:34:46.670 --> 00:34:48.670
AND I SEE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE DO

00:34:50.670 --> 00:34:52.670
THAT. ACTUALLY, WE HAD TO, LAST YEAR WE HAD THE SECOND ANNUAL

00:34:56.670 --> 00:34:58.670
, G.O.A.T., GREATEST OF ALL TIME YOUTH HOSTEL, WE HAD NEARLY 800

00:35:01.670 --> 00:35:03.670
PEOPLE THERE TO TRY AND TALK AND EDUCATE PEOPLE AROUND

00:35:05.670 --> 00:35:07.670
THE NEEDS AND AROUND WHAT MENTAL HEALTH IS . AND, TO RAISE

00:35:11.670 --> 00:35:13.670
THE AWARENESS WITH THE AGE GROUP OF 16 TO 24. AND, THEIR FAMILIES. IT WAS

00:35:14.670 --> 00:35:16.670
VERY SUCCESSFUL.

00:35:17.670 --> 00:35:19.670
WE DID IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA AS WELL AS

00:35:23.670 --> 00:35:26.670
MOIST AT UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION. WE
ARE HOPING TO DO IT THIS YEAR IF WE CAN WE ARE LOOKING FOR FUNDING NOW TO

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:31.000
TO CONTINUE THIS , BECAUSE IT DID REACH A LOT OF PEOPLE

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:34.000
WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION.

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:39.000
SO, ONE OF THE OTHER RISK GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:42.000
IS THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED.

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:46.000
WE HAVE THE BRIDGE CENTER WHICH IS REALLY A ONE STOP SHOP FOR

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:49.000
RETURNING CITIZENS, THE VETERANS. AND COLLABORATES

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:54.000
ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, SOCIAL SERVICE, FAMILY SERVICES,

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:58.000
AND EMPLOY PRINCE GEORGES , TO TRY TO SURROUND PEOPLE WITH A

00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:01.000
COLLABORATIVE MODEL OF CARE IN ORDER

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:06.000
TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN GO ONE PLACE AND WE CAN ADDRESS MANY DIFFERENT
THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. WE JUST RECEIVED

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:14.000
A SECOND $2 MILLION GRANT TO EXPAND ON
THE SURFACE AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:19.000
THE GREAT THING IS, IN 2023

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:23.000
OR 90% OF THE THE BRIDGE CENTER CITIZENS WERE RETURNING CLIENT

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:28.000
AND THE RECIDIVISM RATE WAS LESS THAN 1%. I CONSIDER THAT PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

00:36:29.933 --> 00:36:31.933
THAT MEANS THE PROGRAM IS WORKING TO TRY TO SUPPORT

00:36:33.933 --> 00:36:35.933
THOSE WHO ARE RETURNING INTO OUR COMMUNITY WITH SERVICES SO THAT THEY CAN GET BACK

00:36:41.933 --> 00:36:43.933
ON THEIR FEET AND MOVE FORWARD.

00:36:44.933 --> 00:36:46.933
NOW, I AM GOING TO SHIP JUST A SECOND TO
THE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY MODEL.

00:36:53.933 --> 00:36:55.933
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN RECOVERY WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS REALLY NEED

00:36:58.933 --> 00:37:01.933
OUR HELP AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A MINUTE AGO.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TO THE CRISIS CENTER AND WE REALLY

00:37:04.933 --> 00:37:06.933
CAN WE HAVE PROGRAMS ALSO THAT ADDRESS THIS, SO

00:37:07.933 --> 00:37:09.933
THE PEER-TO-PEER PROGRAM , WHICH IS A

00:37:10.933 --> 00:37:12.933
POWERFUL PROGRAM WHICH LINKS THOSE THAT HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE

00:37:14.933 --> 00:37:16.933
EITHER WITH SUBSTANCE USE OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISORDERS

00:37:18.933 --> 00:37:20.933
AND INCARCERATION TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE SUB

00:37:23.933 --> 00:37:25.933
PEER-TO-PEER COUNSELING, TO HELP PROVIDE EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:29.000
SUPPORT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE RECONNECTED , AND ALSO

00:37:32.933 --> 00:37:34.933
THEIR LOAN FROM THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED THE EXPERIENCE. AND

00:37:35.933 --> 00:37:37.933
THE NUMBER OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND REENTRY

00:37:40.933 --> 00:37:42.933
SUPPORT. RECOVERY CONTACTS HAS BEEN OVER 5000, WHICH IS AGAIN I THINK

00:37:45.933 --> 00:37:48.933
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. THAT WAS IN FY 23.
WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST TOBACCO

00:37:53.933 --> 00:37:55.933
CONTROL PROGRAM AND WE HAVE STUDENT TOBACCO AMBASSADORS

00:37:58.933 --> 00:38:00.933
AS WELL AS TOBACCO ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS.
AND WE WORK WITH SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS IN

00:38:02.933 --> 00:38:04.933
HIGH SCHOOL TO SUPPORT TO TRY TO FIND

00:38:06.933 --> 00:38:08.933
AND TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE WHO ARE SELLING TO

00:38:10.933 --> 00:38:12.933
MINORS. AND, WE HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST , MELODIC TRAINING

00:38:17.933 --> 00:38:19.933
PROGRAM AND I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TRAIN EVERYBODY HERE SHOULD BE

00:38:20.933 --> 00:38:22.933
TRAINED IN BLOCKS ON AND HOW TO

00:38:26.933 --> 00:38:28.933
ADMINISTER IN FY 2020 , 1700 PERSONS WERE TRAINED IN BOTH

00:38:32.867 --> 00:38:35.867
THE ADMINISTRATION AND WERE GIVEN NARCAN.
I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO FAMILY MEDICAL SERVICES

00:38:36.867 --> 00:38:38.867
THAT ALSO HAS A VERY ROBUST PROGRAM AROUND PEOPLE AND

00:38:41.867 --> 00:38:43.867
GIVING OUT NALOXONE AND THE MORE WE HAVE THE ABILITY

00:38:50.867 --> 00:38:52.867
TO RECOGNIZE IT AND WE CAN AVOID DEATH

00:38:53.867 --> 00:38:55.867
FROM OPIOID ABUSE.

00:38:59.867 --> 00:39:01.867
WE JUST WERE FUNDED BY THE STATE OF MARYLAND, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,

00:39:02.867 --> 00:39:04.867
OPIATE OPERATIONS COMMAND CENTER FOR TWO GRANTS TO CONVENE HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH

00:39:07.867 --> 00:39:09.867
, FOCUS GROUPS AS WELL AS TO TRAIN THE TRAINER IN

00:39:12.867 --> 00:39:14.867
THE NALOXONE INITIATIVES AND MUNICIPALITIES. IN FACT TOMORROW TOMORROW NIGHT WE HAVE

00:39:17.867 --> 00:39:19.867
A TOWN HALL MEETING WITH OCC AND HYATTSVILLE AT THE PRINCE GEORGES MEMORIAL

00:39:23.867 --> 00:39:25.867
LIBRARY ON THE DELPHI ROAD FROM 6:00 TO 7:30

00:39:26.867 --> 00:39:28.867
AND THE STATE WILL BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:34.800
PROGRAMS, THEIR APPROACH . WE ARE ALSO RECONVENING OUR

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:39.800
OPIOID INTERVENTION TEAM LED BY ME AND RON GILLIS TO UPDATE OUR COUNTIES

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:46.800
PLAN AND WE WELCOME SUPPORT AND ALSO INPUT

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:52.800
FOR THAT PROGRAM. AND THEN WE DO HAVE AN OAKLEY OF FATALITY TEAM

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:55.800
, THAT REVIEWS OPIOID DEATH TO

00:39:57.800 --> 00:40:00.800
TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN PREVENT THEM.
WE HAVE A BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PROGRAM WHICH

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:05.800
IS CONNECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES AND

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:09.800
DOES LOTS OF CASE MANAGEMENT FOR THOSE THAT ARE AT

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:13.800
HIGH RISK BETWEEN THE AGES 11 AND 21 TO LINK THEM

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:19.800
TO SERVICES AND INFORMATION IS HERE, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT

00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:25.800
TO THEM, YOU CAN. WE RECENTLY HAD A PRESCRIPTION TAKE BACK DAY WHICH

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:28.800
YIELDED 80 POUNDS OF UNUSED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

00:40:32.733 --> 00:40:34.733
AND 25 FAMILIES PARTICIPATED IN OUR STRENGTHENING FAMILIES PROGRAM AND

00:40:35.733 --> 00:40:37.733
WE PLAN TO DO THIS AGAIN IN 2024 AS WELL AS CREATING AN ANTI-DRUG

00:40:41.733 --> 00:40:43.733
PREVENTION PRESENTATIONS TO PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY SCHOOLS.

00:40:47.733 --> 00:40:49.733
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF , THE ADOLESCENT

00:40:52.733 --> 00:40:54.733
RECOVERY CLUBHOUSE, WHICH CAN SERVE UP TO

00:40:56.733 --> 00:40:58.733
40 YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 AND 17 AT ANY ONE TIME. IT IS

00:40:59.733 --> 00:41:01.733
A REALLY GREAT PLACE.

00:41:03.733 --> 00:41:05.733
AND IT IS GEARED TOWARD ADOLESCENTS WHO ARE AT RISK , WHO

00:41:08.733 --> 00:41:10.733
EITHER HAVE A RISK OF ORAP ARE AT RISK OF SUBSTANCE

00:41:15.733 --> 00:41:18.733
USE DISORDER. IT'S A RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUP, TUTORIAL, TUTORING, COMPUTER LAB,
GED COLLEGE PREP PROGRAM. IT HAS GOT

00:41:23.733 --> 00:41:25.733
A GYM THAT RIVALS I THINK LA FITNESS. IT HAS

00:41:29.667 --> 00:41:31.667
CASE MANAGEMENT ADVOCACY , JOB READINESS PREPAREDNESS . THEY ALSO HAVE TRANSPORTATION, SO YOU CAN

00:41:35.667 --> 00:41:37.667
GET THE ADOLESCENTS THERE.

00:41:38.667 --> 00:41:40.667
IN 2023, THEY SERVE 79 FAMILIES SO FAR. AND I WOULD

00:41:41.667 --> 00:41:43.667
URGE YOU TO SEND ADOLESCENTS THAT YOU KNOW

00:41:44.667 --> 00:41:46.667
THAT MIGHT BE AT RISK TO THIS PROGRAM. IT IS A WONDERFUL,

00:41:47.667 --> 00:41:49.667
WONDERFUL PROGRAM. SO, THOSE ARE SOME OF

00:41:53.667 --> 00:41:55.667
THE PROGRAMS . WE HAVE MORE BUT I COULD

00:41:56.667 --> 00:41:59.667
BE HERE ALL NIGHT. BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION TO
YOU THAT WE ARE PROUD THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED TO RAISE MONEY

00:42:02.667 --> 00:42:04.667
TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND ESPECIALLY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH YOUTH INITIATIVES.

00:42:08.667 --> 00:42:10.667
WE JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED 7.7 $5 MILLION FROM SAMSUNG

00:42:16.667 --> 00:42:18.667
ARE CONTINUING THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE BEEN EXPANDING

00:42:20.667 --> 00:42:22.667
ON THEM. ONE IS A HEALTHY TRANSITIONS AWARD

00:42:23.667 --> 00:42:25.667
TO HELP 275 YOUTH, THE OTHER IS A SYSTEMS OF CARE AWARD

00:42:29.600 --> 00:42:31.600
TO HELP 350 CHILDREN AND YOUTH

00:42:34.600 --> 00:42:36.600
WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES.

00:42:38.600 --> 00:42:40.600
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS NOW IN A SIX MONTH PLANNING PROCESS .

00:42:41.600 --> 00:42:43.600
WE DID ALSO RECEIVE A ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION

00:42:44.600 --> 00:42:46.600
FOR THE DON'T REENTRY PROGRAM.

00:42:50.600 --> 00:42:52.600
AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY

00:42:55.600 --> 00:42:57.600
, THAT WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON. ONE IS FROM THE STATE,

00:42:59.600 --> 00:43:01.600
THERE IS MONEY TO CREATE A SPOKES IN HOBBS

00:43:07.600 --> 00:43:09.600
, TO PUT SERVICES AND COUNSELING INSIDE THE SCHOOLS. AND,

00:43:11.600 --> 00:43:13.600
WE ARE APPLYING FOR THAT, WE ARE APPLYING TO BE ONE OF THE HUB TO ORGANIZE

00:43:17.600 --> 00:43:19.600
, HELP ORGANIZE THE SPOKES THAT ARE GOING TO

00:43:22.600 --> 00:43:24.600
BE IN THE SCHOOLS. AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED, VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

00:43:26.600 --> 00:43:28.600
AND I DID WANT TO MENTION ONE MORE --WE DO HAVE

00:43:32.533 --> 00:43:34.533
A PEDIATRIC TELEHEALTH PROGRAM IN THE SCHOOLS

00:43:36.533 --> 00:43:38.533
AS WELL. IT IS RUN THROUGH HAZEL HEALTH, AND THIS IS NOT JUST MEDICAL,

00:43:44.533 --> 00:43:46.533
IT IS ALSO FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES.
SO, I URGE PEOPLE IT IS NOT IN ALL THE SCHOOLS YET BUT IT IS

00:43:47.533 --> 00:43:49.533
BEING ROLLED OUT OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING THE SERVICES

00:43:53.533 --> 00:43:55.533
AND ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS , OR MOST OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS

00:43:57.533 --> 00:43:59.533
THE TELEHEALTH HUBS AND ASK FOR MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL

00:44:02.533 --> 00:44:04.533
HEALTH SUPPORT. SO, I WANT TO STOP THERE AND SEE IF THERE ARE

00:44:08.533 --> 00:44:10.533
ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO

00:44:11.533 --> 00:44:14.533
SPEAK, AND I HOPE THIS GAVE YOU A LITTLE GLIMPSE
INTO WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS TRYING TO DO

00:44:17.533 --> 00:44:19.533
TO IMPROVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE COUNTY AND TO SUPPORT ITS RESIDENTS

00:44:24.533 --> 00:44:26.533
AND ALL PRINCE GEORGES.

00:44:27.467 --> 00:44:30.467
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DEFINITELY
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SOME QUICK

00:44:31.467 --> 00:44:33.467
QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMAN ALSTON.

00:44:35.467 --> 00:44:37.467
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

00:44:39.467 --> 00:44:41.467
I LEARNED A NUMBER OF THINGS AND I DEFTLY WANT TO TALK WITH YOU

00:44:42.467 --> 00:44:44.467
MORE ABOUT THOSE THINGS. THE BEDS FOR CHILDREN IN

00:44:45.467 --> 00:44:47.467
THE COUNTY , THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT SAID YOU

00:44:48.467 --> 00:44:50.467
KNOW, THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SYSTEM HAD

00:44:51.467 --> 00:44:53.900
TWO BEDS , IS
THAT CURRENT BEDS? IS THAT RIGHT?

00:44:56.300 --> 00:44:58.300
>> I THINK IT

00:45:00.467 --> 00:45:02.467
IS THREE , THE SLIDE SET TWO,

00:45:02.567 --> 00:45:04.000
--
>> IS THAT THE EXTENT OF THE BEDS FOR CHILDREN OF THE COUNTY?

00:45:08.467 --> 00:45:10.900
>> I THINK SO.
WE ABSOLUTELY NEED MORE BEDS.

00:45:12.467 --> 00:45:14.467
>> I'M GLAD YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND

00:45:15.670 --> 00:45:18.330
WE HAVE TO DO BETTER ON THAT.
SO TWO BEDS IN THE COUNTY FOR CHILDREN -- THE PROGRAMMING

00:45:23.467 --> 00:45:25.467
AND SCHOOLS THAT YOU MENTIONED , DR.
LEVY ?

00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:33.400
>> SORRY, SO THAT AGAIN?
>> THAT IS ROLLED OUT NOW ARE COMING?

00:45:33.400 --> 00:45:35.400
>> THE PROGRAM I TALKED ABOUT WITH BESPOKE

00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:41.400
AND HUG IS NOT --IT IS STILL IN ITS

00:45:45.400 --> 00:45:48.400
FUNDING STATUS. TELEHEALTH PROGRAM IS BEING ROLLED OUT IN THE SCHOOLS.
>> OKAY, SO WHEN WE SAY IN THE TEACHER ARE WE TALKING

00:45:51.400 --> 00:45:53.400
NEXT YEAR ? OR 2 TO 3 YEARS?

00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:56.400
>> I THINK IT IS GOING TO

00:45:58.400 --> 00:46:01.400
BE WITHIN, AT LEAST PART OF IT IS GOING TO BE WITHIN THE YEAR, THAT
IS THE PLAN.

00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:04.400
BUT PLANS CHANGE, BUT THAT IS THE TENTATIVE PLAN.
>> SO, MADAM CHAIR I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE

00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:08.400
A FOLLOW-UP , AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT.

00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:15.400
CERTAINLY, WE CAN DIG IN DEEPER AND I KNOW TONIGHT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
--'S NECK THAT'S DEFTLY GREAT QUESTIONS. DO WANT TO, COUNCILWOMAN

00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:22.400
, SHE'S ONLINE I KNOW SHE HAD A QUESTION.

00:46:24.400 --> 00:46:26.400
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

00:46:33.333 --> 00:46:36.333
>> WANT MORE INFORMATION ON THE LOW REENTRY WORK THAT YOU TALKED
ABOUT [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]

00:46:42.333 --> 00:46:44.333
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND COUNSELING SERVICES.

00:46:51.333 --> 00:46:53.333
HOW DO YOU GAIN ACCESS TO THOSE?

00:46:54.333 --> 00:46:56.333
>> I

00:46:58.333 --> 00:47:00.333
BELIEVE THEY CAN JUST CALL THE BRIDGE CENTER AND WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON

00:47:02.333 --> 00:47:05.333
THE SLIDES , BUT WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU AND THEY
CAN HELP WITH THOSE THAT ARE REENTERING.

00:47:06.333 --> 00:47:08.333
AND IT IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT

00:47:12.333 --> 00:47:14.333
PROGRAM IN THAT IT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT SERVICES. TRYING TO DO

00:47:16.333 --> 00:47:18.333
A COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL TO TRY TO SUPPORT , NOT JUST ONE THING BUT MULTIPLE

00:47:21.333 --> 00:47:23.333
THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.

00:47:26.333 --> 00:47:28.333
>> AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS NOW, BUT I HAVE

00:47:29.333 --> 00:47:31.333
SEEN THE DATA OF USAGE AND

00:47:34.333 --> 00:47:36.333
ACCESSIBILITY BECAUSE I HEARD YOU ON ACCESS TO THE BRIDGE CENTER,

00:47:38.333 --> 00:47:40.333
BUT YOU KNOW , WORKING HANDS ON SOME OF THESE NONPROFITS AND

00:47:43.333 --> 00:47:45.333
CALL THE BRIDGE CENTER, THEY REACHED OUT AND IN ACTUALITY, THEY ARE TOLD THERE ARE NO RESOURCES

00:47:47.333 --> 00:47:49.333
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE

00:47:53.333 --> 00:47:55.333
THAT THESE ARE JUST RESOURCES THAT ARE ON

00:47:58.333 --> 00:48:00.333
THE WEBSITE OR ON A PAMPHLET, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALIZED RESOURCES

00:48:02.333 --> 00:48:04.333
THAT, WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN NEED AND THEY CALL, THEY ACTUALLY

00:48:05.333 --> 00:48:07.333
GET ACCESS TO IT. AND SO, WE COULD TALK OFF-LINE, BUT

00:48:08.333 --> 00:48:10.333
I JUST UNDERSTAND IS AN ACTUAL , TANGIBLE

00:48:11.333 --> 00:48:13.333
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING SERVICES ? WHERE PEOPLE

00:48:14.333 --> 00:48:16.333
CAN TALK ONE-ON-ONE ? WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT MENTAL SERVICES

00:48:20.333 --> 00:48:22.333
REENTRY, WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE , WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY

00:48:23.333 --> 00:48:25.333
MEAN? SO I WOULD LOVE TO DIVE INTO THAT LITTLE

00:48:26.267 --> 00:48:29.267
BIT MORE.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS AROUND WHAT YOU'RE

00:48:34.267 --> 00:48:36.267
CURRENTLY DOING WHEN IT COMES TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM . AND THIS MIGHT NOT

00:48:38.267 --> 00:48:40.267
BE THE PROGRAM YOU ARE REFERENCING AROUND STATUS

00:48:41.267 --> 00:48:43.267
ROLLING OUT. I JUST BRING UP THIS POINT

00:48:45.267 --> 00:48:47.267
BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY A PARENT THAT

00:48:50.267 --> 00:48:52.267
THEIR , THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS TALKING ABOUT ROLLING

00:48:53.267 --> 00:48:55.267
OUT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND CHILDREN NEEDED THEM

00:48:58.267 --> 00:49:00.267
, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THEM. BUT ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT

00:49:01.267 --> 00:49:03.267
THE PARENTS RAISED IS THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS SAYING THAT PARENTS WOULDN'T

00:49:05.267 --> 00:49:07.267
HAVE ACCESS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS IF SOMETHING WAS GOING ON ,

00:49:10.267 --> 00:49:12.267
AT THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS HAD, THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS

00:49:13.267 --> 00:49:15.267
TO IT. IT WOULD BE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT HAD ACCESS TO IT. AND

00:49:17.267 --> 00:49:19.267
SO, IS THAT THIS PROGRAM ? IS THAT NOT THIS PROGRAM?

00:49:21.267 --> 00:49:24.267
ARE YOU AWARE THAT ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION? HAVE YOU
HEARD OF ANY CONCERNS LIKE, WHO HAS ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION?

00:49:26.200 --> 00:49:28.200
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US ALL THESE PROGRAMS

00:49:32.200 --> 00:49:34.700
AND THEN THE PARENTS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH
ALLOWING THEIR CHILDREN TO PERSIST.

00:49:34.967 --> 00:49:36.967
>> I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT, BUT I CAN

00:49:38.200 --> 00:49:40.200
LOOK INTO IT FOR YOU AND GET BACK TO YOU. I HAVE NOT HEARD

00:49:43.200 --> 00:49:45.200
THAT, I DON'T BELIEVE --I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT FROM ANY

00:49:46.200 --> 00:49:48.200
OF OUR TEAM BUT I WILL LOOK INTO THAT.
>> OKAY.

00:49:50.200 --> 00:49:52.200
IS THERE A PARENT ORIENTATION?

00:49:53.200 --> 00:49:55.200
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PARENTS ASK THIS DIRECT QUESTION

00:50:02.200 --> 00:50:04.200
AROUND LINKS OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND THEY WERE TOLD THEY WON'T
GET ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION BUT LIKE IF THERE WAS A CONCERN, THE COUNSELOR

00:50:08.200 --> 00:50:11.200
AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WOULD LOOK AT THE RECORDS AND WHAT WAS DISCUSSED
AND MAKE DECISIONS ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH

00:50:14.200 --> 00:50:16.200
THE CHILD.

00:50:17.200 --> 00:50:19.200
IF THERE WAS SOME RISK , WERE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE

00:50:21.200 --> 00:50:23.200
CHILD'S SHARES IN THE PARENTS WOULD HAVE CONCERNS FOR ACCESS TO .

00:50:25.200 --> 00:50:27.200
SO A LOT OF THE PARENTS HAD CONCERNS WITH ALLOWING

00:50:29.133 --> 00:50:31.133
THEIR CHILD TO USE ACCESS AND THEY WERE

00:50:37.133 --> 00:50:39.133
OF THE MIND THAT THEY MIGHT AS WELL GET PRIVATE CARE. BUT THERE'S SOME PARENTS WHO
CANNOT AFFORD PRIVATE CARE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT

00:50:43.133 --> 00:50:45.133
WE TAKE AWAY ANY TYPE OF BARRIER THAT MIGHT MAKE PARENTS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH
THESE NEW SERVICES.

00:50:47.133 --> 00:50:49.133
>> I'M HAPPY -- I'M HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT BUT I

00:50:50.133 --> 00:50:52.133
AM NOT AWARE OF THAT.

00:50:53.133 --> 00:50:55.133
>> PERFECT. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION

00:50:56.133 --> 00:50:58.133
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO TALK FOR

00:50:59.133 --> 00:51:01.133
YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS AND IF WE COULD JUST

00:51:05.133 --> 00:51:07.133
HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF CAPACITY FOR SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE

00:51:08.133 --> 00:51:10.133
WE HAVE HAD PROGRAMS --LIKE

00:51:14.133 --> 00:51:16.133
THE SCHOOL PRESENTED TO US ONCE , AND
THAT PROGRAM ONLY ALLOWED FOR 10 STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE. SO

00:51:20.133 --> 00:51:22.133
IT IS AN AMAZING PROGRAM, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW MANY STUDENTS

00:51:23.133 --> 00:51:25.133
WE HAVE COME AND HAS A LOW IMPACT. SO JUST

00:51:26.670 --> 00:51:28.670
UNDERSTANDING BASED ON THE CURRENT BUDGET INCAPACITY WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT

00:51:29.670 --> 00:51:31.670
PROGRAMS ARE ABLE TO HOLD NOW. AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS

00:51:37.670 --> 00:51:39.670
, AND THERE IS A NEED FOR INCREASED STAFF FOR FUNDING TO INCREASE THOSE PROGRAMS.

00:51:41.670 --> 00:51:43.670
AGAIN, YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION OFF-LINE.

00:51:44.670 --> 00:51:46.670
>> THANK YOU. I DEFINITELY WANT TO GET TO COUNCILMAN BURROWS

00:51:47.670 --> 00:51:50.670
I KNOW YOU HAD A QUESTION?
>> I WILL BE VERY BRIEF,

00:51:53.670 --> 00:51:55.670
AND COUNCILWOMAN ORIADHA ADDRESS A LOT OF

00:51:56.670 --> 00:51:58.670
MY QUESTIONS.

00:51:59.670 --> 00:52:01.670
WHEN I SAW THE LIST OF PROGRAMS THAT YOU IMPLEMENTED,

00:52:05.670 --> 00:52:07.670
I AM NOT, I DON'T SEE THEM WHEN I'M ACTUALLY IN COMMUNITY.

00:52:09.670 --> 00:52:11.670
AND I'M SURE THAT

00:52:13.670 --> 00:52:15.670
THESE ARE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS, BUT IF I DON'T SEE THEM OR KNOW

00:52:16.670 --> 00:52:18.670
ABOUT THEM I'M SURE MY CONSTITUENTS DON'T EITHER.

00:52:20.670 --> 00:52:22.670
SO, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL AND I WENT ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE

00:52:24.670 --> 00:52:26.670
AND I SAW A BRIEF DESCRIPTORS, BUT NOT REALLY A MENU

00:52:28.000 --> 00:52:30.000
OF OPTIONS. AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU

00:52:33.000 --> 00:52:35.000
ON MAKING VERY CLEAR WHAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE AND WHO CAN THE BENEFIT

00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:39.000
, HOW CAN SOMEONE SIGN UP FOR THEM?

00:52:40.000 --> 00:52:42.000
EVEN SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE DOING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE,

00:52:44.000 --> 00:52:46.000
IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM YOU KNOW, I RENT A LOT

00:52:47.000 --> 00:52:50.000
OF THAT IN THE STATES ATTORNEYS OFFICE FOR
A LOT OF YEARS AND I NEVER HEARD OF THESE PROGRAMS. SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED

00:52:54.000 --> 00:52:56.000
THAT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY, TIME, AND EFFORT I'M SURE

00:52:58.000 --> 00:53:00.000
THE PEOPLE IN HEALTH DEPARTMENT ARE DOING GREAT WORK

00:53:02.000 --> 00:53:04.000
, BUT WE CAN'T CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE SERVICES, I THINK THIS

00:53:04.733 --> 00:53:06.633
IS THE DISCONNECT.
>> I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE,

00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:12.000
AS A DEPARTMENT NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB. ALTHOUGH IN SORT

00:53:15.000 --> 00:53:17.000
OF MARKETING SO PLEASE COMMUNICATING WHAT WE DO,

00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:24.000
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS I FEEL VERY
PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO LET

00:53:26.933 --> 00:53:28.933
PEOPLE KNOW, BUT I CAN SAY THAT I KNOW OUR TEAM IS

00:53:29.933 --> 00:53:32.933
REALLY WORKING WITH LIMITED RESOURCES THEY HAVE, THEY
ARE WORKING TO TRY TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO TRY

00:53:34.933 --> 00:53:36.933
TO ADDRESS WILL LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IS

00:53:38.933 --> 00:53:41.467
OUT THERE. AND AS WE SAID EARLIER WE CAN ALWAYS DO
A BETTER JOB.

00:53:41.467 --> 00:53:43.467
AND I WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU, TO TRY TO GET THE

00:53:45.933 --> 00:53:47.933
WORD OUT, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CLEAR

00:53:49.933 --> 00:53:51.933
WHAT WE HAVE. IN FACT, THE WEBSITE IS JUST REDONE

00:53:52.933 --> 00:53:54.933
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

00:53:56.933 --> 00:53:58.933
AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR INFORMATION

00:54:01.933 --> 00:54:03.933
IS CLEAR YOU KNOW, BEFORE I GOT HERE, I LOOKED ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE TO TRY

00:54:05.933 --> 00:54:07.933
TO UNDERSTAND WHERE I WAS COMING,

00:54:09.933 --> 00:54:11.933
AND I ALSO HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WHAT. SO

00:54:12.933 --> 00:54:15.933
I UNDERSTAND HOW IT HAS TO BE CLEAR.
IF IT IS CONFUSING TO ME, IT IS PROBABLY CONFUSING TO OTHERS AS

00:54:17.700 --> 00:54:19.700
WELL. SO I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU.

00:54:20.670 --> 00:54:22.670
>> Reporter: OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I WOULD

00:54:24.933 --> 00:54:26.933
NOTE, ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE HAVING THIS IS THAT I, MYSELF

00:54:28.867 --> 00:54:30.867
FEEL THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT SERVICES WE

00:54:32.867 --> 00:54:34.867
HAVE. AND I AM SURE IF I DON'T KNOW, THE RESIDENTS DON'T

00:54:35.867 --> 00:54:38.867
KNOW. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES

00:54:40.867 --> 00:54:43.867
ARE THERE THAT ARE HERE , BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO
GET TO RESIDENTS, SO QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU ALL HAVE

00:54:47.867 --> 00:54:49.867
ON THE STATE LEVEL THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED, AND I WILL TURN IT

00:54:50.867 --> 00:54:52.867
OVER TO DELEGATE HEATHER BAGWELL.

00:54:53.867 --> 00:54:55.867
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. I'M GOING

00:54:56.867 --> 00:54:58.867
TO GET VERY QUICK COMMENTS AND INJURIES ARE PRINCE GEORGE'S COLLEAGUES

00:55:01.867 --> 00:55:03.867
WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THESE FIELDS. BUT I WANTED TO

00:55:05.867 --> 00:55:08.867
GIVE REGARDS FOR MY CHAIR OF OUR COMMITTEE.
IN THE CHAIR THE PUBLIC HEALTH MINORITY HEALTH

00:55:11.867 --> 00:55:13.867
SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE . AND, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BEHAVIORAL

00:55:15.867 --> 00:55:17.867
HEALTH, CHALLENGES THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS STIGMATIZED

00:55:20.867 --> 00:55:22.867
AND SUBTLY DIFFERENT WAYS , IN SO MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. AT

00:55:23.867 --> 00:55:25.867
THE STATE LEVEL WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT

00:55:26.800 --> 00:55:28.800
OF WORK WITH SOMATIC CARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE,

00:55:31.800 --> 00:55:33.800
INTEGRATING THAT KAREN ALSO LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR
POLICIES ARE HEALTH EQUITY LINENS.

00:55:35.800 --> 00:55:37.800
WE HAVE BEEN ON A MULTIYEAR PROCESS TO TRY TO INCREASE RESOURCES

00:55:40.800 --> 00:55:42.800
, PARTICULARLY RESOURCES FOR ADOLESCENTS SUFFERING WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

00:55:46.800 --> 00:55:48.800
AND ALSO ENSURING THAT THE PROVIDERS THAT ARE PROVIDING THE

00:55:49.800 --> 00:55:51.800
SERVICES ARE LOOKING TO PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES WITH HELP

00:55:53.800 --> 00:55:55.800
EQUITY LINENS. WE HAVE PASSED IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING FOR

00:55:58.800 --> 00:56:00.800
ENTIRE HEALTHCARE CONTINUUM THAT WE HAVE HEALTH EQUITY

00:56:02.800 --> 00:56:04.800
ACT OF 2021 , WHICH EMPLOYS HEALTH EQUITY FRAMEWORK. IT PROVIDES

00:56:08.800 --> 00:56:10.800
ADVICE ON ISSUES OF RACE, ECONOMIC,

00:56:12.800 --> 00:56:14.800
ECONOMIC DISPARITIES IN DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH EQUITY PLAN FOR

00:56:17.800 --> 00:56:19.800
ITS AT SCHOOL FOR HELP EQUITY. IT ALSO CREATED THE

00:56:22.800 --> 00:56:24.800
HEALTH RESOURCE INITIATIVE. WE HAVE , WHICH REDUCES HEALTH DISPARITIES

00:56:29.733 --> 00:56:31.733
, IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES, IMPROVES ACCESS

00:56:32.733 --> 00:56:34.733
TO PRIMARY CARE AND PROMOTES PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PREVENTION SERVICES

00:56:35.733 --> 00:56:37.733
TO REDUCE HEALTHCARE COSTS AND HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND READMISSIONS

00:56:38.733 --> 00:56:40.733
, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT. WE HAVE

00:56:42.733 --> 00:56:44.733
PASSED THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

00:56:47.733 --> 00:56:49.733
IN THE SCHOOLS. WE HAVE CREATED AN EXPRESS LANE FOR

00:56:53.733 --> 00:56:55.733
IDENTIFYING WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID USING

00:56:58.733 --> 00:57:00.733
SNAP AND CHIP WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO DO PRIOR USING MEDICAID, BUT WE

00:57:01.733 --> 00:57:03.733
HAVE REVERSED THAT PROCESS THIS YEAR TO

00:57:04.733 --> 00:57:06.733
TRY TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE

00:57:07.733 --> 00:57:09.733
TRYING TO APPLY FOR SERVICES AND WE CREATED A COMMISSION ON PUBLIC HEALTH. SO, WHAT

00:57:14.733 --> 00:57:16.733
ARE WE DOING IN THE BEHAVIOR HEALTH SPACE? WELL, THE UPPER

00:57:17.733 --> 00:57:19.733
LEFT BETWEEN SOMATIC CARE AND BEHAVIOR

00:57:21.733 --> 00:57:23.733
HEALTH CARE IS IMPORTANT. SO, WE ARE LOOKING AT RESOURCES AND ACT. WORKFORCE,

00:57:25.733 --> 00:57:27.733
EQUITY, CRISIS AND SUICIDE PREVENTION , RECOVERY, TREATMENT, MAINTENANCE,

00:57:32.733 --> 00:57:34.733
HARM REDUCTION, FUNDING, QUALITY OF CARE , ADDRESSING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. AND,

00:57:38.733 --> 00:57:40.733
DRESSING ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES , TRAUMA INFORMED CARE,

00:57:41.733 --> 00:57:43.733
CULTURALLY COMPETENT PROVIDERS, AND INTEGRATION

00:57:44.733 --> 00:57:46.733
OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM INTO THE HEALTHCARE CONTINUUM.

00:57:50.733 --> 00:57:52.733
SO, I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO MY EXTRAORDINARY PARTNERS

00:57:53.733 --> 00:57:55.733
, BUT AS I SAID THIS

00:57:57.733 --> 00:58:00.733
HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I DO HAVE RESOURCES YOU WILL AGREE THAT

00:58:05.733 --> 00:58:07.733
WE HAVE QR CODE, WHICH HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.

00:58:11.733 --> 00:58:13.733
BUT, WE ALSO, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH RESOURCES COMMISSION.

00:58:17.733 --> 00:58:19.733
THEY ARE A GRANT SERVICES, THEY GRANTED ABOUT

00:58:20.733 --> 00:58:22.733
$60 MILLION A LITTLE OR $60 MILLION TO

00:58:26.667 --> 00:58:28.667
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY FOR ALL AREAS OF HEALTHCARE . INFANT MORK

00:58:32.667 --> 00:58:34.667
TALLY, DENTAL, BEHAVIOR HEALTH, DIABETES , CHRONIC DISEASE,

00:58:38.667 --> 00:58:40.667
ETERNAL HEALTH CARE PATHWAYS. AND THEY HAVE AN EVENT

00:58:44.667 --> 00:58:46.667
COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 FROM 5:00

00:58:47.667 --> 00:58:49.667
TO 7:00. IT IS FOR THEIR NEW GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

00:58:53.667 --> 00:58:56.667
. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PROVIDERS IN THE
ROOM, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I MADE YOU AWARE IT IS GOING TO BE AT IMPACT

00:58:56.667 --> 00:58:58.667
ONE CHURCH, SEVEN 230

00:59:01.667 --> 00:59:03.667
CENTRAL AVENUE, CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MARYLAND. NOW MY COLLEAGUES

00:59:04.667 --> 00:59:06.667
WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING ON THE ER WE

00:59:08.667 --> 00:59:10.667
TIMES, MATERNAL MORTALITY HEALTH AND ALSO

00:59:11.667 --> 00:59:13.667
BEHAVIOR HEALTH AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO TURN OVER TO MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE

00:59:14.667 --> 00:59:16.667
DELEGATE MARTINEZ TO START US OFF.

00:59:20.667 --> 00:59:22.667
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH

00:59:24.667 --> 00:59:26.667
TO THE COUNCIL, CANCEL CELLIST WARES BY STERN COUNCILMEMBERS. FOR THE NAME

00:59:29.600 --> 00:59:31.600
, I REPRESENT THE 22nd HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY .

00:59:37.600 --> 00:59:39.600
ONE OF THE HONORS THAT I RECEIVED THIS SUMMER WAS BEING APPOINTED TO
THE HOSPITAL WORK GROUP , ONE OF THE

00:59:42.600 --> 00:59:45.600
MAIN ISSUES THAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT THE STATE 'S THAT ARE HOSPITAL ER
WAIT TIMES IS DRAMATICALLY HIGHER THAN MOST OTHER STATES.

00:59:50.600 --> 00:59:52.600
AND SO WE GOT A GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER FROM

00:59:53.600 --> 00:59:55.600
INDUSTRY AS WELL AS COMMUNITY, ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO DISCUSS THESE

00:59:56.600 --> 00:59:58.600
ISSUES.

00:59:59.600 --> 01:00:01.600
WE FIRST MET IN JULY, WE HAVE FOUR MEETINGS WE HAVE TWO MORE MEETINGS

01:00:02.600 --> 01:00:04.600
TO GO BEFORE WE PRESENT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN DECEMBER TO

01:00:05.600 --> 01:00:07.600
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SINCE WE STARTED IN JANUARY FOR SESSION.

01:00:08.600 --> 01:00:10.600
I WILL BRIEFLY GO OVER WHERE THIS ALL STARTED AND WHERE WE

01:00:13.600 --> 01:00:15.600
ARE AND WHERE WE THINK WE ARE GOING.

01:00:16.600 --> 01:00:18.600
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS, HERE IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND OUR

01:00:21.600 --> 01:00:24.600
HOSPITAL SYSTEMS SEE ABOUT 1.7 MILLION PATIENTS A YEAR, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT
TO THE SIDE OF WEST VIRGINIA'S ENTIRE POPULATION. A LOT

01:00:25.533 --> 01:00:27.533
OF THOSE FOLKS GO THROUGH OUR ERS.

01:00:30.533 --> 01:00:32.533
ABOUT 2017 ,

01:00:37.533 --> 01:00:40.533
THE BALTIMORE SUN REPORTED THAT MARYLAND HAD SOME OF THE LONGEST ER WAIT TIMES IN
THE COUNTRY. AND THAT WAS ACCORDING TO CENTERS OF MEDICAID AND MEDICARE

01:00:40.533 --> 01:00:42.533
SERVICES. ON AVERAGE, MARYLAND PATIENTS WAIT ABOUT 53 MINUTES

01:00:44.533 --> 01:00:47.533
BEFORE CARE IN THE NATIONAL AVERAGES ABOUT 22 MINUTES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE IS AT LEAST A HALF HOUR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE

01:00:49.533 --> 01:00:51.533
CARE THAT MARYLANDERS RECEIPT AND THOSE OF US THE NATION. IN

01:00:54.533 --> 01:00:56.533
APRIL 20 19, CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WAS PASSED

01:00:58.533 --> 01:01:00.533
THAT SPOKE TO A RANGE OF ISSUES REGARDING QUALITY OF CARE, ACCESS

01:01:02.533 --> 01:01:05.533
TO CARE , PLAIN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION AND OVERALL TIMELINESS
OF BILLING AS WELL AS PROTECTIONS AGAINST THE

01:01:07.533 --> 01:01:10.533
PRICE BILLING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
MARCH 2020, WE ALL EXPERIENCED THE COVID HEALTH

01:01:12.533 --> 01:01:14.533
CRISIS THAT EXACERBATED

01:01:17.533 --> 01:01:19.533
THE ER WAIT TIMES AND THAT IS WHERE WE REALLY ARE STARTING TO SEE A MULTITUDE OF SUBSEQUENT EFFORTS

01:01:21.533 --> 01:01:23.533
THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS CAUSES OF YOUR WEEK TIMES BEING LONG BEFORE.

01:01:27.467 --> 01:01:29.467
SO THOSE INCLUDE BOOKS COMING THAT HAVE UNCOMPENSATED CARE, INDIVIDUAL SEEKING

01:01:30.467 --> 01:01:32.467
PRIMARY CARE FOR EMERGENCY ROOMS,

01:01:37.467 --> 01:01:40.467
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SEEKING BEHAVIOR HEALTH ISSUES AND CARE THAT ARE REALLY COMPLEX,
AND LACK OF REFERRAL FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, PARTICULARLY ADOLESCENTS

01:01:42.467 --> 01:01:44.467
AND THOSE SEEKING THE MOST CRITICAL OF

01:01:45.467 --> 01:01:47.467
CARE. BUT THEN WE ALSO EXPERIENCED HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE SHORTAGES AND THAT

01:01:51.467 --> 01:01:53.467
IS EXACERBATING THE CARE ADULTS RECEIPT FOR IT IN 2022 THE

01:01:54.467 --> 01:01:56.467
GENERAL ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHED A COMMISSION TO STUDY THE CRISIS

01:02:00.467 --> 01:02:02.467
, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND AND KNEW THAT
WE HAD TO START ESTABLISHING REAL CRITERIA AROUND HOW WE TREATED OUR

01:02:03.467 --> 01:02:05.467
WORK HORSE AND UNDERSTOOD THE SHORTAGES, WHY

01:02:06.467 --> 01:02:08.467
THOSE WERE HAPPENING, SHORT TERM SOLUTION SO WE

01:02:09.467 --> 01:02:11.467
CAN GET FOLKS INTO THE WORK HORSE, AND WILL HE START ATTACKING THE

01:02:14.467 --> 01:02:16.467
ISSUE. ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CARE
THAT ARE WORSE NEEDS AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

01:02:18.467 --> 01:02:20.467
AND OUR BOARD SO WE CAN START

01:02:22.467 --> 01:02:25.467
LOWERING SOME OF THE VARIOUS YOU'RE ENTERING THE FIELD SO WE CAN GET MORE
PRACTITIONERS OUT THERE TO CARE FOR RESIDENTS. AND THAT LEAVES

01:02:29.400 --> 01:02:31.400
US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN 2023 THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THE GENERAL

01:02:32.400 --> 01:02:34.400
ASSEMBLY CAME TOGETHER TO ACCESS HER HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO

01:02:36.400 --> 01:02:39.400
DO COMMISSION , WORKGROUP TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO
IMPROVE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY PERFORMANCE.

01:02:41.400 --> 01:02:43.400
AND SO, THERE ARE FOUR BUCKETS THAT HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS

01:02:48.400 --> 01:02:50.400
AND I WON'T GO INTO ALL OF THEM BECAUSE OUR REPORT IS NOT DESTROYED BUT THE MORE

01:02:51.400 --> 01:02:53.400
OUR HISTORIC HOSPITAL WORK SHORTAGES I JUST SPOKE TO THE MEAT

01:02:56.400 --> 01:02:59.400
NEED FOR MORE WORKERS IN THE HEALTHCARE FIELD.
THE LACK OF APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTS APPEAR FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTS. MARYLAND HAS

01:03:03.400 --> 01:03:05.400
AN AGING STATE AND SO A LOT OF OUR HOSPITALS ARE

01:03:06.400 --> 01:03:08.400
FULL OF OUR SENIOR RESIDENTS

01:03:11.400 --> 01:03:14.400
AND PROVIDING ADEQUATE CARE FOR THEM OUTSIDE OF A HOSPITAL
IS A NEED. AND SO WE NEED A BETTER CAPACITY THERE. THE STATES BEHAVIOR CRISIS

01:03:16.400 --> 01:03:18.400
IS A HUGE CRISIS AND WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE

01:03:19.400 --> 01:03:21.400
AND ARE HELP OFFICE WE HEARD FROM YOU ALL

01:03:22.400 --> 01:03:24.400
ABOUT THE NEED FOR INCREASED BEHAVIOR HEALTH ISSUES

01:03:28.333 --> 01:03:31.333
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS LETTING OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS AS WELL. IN THE LASTLY, IS LIMITED
AS ACCESS INTERNAL CARE. PORT OF THE CARE THAT

01:03:33.333 --> 01:03:35.333
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO

01:03:39.333 --> 01:03:41.333
WERE ABOUT A QUART OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING
TO RECEIVE CARE IN OUR ER ROOMS ACTUALLY SHOULD BE DIVERTED TO SOME OTHER CARE MODEL. WHETHER

01:03:42.333 --> 01:03:44.333
THAT BE IN URGENT CARE OR WHETHER THAT BE HAVING

01:03:48.333 --> 01:03:50.333
A CONSULT WITH THE PRIMARY CONSULTANT. ANOTHER QUARTER OR ALL

01:03:56.333 --> 01:03:59.333
CARE MEETING THERE ON THE BED. SO HOW CAN WE CONVERT THOSE INDIVIDUALS
AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS WE ARE LOOKING AT THIRD WEEK HAD

01:04:02.333 --> 01:04:04.333
A LIST, THE LAST MEETING WAS OCTOBER 18 WITH OVER 50 RECOMMENDATIONS.

01:04:07.333 --> 01:04:10.333
UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE ONLY IN SESSION FOR 90 DAYS SO IT'S HARD TO GET 50
RINGS PAST. WE ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE

01:04:14.333 --> 01:04:16.333
CANNOT TANGIBLY DO TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY

01:04:18.333 --> 01:04:20.333
IN 2024. I LOOK OVER TO REPORTING BACK TO YOU GUYS

01:04:21.333 --> 01:04:23.333
ON WHAT WE HAVE. EVEN THOUGH THERE MIGHT BE SOME

01:04:24.333 --> 01:04:26.333
RINGS THAT FALL TO THE WAYSIDE IN TERMS

01:04:27.267 --> 01:04:29.267
OF, THEY DON'T MAKE A FINAL REPORT , I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING BEFORE

01:04:30.267 --> 01:04:32.267
YOU ALL . THANK YOU.

01:04:33.267 --> 01:04:35.267
>> SO NOW, WE TURN IT OVER TO

01:04:36.700 --> 01:04:39.400
THE PUBLIC .
>> THERE'S THREE PRESENTATIONS I WILL GET IT OVER

01:04:41.767 --> 01:04:43.333
NEXT.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE IT QUICK, PLEASE.

01:04:48.267 --> 01:04:50.267
>> SURE, GOOD EVENING I'M 26 LEGISLATIVE EDITION

01:04:53.267 --> 01:04:55.267
I AM ALSO AS A LEGISLATOR MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND IS IN

01:04:57.267 --> 01:04:59.267
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. BEHAVIOR HEALTH IS THE UMBRELLA FOR SUBSTANCE DISORDER

01:05:00.267 --> 01:05:02.267
AND SO NATURALLY IT'S BEEN A GROWING

01:05:05.267 --> 01:05:07.267
CRISIS STEMMING FROM A LACK OF INVESTMENT AND COORDINATION IN

01:05:09.267 --> 01:05:11.267
THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM EQUAL TO AND INTEGRATED INTO THE SEMANTIC

01:05:12.267 --> 01:05:14.267
OF PHYSICAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM . NEEDLESS TO SAY

01:05:15.267 --> 01:05:17.267
THE PANDEMIC INTENSIFIED AN ALREADY STRAINED SYSTEM.

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MARILYN HOWEVER, IS TRYING TO BE A NATIONAL LEADER IN COORDINATING RESPONSE

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OF PATIENTS AND EVIDENCE-BASED CARE MAKING INVESTMENTS ARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND

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PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES FROM FY 21 TO 23. THE AFFORDABLE

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CARE ACT ESTABLISHED EQUALLY EQUALITY IN THE LAW BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY TRANSLATE

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TO EQUALITY OR PARODY OF RESOURCES. MARYLANDERS HAVE BEEN

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STRUGGLING LONG BEFORE THE PANDEMIC FORCED SHORTAGES AND LIKE

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A PEDIATRIC PROVIDERS AND NON-FORENSIC CRISIS

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RESOURCE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.
WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT I WOULD

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LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AS A RELATES TO TELEHEALTH THERE WAS THE EMERGENCY ORDER WHICH EXPANDED THE

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USE OF TELEHEALTH.
IN 2021, TO PRESERVE TELEHEALTH EXCESS ENSURE UNIFORMITY OF SERVICES AND

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REIMBURSEMENTS IN CONSUMER CHOICE REGARDLESS OF HEALTH SERVICES WERE

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DELIVERED FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE YEARS AS A RELATES

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TO SUICIDE PREVENTION, THE 211 ACT OPTED

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PHONE CALL PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE MARYLAND SUICIDE FATALITY

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REVIEW COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED THE COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY AND
ADDRESS FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SUICIDE DEATHS AND FACILITIES

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TO PRESENT SUICIDE DEATH . AS A RELATES TO MOBILE CRISIS, THERE

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WAS THE BEHAVIOR HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICE

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MODIFICATION, WHICH SERVE ALL MEMBERS OF THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY

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WITH CULTURAL COMPETENCY AND APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE ACCESS , EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

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, AS WELL AS DEMONSTRATED STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AS A RELATES

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TO ADOLESCENT ACCESS. THERE'S THE MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE

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AND WAS REDUCED THE AGE OF CONSENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES BY LICENSED HEALTHCARE PROVIDER TO MORE CLOSELY ALIGN WITH SUBSTANCE

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USE DISORDER , CENTERING THE WELL-BEING OF THE ADOLESCENTS

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AND PROVIDING NONCRISIS SERVICES.
THERE WAS ALSO THE HEALING MARYLAND TRAUMA ACT, WHICH

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ADDRESSES ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES OR ACES, WHERE PROGRAM

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, THERE'S A HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOU, WHICH EXPANDS

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ACCESS TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT FOR INTENSIVE IN-HOME

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SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT , AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES. THERE'S ALSO

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HIGHLIGHTS ON SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS WHICH WAS

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THERE WAS THE STATEWIDE TARGET OVERDOSE SEES

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ME STATEWIDE OVERDOSE OR STOP ACT

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WHICH REDUCED AT NO COST OVER YOU A REDUCED REVERSAL DRUGS APPROVED

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BY THE FDA.

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AS A RELATES TO COLLABORATIVE CARE, THERE WAS THE MARYLAND MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT, THERE'S ALSO THE MENTAL

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HEALTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND AND AS A RELATES TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MODEL

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FOR MARYLAND, WE HAVE THE COMMISSION ON
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE TREATMENT AND ACCESS WHICH

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WORKED OVER FOUR YEARS TO BUILD A WORLD-CLASS INTEGRATIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM CONNECTING EMERGENCY AND CRISIS SERVICES WITH COMMUNITY-BASED

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BEHAVIORAL MAINTENANCE AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES. AND I WILL STOP
THERE.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND QUICKLY DELEGATE ALSTON, I KNOW IF YOU HAVE

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SOMETHING ADDITIONAL THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN SAID?
>> I WILL BE VERY, VERY,

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VERY QUICK. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IS THE
POSTPARTUM CARE THAT WE GET WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD CHILDREN BECAUSE 20%

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OF POSTPARTUM DEATHS ARE FROM SUICIDE.

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AND SO, IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT 988 IS.

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IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL, IF YOU ARE FEELING DEPRESSED, SAD, HAPPY

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BLUES, NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE FEELING, PICK UP THE PHONE AND

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DIAL 988.
WE HAVE TO NORMALIZE THAT NUMBER LIKELY NORMALIZE 911. BECAUSE THAT IS A PLACE

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WHERE PEOPLE CAN CALL TO GET HELP.
HAS ESTATE, WE DID PASS A BILL

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THAT WOULD ALLOW MEDICAID COVERAGE TO EXTEND FROM THE TRADITIONAL 60

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DAYS FOR A WOMAN WHO HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO UP TO ONE YEAR. AND THAT IS

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SO IMPORTANT , BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE DEBTS ARE

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TAKEN PLACE DURING THAT ONE YEAR.
SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS RECENTLY HAD A BABY, CHECK ON THEM

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. MAKE SURE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IS GOOD AND SEE IF THEY NEED ANYTHING.
THEN THE RESOURCE OF 911 AND YOU HAVE THE QR CODE, I

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WON'T BELABOR MY PRESENTATION BECAUSE I WANT TO
HEAR FROM THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I DID WANT TO THANK THE SHERIFF WITH A HIGH

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UTILIZER MEETING , BECAUSE THOSE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN VITAL IN TRANSFORMING THE

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WAY WE ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT MENTAL HEALTH

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CARE MOVING FORWARD LIKE THE ASSISTANT OUT PATIENT TREATMENT BILL

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THAT WILL ALLOW THE COURTS TO MANDATE TREATMENT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE CRITICALLY IN NEED OF IT,

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BUT THEY KEEP GOING OFF OF THEIR MEDICATION. SO EVERYONE SHOULD DEFINITELY
LOOK OUT FOR THAT BILL, AND I KNOW THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS

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BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. AND I JUST WANTED TO

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TAKE THEM FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH

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FOR THAT. THERE IS GREAT INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY THE POSTPARTUM ISSUE. SO NOW, WE ARE
TURNING TO THE PUBLIC, FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. I WILL TELL

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EVERYONE WE HAVE A TIMER UP HERE, THIS IS

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TWO MINUTES AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET
THROUGH THE ENTIRE LIST, WHICH IS LONG OF THOSE WHO ARE SPEAKING TODAY

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WE ASK THAT PEOPLE PLEASE STICK TO YOUR TWO

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MINUTES. I WILL STILL START CALLING NAME SO WE CAN

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MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE COME UP

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. YOU WILL HEAR YOUR NAME AND I WILL EVEN SEE THE NEXT PERSON SO THEY CAN

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GET READY. THE FIRST PERSON SPEAKING ON 988, I WOULD LIKE

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TO CALL LETICIA EVANS UP. THAT WILL BE

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OUR FIRST SPEAKER, AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER AFTER THAT WILL BE MANNED

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THE ATCHISON.

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--RANDY ATCHISON.

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>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR AND THE COUNCIL AND ALL WHO ARE SERVING.

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I AM LETICIA EVANS AND THIS IS THE DIRECTOR

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WITH COMMUNITY CRISIS SERVICES INC.
AND WE ALSO REPRESENTING NINE.

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>> HELLO EVERYONE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO, THANK YOU

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SO MUCH FOR TALKING ABOUT 988, THAT IS WHY WE

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ARE HERE TONIGHT. AND I HEARD FROM THE

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COUNCIL THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS AWARE

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OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT IS HEARTS AND MINDS AS WELL. AND SO WE ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY

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TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS. 988 IS A

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NATIONAL SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE.

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IT'S LIKE YOU'RE IN OUR COUNTY WE WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT
IT. NOT ONLY CAN YOU CALL 988 24 SEVEN, BUT YOU CAN ALSO

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TEXT IT , AND YOU CAN ALSO CHATTED ONLINE AT

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988 LIFELINE.ORG.
ALSO STARTED A NEW VIDEOPHONE PROGRAM THAT WENT LIVE THIS MONTH, OR

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LAST MONTH.
BOOKS THAT ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT

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TO LIVE CRISIS COUNSELOR AS WELL 24 SEVEN. ACTUALLY CROSS OUR NATION

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. SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT IT, IT IS A NATIONAL SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE. AND

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SO, MY TEAM IS WELL EQUIPPED TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE PHONE AND

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BE ABLE TO ASSIST PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING FOR

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THEMSELVES, OR SOMEONE THEY LOVE WHO IS IN A

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MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OR EXPERIENCING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE. HOWEVER, WE WANT
TO BE PROACTIVE. WE WANT THE TELECOMMUTER THAT YOU

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DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE HAVING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE. YOU DO NOT HAVE
TO WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE IN A CRISIS. WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO CALL,

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TEXT OR CHAT 988 AND IF YOU'RE JUST HAVING A TOUGH TIME, IF

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YOU'RE HAVING BEARING YOUR FEELINGS IF YOU WANT SOMEONE

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TO TALK TO AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PORTRAIT PLEASE

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CALL 98, MY COUNSELORS ARE TRAINED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND

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WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS

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THAT THEY DESERVE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY
SERVES THESE RESOURCES AND TO KNOW ABOUT THEM. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS

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AWARE.
>> WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT COMPLICATED FOR INDIVIDUALS TO

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FIND RESOURCES. CALL 988, TEX 980, CHAT 988. WE

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WILL CONNECT YOU TO THE NECESSARY RESOURCES, OUR

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NATIONALISTS ARE TRAINED AND WE GOT AWFUL --OFFER SAME-DAY SERVICES AND IF WE

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ARE ABLE TO LATELY LAND WITH THAT AND ASSURE THAT

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THEIR SAFETY IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY WE CAN GET THEM AN

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APPOINTMENT THAT DAY WITH THE THERAPIST

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, A PSYCHIATRIST. WHERE ABLE TO DO SO. [ BELL RINGING ] THANK YOU
ALL SO MUCH.
>> ONE MORE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT. WE ARE ALSO CONNECTED TO

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THE MOBILE RESPONSE TEAM THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT. THAT
IS OUR PARTNER WHO IS IN THE ROOM.

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IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN CRISIS THAT NEEDS AN IN PERSON RESPONSE WE

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CAN PUT A REQUEST INTO I-9 TO ASSIST THAT CRISIS.

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>> THANK YOU SO

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MUCH AND I AND YOU SAID YOU GUYS HAD INFORMATION ON THE TABLE THERE?

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OKAY, SO FOR THOSE -- THERE WAS A LOT OF STATE MONEY PUT INTO

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988, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS

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ABOUT IT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RANDY ATCHISON AND AFTER THAT IT SHOULD

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BERNARD HOLLOWAY.

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>> PEACE AND BLESSINGS , LIGHT AND LOVE TO MY COUNCILMEMBERS

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AND MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE.

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WE ARE IN THE THROES OF A MASSIVE MENTAL HEALTH

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CRISIS IN OUR COUNTY AND IMPACT OF COURSE CAN BE FELT ACROSS

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A BROAD RANGE OF ISSUES. WE ARE EXPERIENCING TODAY , AS WE ALL KNOW AND AS STATED

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HERE TODAY THE MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES EXIST

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IN PRIMARILY BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

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FOR SEVERAL YEARS I HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR HOLISTIC

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THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL. I, BEING SOMEONE

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WHO DEALT WITH UNMANAGED ANXIETY DISORDER FOR DECADES

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, I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO SUFFER IN SILENCE, DUE TO THE SIGMA

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OF SEEKING HELP.

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I ALSO NOW KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WELL-BEING

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AND WHAT THE EVER EVOLVING HEALING JOURNEY REQUIRES . A

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HOLISTIC THERAPEUTIC APPROACH , AS IT

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STANDS TODAY, I DO NOT PERSONALLY SEE ASSESS ABILITY OF A BROAD RANGE OF

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THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN

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OUR COUNTY.
WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING, CONSIDERING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF BLACK AND BROWN

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AMERICANS, IT IS IMPORTANT THE COUNTY LOOK AT HISTORIC

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, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL FACTORS THAT HAVE LED TO SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES.

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IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE APPROACH THE ROLLOUT OF ENHANCED MENTAL HEALTH

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SERVICES WITH THOUGHTFUL STRATEGIC DESIGN THAT TAKES

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INTO CONSIDERATION OUR UNIQUE CULTURAL

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HISTORY WITH RACE-BASED TRAUMATIC STRESS. IT IS MY HOPE THAT

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WE CONSIDER WHAT MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY LOOKS LIKE OUTSIDE

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OF THE THERAPY ROOM AND SPACES THE CONSUMER

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FEELS MOST SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE.

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IT IS ALSO MY HOPE THAT WE CONSIDER DIET AND EXERCISE,
THE ENVIRONMENT WE LIVE IN OTHER SPIRITUAL , NATURAL RESOURCES TO AID IN SOUND

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MENTAL HEALTH.
IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE BUILD OUR PARTNERSHIPS TO THE COUNTY TO TACKLE THIS CHALLENGE

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TOGETHER AND THAT ARE MENTAL HEALTH

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CENTERS ARE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE AND CARE.

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LASTLY, IT IS MY HOPE EVERY RECRUIT AND RETAIN QUALITY THERAPIST THAT LOOK
LIKE THE PREDOMINANT RACE OF THIS COUNTY JOE AND THE PEOPLE

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THEY SERVE. PEACE AND BLESSINGS, THANK YOU.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE [ APPLAUSE ]

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BERNARD HOLLOWAY , I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS HERE, OR RHONDA WHAT

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IS NEXT? IS RHONDA WOOD HERE?

01:16:25.533 --> 01:16:27.533
?

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OKAY, BECAUSE IT SAYS IS DIFFERENT LIKE DR. WALLACE, INC.

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YOU PLEASE,. AND AFTER THAT IS CORY SMITH.
>> LEAMY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME SPEAK.

01:16:40.533 --> 01:16:42.533
I AM REPRESENTING MY DAUGHTER, MYSELF AS HER PRIMARY CARE AND APPARENT.

01:16:47.533 --> 01:16:49.533
I MUST SAY IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING.

01:16:51.533 --> 01:16:54.533
BUT LIKE YOU SAID AS A CONSTITUENT AND IS A RESIDENT, I
HAD NO CLOSE INFORMATION. I WANT YOU TO KNOW AS A MOTHER

01:16:58.533 --> 01:17:00.533
WHOSE DAUGHTER IS 24 YEARS OLD, SUFFERING FROM

01:17:02.533 --> 01:17:04.533
MENTAL HEALTH, EVERY TIME I CALL THE CRISIS RESPONSE 988 , I GOT

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SUCH AS NO STEFAN I NEVER GOT CONNECTED TO ANY SERVICES

01:17:10.533 --> 01:17:12.533
FOR CRISIS RESPONSE CAME , BECAUSE

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THERE WAS NO IMMINENT RISK, EVEN THOUGH I SAID SHE WAS SUICIDAL AND SHE WAS

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HOMICIDAL, GOT NO ASSISTANCE FROM THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY

01:17:21.533 --> 01:17:23.533
OR A DAUGHTER WHO IS 24 YEARS OLD, I WAS TOLD TO EVICT HER, OR FILE CHARGES AGAINST

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HER TO PUT HER IN JAIL. ALL THOSE THINGS,

01:17:31.533 --> 01:17:33.533
SO I'M ASKING FOR SENSITIVITY TRAINING FOR THE POLICE, FOR THE SHERIFF ,

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FOR THE SOCIAL WORKERS, FOR EVERYONE.

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AND I SAID BECAUSE I WORK AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE I

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KNOW RESOURCES . BUT IMAGINE IF I DIDN'T KNOW NONE OF THAT

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IN THE FACT THAT I KNOW THAT I COULD CONTACT, ONCE

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I MADE CONTACT WITH WHO I KNEW, THAT IS HOW I GOT HELP. IT SHOULD BE LIKE
THAT ALL AT. NOT FOR ME, NOT FOR MY DAUGHTER.

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I'M LIVING LIKE SOMEONE IN THE JAIL , LIKE A PERSON IN JAIL

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AND MY DAUGHTER IS A WEIRDLY SWEET PERSON.
YOU KNOW HER PERSONALLY, BUT SHE IS SICK. SHE NEEDS HELP.

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THE OTHER THING, TOO, WHEN YOU EPS THEM, THEY DON'T KEEP THEM FOR ABOUT THREE

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DAYS. SHE NEEDED TO BE THERE FOR AT LEAST 10-30 DAYS FOR I CAN

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EVEN GET THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. BECAUSE,
SHE DOES REALLY WELL, THEY IN HER HOME.

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SHE STILL NEEDS TO BE ON MEDICATION.
I CAN'T EVEN SPEAK ON HER BEHALF, BECAUSE SHE IS 24 YEARS OLD. SO, I HAVE

01:18:25.467 --> 01:18:27.467
A PROBLEM THAT, AFTER CERTAIN AGE, EVEN THOUGH

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I AM PAYING FOR HER INSURANCE UNTIL SHE IS 26 YEARS OLD, KNOWS DAY, NOTHING

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. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET A PSYCHIATRIST TO HEAR ME OUT. AND SHE JUMPED OUT

01:18:37.467 --> 01:18:39.467
OF THE CAR, SHE DOES EVERYTHING. AND I'M TELLING YOU

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[ BELL RINGING ] IT IS SUCH A RISK, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
HAVE US HAVE MORE OF A SUPPORT AND RESOURCE AND TRAINING

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AND SENSITIVITY WERE NOT JUST THE PRIMARY CAREGIVERS

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IN THE FAMILY MEMBERS, BUT ALSO FOR THE CLIENTS. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY

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HAVE TO HANDCUFF THEM ALSO.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [ APPLAUSE ]

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>> THANK YOU DR. RHONDA AND NEXT WE HAVE CORY SMITH AND

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AFTER CORY SMITH WE HAVE JORDAN SCOTT.

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>> GREETINGS COUNTY COUNSEL AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
COME BEFORE YOU ON THE TOPIC OF MENTAL HEALTH IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. I'M HERE

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TODAY TO RICK WEST OF FEASIBILITY STUDY NEEDS
ASSESSMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, GREATER ACCESS

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TO IN TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND THERAPY FOR CHILDREN

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IN THE COUNTY CRISIS RESPONSE TRAINING FOR ALL POLICE JURISDICTIONS IN

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THE COUNTY. THIS PAST SPRING MY NINE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER EXPERIENCED A

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MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WHICH AFFECTED HER AT SCHOOL AND AT HOME.

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SHE IS TWICE EXCEPTIONAL MEANING SHE IS BOTH TALENTED

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AND GIFTED AS A QUALIFIED DISABILITY.
SHE ATTENDS ONE OF THE PG CPS

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ESPECIALLY TAX SCHOOLS AND WHILE SHE WAS IN CRISIS, SCHOOL STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS HAVE NO
IDEA HOW TO RESPOND TO HER TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WE HAD TO TAKE

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HER OUT OF SCHOOL AND OUT OF THE COUNTY FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT. WE SPENT

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A WEEK AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT THE UNIVERSITY MARYLAND HOSPITAL

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IN BALTIMORE, WAITING FOR THAT TO OPEN AT AN INPATIENT TREATMENT CENTER.

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FOR HER AGE GROUP CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12,
THERE ARE FOUR TREATMENT CENTER IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. FOUR. ONE OF THEM

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IS SCARY, TO SAY THE LEAST. NONE OF THEM ARE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. EACH
OF THESE FOUR ASKED 20 BEDS, OR LESS FOR INPATIENT TREATMENT. WHEN INQUIRED ABOUT

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OUTPATIENT DATA PROGRAMS AND WERE TOLD THAT THERE WERE NONE

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FOR HER AGE GROUP.
THE UNIVERSITY MARYLAND JUST OPEN A CAPITAL REGIONAL CENTER HERE IN

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY , I JUST LEARNED TONIGHT THAT

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THERE ARE TWO BEDS FOR CHILDREN FOR

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THEIR SERVICES. THE LACK OF AWARENESS AND ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR FAMILY

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AND YOUNG CHILDREN NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
I CONSIDER MYSELF FAIRLY CONNECTED TO THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY AS

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I AM A MENTAL HEALTH CHAMPION AND A MEMBER OF THE

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH

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CARE GROUP. THE FACT THAT I KINDLY CONSIDER REASONABLY CONNECTED TO THE HEALTH

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COMMITTEE STRUGGLE AND CONSIDER CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO FIND HELP IN THE COMMUNITY

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[ BELL RINGING ] FOR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH. I'M

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SO SORRY. I'M A YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CERTIFIED I'VE BEEN

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TRYING TO POT AND DE-ESCALATE CHALLENGES.
THIS IS AN EIGHT HOUR TRAINING THAT COULD BE EASILY INCORPORATED

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AS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHICH WOULD
WRITE THEM THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION

01:21:31.400 --> 01:21:33.400
[ BELL RINGING ] STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING.

01:21:33.633 --> 01:21:35.633
TWO WEEKS AGO THE CITY OF IN ART

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CALLED MY DAUGHTER SCHOOL TO RESPOND WHILE SHE WAS IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
THE POLICE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE SITUATION, JUST

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THAT THEY WERE NEEDED ON SITE. RESULTING IN

01:21:46.267 --> 01:21:48.267
THEM PRICKING MY DAUGHTER UP AND PUTTING HER IN THE BACK OF A POLICE CAR, THIS

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ADDING EXTRA TRAUMA.

01:21:56.267 --> 01:21:59.267
WHEN I SPOKE TO THE LIEUTENANT AFTERWARDS AND ASKED IF THEY HAD A CRISIS RESPONSE
TRAINING HE WAS FUNNY, NO CERTIFIED TRAINING, THIS LIMITED TRAINING

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AND MENTAL HEALTH, I KNOW THE COUNTY HAS A CRISIS

01:22:04.267 --> 01:22:07.267
RESPONSE TEAM I KNOW THIS IS OPEN AND BACK PARKS AND RECREATION
HAS OFFERED TO ALL THE POLICE COUNTIES AND

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DEPARTMENTS BUT IS NOT BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. WE NEED TO TAKE STEPS TO
ENSURE THE POLICE JURISDICTIONS IN THE COUNTY

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HAVE THE SAME RESPONSE TRAINING AVAILABLE TO THEM.
I'M HERE TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR HELP . I DON'T KNOW MY DAUGHTER

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ANY OTHER CHILDREN IN THE COUNTY TO BECOME A STATISTIC. THANK YOU

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FOR TAKING STEPS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

01:22:29.200 --> 01:22:32.200
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.
[ APPLAUSE ] NEXT WE HAVE JORDAN SCOTT, AND THEN AFTER JORDAN SCOTT,

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JB MOORE.

01:22:43.200 --> 01:22:45.200
>> HELLO, EVERYONE MY NAME IS JORDAN SCOTT I'M A LIFELONG, PROUD
MEMBER AND RESIDENT OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY , MARYLAND AND I'M THE

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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND COFOUNDER OF LACK PEOPLE DIE BY SUICIDE, TOO.

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WE ARE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO NORMALIZE THE CONVERSATION

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ABOUT SUICIDE WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT ENOUGH AND IS

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ONE THING THAT IS OFTEN MISSING FROM THE CONVERSATION OF MENTAL HEALTH. I

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FEEL LIKE WE ALL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE WE EXPERIENCED A COLLECTIVE

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SENSE OF GRIEF WITH COVID . THE TOPIC OF SUICIDE IS STILL VERY

01:23:15.200 --> 01:23:18.200
TABOO, PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
OUR NAME, BLACK PEOPLE DIE BY SUICIDE TOO

01:23:21.200 --> 01:23:23.200
IS VERY INTENTIONAL AND IS BLUNT.

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THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT ONLY AFFECTS WHITE PEOPLE. I, MYSELF

01:23:29.133 --> 01:23:31.133
AM A PERSON WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, I'VE
BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR SUICIDAL THOUGHTS FOUR

01:23:34.133 --> 01:23:36.133
TIMES, I AM THAT PERSON THAT HAS BEEN IN THE BACK OF THE

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SQUAD CAR , TRANSPORTED TO PSYCHIATRIC UNIT.
MY COFOUNDER IS HERE TO SUPPORT ME ,

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TO KEYA BLACKMAN, SHE IS SOMEONE WHO WAS
ALSO HOSPITALIZED FOR SUICIDE ATTEMPT AND LOST HER

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13-YEAR-OLD COUSIN. WE FOUND IT BLACK PEOPLE DIE BY SUICIDE BECAUSE WE WANT

01:23:53.133 --> 01:23:55.133
TO PROVIDE HOPE TO OTHERS. WE PROVIDE RESOURCES

01:23:58.133 --> 01:24:01.133
AND AGAIN WE WANT TO NORMALIZE THE CONVERSATION WITHIN
OUR COMMUNITY. SO, WE HAVE SUPPORT GROUPS FOR ANYONE OUT THERE

01:24:03.133 --> 01:24:06.133
WHO IS STRUGGLING WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH . IF
YOU WOULD LIKE SUPPORT YOU CAN CHECK US OUT AT

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BLACK PEOPLE BY SUICIDE TOO.ORG.
WHERE BOTH PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, WE BOTH WORKED IN

01:24:16.133 --> 01:24:18.133
THE FIELD OF PEER SUPPORT, WHICH DR.
LEVY TALKED ABOUT. SO,

01:24:22.133 --> 01:24:25.670
WE ARE HERE TO HELP, WE JUST WANT TO SPREAD THE WORD
THAT WE ARE A RESOURCE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND FOR ANYONE

01:24:29.670 --> 01:24:31.670
WHO NEEDS HELP, ANYONE HERE WITH THOUGHT ABOUT SUICIDE, SUICIDE

01:24:32.670 --> 01:24:34.670
, AND GLAD I GOT TO SEE HER FACE TODAY.

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THAT'S ALL. AND CUTE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

01:24:41.670 --> 01:24:43.670
NEXT, WE HAVE JB MOORE AND THEN AFTER JB MOORE, CARLETTA LUNDY.

01:24:47.670 --> 01:24:49.670
>> GOOD EVENING , DISTINGUISHED BOARD. IS MY PLEASURE

01:24:50.670 --> 01:24:52.670
TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, THANK YOU ALL THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE

01:24:53.670 --> 01:24:55.670
BEEN PROVIDING NAMI OVER THE YEARS THROUGH PEER SUPPORT

01:24:56.670 --> 01:24:58.670
SERVICES THAT HELP INCREASED QUALITY OF LIFE

01:25:02.670 --> 01:25:04.670
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING WHO ARE EXPERIENCING MENTAL ILLNESS.

01:25:06.670 --> 01:25:08.670
PUBLIC POLICY IMPACTS PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS IN MANY WAYS

01:25:10.670 --> 01:25:12.670
, FROM HEALTHCARE TO HOUSING, CRIMINALIZATION.
CHANGES IN POLICY CAN RESULT IN IMPROVED TREATMENT

01:25:16.670 --> 01:25:18.670
, INCREASED ACCESS TO SERVICES, AND BETTER OUTCOMES

01:25:20.670 --> 01:25:23.670
FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR
OUR LOVED ONES WHO ARE INCARCERATED.

01:25:23.670 --> 01:25:25.670
IN 2020 , THE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH INSTITUTED

01:25:26.000 --> 01:25:28.000
HEALTH IN ALL POLICIES FRAMEWORK TO FOSTER

01:25:29.000 --> 01:25:31.000
ALIGNED AND INTEGRATED PLANNING AND BUDGETING

01:25:32.000 --> 01:25:34.000
ACROSS THE COUNTY

01:25:37.000 --> 01:25:40.000
TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELLNESS. WE URGE THE COUNTY BOARD OF
HEALTH TO MOVE WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED TO CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS

01:25:44.000 --> 01:25:46.000
PROVIDED BY YOUR ASSOCIATED RAND STUDY THAT DETAILED HOW BEST

01:25:51.000 --> 01:25:54.000
TO CREATE A HEALTH AND ALL POLICIES SYSTEM. ALIGNED INVESTMENTS, AND IMPLEMENT
NEW MEASUREMENT AND DATA SYSTEMS. WE KNOW THAT SYSTEMATIC

01:25:59.000 --> 01:26:01.000
RACISM CONTRIBUTES TO MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES HAVING

01:26:02.000 --> 01:26:04.000
THE WORST HEALTH . ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY INVOLVES ENSURING THAT EVERYONE HAS

01:26:05.000 --> 01:26:07.000
A FAIR AND JUST OPPORTUNITY TO BE AS

01:26:10.000 --> 01:26:12.000
HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE. HOUSING STABILITY, HOUSING STABILITY

01:26:13.000 --> 01:26:15.000
IS A KEY DRIVER OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS , WELL-BEING AND IS CRITICAL

01:26:20.000 --> 01:26:22.000
TO RECOVERY. NUMEROUS STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT IS SAFE AND

01:26:23.000 --> 01:26:25.000
STABLE HOME ENVIRONMENT IS ESSENTIAL FOR MENTAL WELL-BEING AND

01:26:25.933 --> 01:26:27.933
THAT HOUSING INSTABILITY CAUSES STRESS

01:26:30.933 --> 01:26:32.933
, ANXIETY AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.

01:26:33.933 --> 01:26:35.933
WE URGE THE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH TO

01:26:37.933 --> 01:26:39.933
INCREASE SPENDING ON MORE HEALTH OPTIONS.

01:26:41.933 --> 01:26:43.933
PEER SUPPORT INCREASES PERSONAL RESOURCEFULNESS, SELF BELIEF AND HOPE.

01:26:47.933 --> 01:26:50.933
HOWEVER PEER SUPPORT IS WOEFULLY UNRECOGNIZED AND UNDER RESOURCED. CONSIDERING THE
INCREASING PREVALENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

01:26:52.933 --> 01:26:54.933
AND ILLNESSES, IS THE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH

01:26:59.933 --> 01:27:02.933
TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR PEER SUPPORT SERVICES. AND FINALLY IN CLOSING, FAMILY
MEMBERS ARE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES IN THE TREATMENT OF

01:27:05.933 --> 01:27:07.933
PEOPLE LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESSES, SHOULD BE

01:27:10.933 --> 01:27:12.933
AN INTEGRAL PART OF TREATMENT TEAMS. WE URGE
THE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH TO BE MINDFUL OF THE ROLE [ BELL RINGING ] THAT

01:27:14.933 --> 01:27:16.933
FAMILIES PLAY AND TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE THE FAMILY VOICE

01:27:17.933 --> 01:27:19.933
WHEN ADOPTING AND ENFORCING RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING NUANCES

01:27:23.000 --> 01:27:25.000
AND CAUSES OF SICKNESS IN THE JURISDICTION.

01:27:25.700 --> 01:27:27.467
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE THIS MONDAY

01:27:31.933 --> 01:27:33.933
AND AFTER MR. LUNDY , WE HAVE DR. SAMUEL

01:27:37.933 --> 01:27:40.533
, IS IT MICHAEL SAMUEL?
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MS. LUNDY.

01:27:41.667 --> 01:27:43.667
>> THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING VICE CHAIR

01:27:46.933 --> 01:27:48.933
THE DAY AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

01:27:49.933 --> 01:27:52.933
IT IS REFRESHING THAT YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE TAKING THIS
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SERIOUSLY. IT IS CLEAR

01:27:55.933 --> 01:27:58.933
TO ME THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT DOING SO
HAS TREMENDOUS BENEFITS TO EVERYBODY.

01:28:01.933 --> 01:28:03.933
TODAY, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH FIRST-DAY TRAINING

01:28:06.933 --> 01:28:08.933
IT TRAINS PEOPLE NOT TO LOOK AWAY FROM THOSE

01:28:10.933 --> 01:28:12.933
EXPERIENCING MENTAL ILLNESS OR WHO ARE IN CRISIS, BUT

01:28:13.933 --> 01:28:15.933
RATHER LISTENING, REASSURING THEM AND ENCOURAGING THEM. THE TRAINING

01:28:16.933 --> 01:28:18.933
ALLOWS YOU TO RECOGNIZE SYMPTOMS OF DISTRESS

01:28:21.933 --> 01:28:23.933
AND KNOW HOW TO RESPOND AND CONNECT THEM WITH

01:28:24.867 --> 01:28:26.867
APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR AND MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS.
I HAVE A SISTER

01:28:30.867 --> 01:28:32.867
WHO SUFFERS FROM MENTAL ILLNESS, AND DEPRESSION.

01:28:33.867 --> 01:28:35.867
MY NIECE SUFFERED FROM MENTAL HEALTH DEPRESSION, DRUG ABUSE AND SPENT TIME

01:28:37.867 --> 01:28:39.867
IN PRISON. ALSO, WE NEED LAWS THAT OFFERS

01:28:43.867 --> 01:28:45.867
AN INTEGRATED, EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO CENTRALIZED CARE

01:28:49.867 --> 01:28:51.867
IN ORDER TO SUPPORT PARENTS OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM

01:28:52.867 --> 01:28:54.867
MENTAL ILLNESS , ESPECIALLY AS THEY ALL NAVIGATE THROUGH ALL OF THESE SYSTEMS

01:28:55.867 --> 01:28:57.867
, PLACES, AND PROGRAM THAT ARE

01:29:01.867 --> 01:29:03.867
OFTEN DECENTRALIZED. SADLY, THIS PAST JULY, MY NIECE WAS FOUND DEAD

01:29:07.867 --> 01:29:09.867
FROM A FENTANYL OVERDOSE , AFTER LEAVING A PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY

01:29:13.867 --> 01:29:15.867
AND MOVING INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

01:29:18.867 --> 01:29:20.867
AS A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER IN THIS COUNTY, SADLY,

01:29:22.867 --> 01:29:24.867
I WITNESSED FIRSTHAND INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

01:29:28.800 --> 01:29:31.800
BEING TREATED POORLY. SOMETIME AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE,
I DISCOVERED THE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST-DAY TRAINING COURSE

01:29:34.800 --> 01:29:36.800
. LEADERSHIP IS ALL ABOUT LEADING BY EXAMPLE. AND DOING

01:29:37.800 --> 01:29:39.800
THE RIGHT THINGS FIRST. THEREFORE, I REQUESTED TO

01:29:43.800 --> 01:29:45.800
BE APPROVED TO TAKE THE TRAINING AND FOUND IT TO BE EXTREMELY USEFUL. [

01:29:46.800 --> 01:29:48.800
BELL RINGING ] IN CLOSING, I ASKED THIS COMMITTEE TO

01:29:51.800 --> 01:29:53.800
MAKE INVESTMENTS IN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES LIKE

01:29:56.800 --> 01:29:58.800
MENTAL HEALTH FIRST-DAY TRAINING, A SKILL TRAINING THAT GIVES
PEOPLE KNOWLEDGE AND THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO

01:29:59.800 --> 01:30:01.800
PROVIDE HELP TO SOMEONE EXPERIENCE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS,

01:30:05.800 --> 01:30:08.233
OR YOUTH CHALLENGE, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]

01:30:08.233 --> 01:30:10.233
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

01:30:11.800 --> 01:30:13.800
NEXT, WE HAVE DR. SAMUEL AND AFTER THAT MONICA YEARS.

01:30:17.800 --> 01:30:19.800
>> I AM MICHELLE CECILIA SAMUEL.

01:30:22.800 --> 01:30:25.733
I'M A PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND CEO OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTORING SERVICES
OF MARYLAND. I AM HERE, NOT ONLY AS A COMMISSIONER , BUT AS A

01:30:30.733 --> 01:30:32.733
CONCERNED MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY.
COMMITTED TO AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO SEEK MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

01:30:38.733 --> 01:30:40.733
. SHARING MY EXPERIENCE, AND OFFERINGS JUSTIN'S TO ADDRESS THIS

01:30:41.733 --> 01:30:43.733
CRITICAL ISSUE OF MENTAL HEALTH EQUITY.

01:30:46.733 --> 01:30:48.733
ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING

01:30:51.733 --> 01:30:54.733
FOR MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AS WE NAVIGATE THIS CHANGING LANDSCAPE

01:30:58.733 --> 01:31:00.733
, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OBSTACLES

01:31:01.733 --> 01:31:03.733
AND DISPARITIES THAT EXIST IN OUR SYSTEM.

01:31:04.733 --> 01:31:06.733
MANY CLINICIANS ARE TRANSITIONING TO WORK VIRTUAL AND

01:31:11.733 --> 01:31:14.733
SELF-PAY SERVICES. AND, WHILE THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DETERMINE
THEIR FINANCIAL MODEL, IT IS EVIDENT THAT THIS POSES A BARRIER FOR PEOPLE

01:31:17.733 --> 01:31:19.733
WHO CANNOT AFFORD SELF PAYMENT.

01:31:23.667 --> 01:31:25.667
22.3% OF ALL RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC INSURANCE

01:31:28.667 --> 01:31:30.667
. UNFORTUNATELY, A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER CLINICIANS DO NOT

01:31:32.667 --> 01:31:34.667
ACCEPT MEDICAID .
AND, EVEN A LARGER GROUP DOES NOT ACCEPT MEDICARE ,

01:31:38.667 --> 01:31:40.667
LEAVING THOSE WITH THESE INSURANCES STRUGGLING TO ACCESS ESSENTIAL

01:31:43.667 --> 01:31:45.667
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. MANY CLINICIANS ARE RELUCTANT

01:31:49.667 --> 01:31:51.667
TO ACCEPT MEDICAID FOR MULTITUDE OF REASONS, THIS COUNSEL MIKE

01:31:53.667 --> 01:31:55.667
RITTER COLLECTING CLINICIANS ' APPREHENSIONS REGARDING MEDICAID

01:31:57.667 --> 01:31:59.667
INSURANCE ACCEPTANCE, THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE COME TO

01:32:02.667 --> 01:32:05.667
WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING NECESSARY SORT. THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES MIGHT CONSIDER CONTRACTING WITH

01:32:07.667 --> 01:32:09.667
CLINICIANS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND EXPAND EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS TO

01:32:11.667 --> 01:32:13.667
SERVE RESIDENTS WITH MEDICAID INSURANCE.

01:32:14.667 --> 01:32:16.667
THIS APPROACH WILL POTENTIALLY ALLEVIATE CONCERNS ABOUT

01:32:17.667 --> 01:32:19.667
CREDENTIALING, REIMBURSEMENT RATES , AND HISTORICAL

01:32:20.667 --> 01:32:22.667
ISSUES.

01:32:23.600 --> 01:32:25.600
[ BELL RINGING ] I WANT TO TURN

01:32:29.600 --> 01:32:31.600
TO A SECOND TO ALL YOU. 39.2% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE STATE, IN 2022

01:32:32.600 --> 01:32:34.600
REPORT FEELING PERSISTENTLY SAD AND HOPELESS. THIS

01:32:38.600 --> 01:32:40.600
REFLECTS A PRESSING NEED FOR SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY.? THE

01:32:41.600 --> 01:32:43.600
MOST HEART-WRENCHING EXPERIENCE I ENCOUNTERED AS A CLINICIAN IS TELLING

01:32:44.600 --> 01:32:46.600
A PARENT WHO IS TRYING TO GET SERVICES FOR

01:32:47.600 --> 01:32:49.600
THEIR CHILD, WHO WAS CALLED

01:32:54.600 --> 01:32:56.600
10 OR 15 PLACES, THAT WE CANNOT PROVIDE SERVICES.
WE KNOW THERE IS A SHORTAGE [ BELL RINGING ]

01:32:57.600 --> 01:32:59.600
OF CLINICIANS. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO INCREASE ACCESS?

01:33:01.600 --> 01:33:03.600
ARE WE PARTNERING WITH UNIVERSITIES?
ARE WE OFFERING INCENTIVES TO CLINICIANS

01:33:05.600 --> 01:33:07.600
TO ACCEPT CERTAIN KINDS OF INSURANCE?

01:33:07.800 --> 01:33:10.200
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE

01:33:14.600 --> 01:33:16.600
]. NEXT WE HAVE MONICA AYERS AND AFTER MONICA AYERS

01:33:17.600 --> 01:33:19.600
WE HAVE CHANDRA JACKSON SAUNDERS.

01:33:25.533 --> 01:33:27.533
AND THE NEXT ONE IS TY REESE McALLISTER.
OH, SHE'S HERE, SORRY.

01:33:32.533 --> 01:33:34.533
NO PROBLEM, WE WILL GIVE YOU YOUR TIME.

01:33:38.533 --> 01:33:40.533
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MY NAME IS CHANDRA JACKSON

01:33:43.533 --> 01:33:45.533
SAUNDERS AND I'M HERE IN MY CAPACITY TO SEVERAL LENSES, ONE IS CHIEF OPERATING

01:33:47.533 --> 01:33:49.533
OFFICER OF INTER-DYNAMIC INC., WHICH IS A BEHAVIOR HEALTH FIRM LOCATED

01:33:50.533 --> 01:33:52.533
RIGHT HERE IN HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND.

01:33:57.533 --> 01:34:00.533
WE HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR MORE THAN 24 YEARS, SO THIS IS NOT
A FLY-BY-NIGHT, THIS IS NOT A NEW BAG, THIS IS NOT

01:34:02.533 --> 01:34:05.533
WE ARE FOLLOWING THE MONEY.
WE FOLLOW THE SERVICES AS THEY ARE NEEDED

01:34:08.533 --> 01:34:10.533
FOR CONSTITUENTS.
I AM JOINED HERE BY PREMIER LATTIMORE HERE'S ONE OF OUR SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL

01:34:11.533 --> 01:34:13.533
HEALTH CLINICIANS. SHE CURRENTLY SERVES EXCELLENT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

01:34:16.533 --> 01:34:18.533
. AND I ASKED HER TO STAND WITH ME BECAUSE IT IS PART OF

01:34:19.533 --> 01:34:21.533
WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR AUDIENCE , AS WELL AS OUR

01:34:23.467 --> 01:34:26.467
LEGISLATIVE BODY IS DEFINITELY AWARE OF .
WHILE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH INDUSTRY, THERE'S

01:34:29.467 --> 01:34:31.467
A LOT MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

01:34:32.467 --> 01:34:35.467
I DON'T NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THE POINTS IT UP IN MAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW
THEM WELL. THE DEMAND FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES HAS

01:34:38.467 --> 01:34:40.467
INCREASED. THE NEED AND ASSISTANCE OR ACCESS HAS DECREASED.

01:34:43.467 --> 01:34:45.467
THERE IS EXPANDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT

01:34:47.467 --> 01:34:49.467
ARE REQUIRED BUT THE STIGMA EXISTS, THEREFORE IT

01:34:50.467 --> 01:34:52.467
MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO SEEK ASSISTANCE WITHOUT

01:34:56.467 --> 01:34:59.467
THE FEAR OF BEING JUDGED. AND FINALLY, VIOLENCE AND
CRIME, WHICH AFFECTS US ALL IS A CONSEQUENCE OF NON-ADDRESSING

01:35:02.467 --> 01:35:04.467
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

01:35:05.467 --> 01:35:08.467
WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.
SO, WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO IS TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE UPSIDE OF

01:35:11.467 --> 01:35:13.467
HOW YOU, AS OUR COUNSEL ,

01:35:15.467 --> 01:35:17.467
HOW OUR DELEGATES, HOW OUR COMMUNITY CAN GET INVOLVED IN ORDER TO TURN THIS

01:35:20.467 --> 01:35:22.467
AROUND, BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT. WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S A GROWING CRISIS

01:35:23.400 --> 01:35:25.400
IN MENTAL HEALTH. ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IS ENSURING THAT OUR MEDICAL FIELD

01:35:29.400 --> 01:35:31.400
PRACTITIONERS ARE PARTNERING WITH HER MENTAL HEALTH

01:35:34.400 --> 01:35:36.400
FIELD, THAT MEANS THAT WHEN YOU GO EVERY YEAR FOR YOUR ANNUAL PHYSICAL
EXAM, YOU OUGHT TO BE ALSO ACCESSING

01:35:40.400 --> 01:35:42.400
YOUR ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH EXAM [ BELL RINGING ] . ONE

01:35:43.400 --> 01:35:46.400
WITHOUT THE OTHER DOES NOT MAKE FOR TRUE --
DID YOU ALL GIVE ME [ BELL RINGING ] A CONSEQUENCE FOR

01:35:49.400 --> 01:35:51.400
WALKING SLOW UP HERE [ LAUGHTER ] . LET ME JUST BRIEFLY TELL YOU, BECAUSE I

01:35:56.400 --> 01:35:58.400
THESE THINGS CAN HELP. SOMEONE APPEARED JUST SPOKE

01:36:00.400 --> 01:36:03.400
ABOUT PARTNERING WITH UNIVERSITIES.
THERE'S A REAL SHORTAGE IN MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS. AND SO, WHEN

01:36:06.400 --> 01:36:09.400
OUR CONSTITUENTS RECOGNIZE THE DEMAND AND THAT THEY NEED HELP IS DIFFICULT FOR THEM
TO FIND PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP THEM. AND SO,

01:36:11.400 --> 01:36:13.400
PARTNERING WITH UNIVERSITIES AS YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT, MAKING SURE THAT THERE

01:36:14.400 --> 01:36:16.400
IS INCENTIVES WERE WORKING WITH THOSE WHO MIGHT WANT TO ENTER THE FIELD

01:36:22.400 --> 01:36:24.333
, JUST LIKE WE RECRUIT FOR TEACHERS AND OFFER LOAN FORGIVENESS, WE NEED TO
DO THAT AS WELL FOR MENTAL HEALTH MISSIONS. AND THEN, I

01:36:26.333 --> 01:36:28.333
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

01:36:29.333 --> 01:36:31.333
WHILE WE TALK ABOUT THEM NEEDING MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING, MENTAL HEALTH

01:36:34.333 --> 01:36:36.333
PER SE THEY ALSO NEED A MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS CHECK

01:36:44.333 --> 01:36:47.333
. AND SO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR
THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

01:36:48.333 --> 01:36:50.333
[ BELL RINGING ] NEXT IS TY REESE McALLISTER,
WE ASKED PEOPLE TO KEEP WITHIN THE TWO MINUTES AS WE

01:36:52.333 --> 01:36:55.333
ARE ALMOST HITTING 8:00 AND WE WANT MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS ABLE TO SPEAK
TODAY. AFTER MS. McALLISTER IT WILL BE PAT EUBANKS.

01:37:00.333 --> 01:37:02.333
THEM A GOOD EVENING , MY NAME IS TY REESE McALLISTER MY LICENSE THERE.

01:37:03.333 --> 01:37:05.333
HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
I'M THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF CLINICAL AND FORENSIC

01:37:09.333 --> 01:37:11.333
ASSOCIATES.
I SPENT THE LAST 30 YEARS OF MY CAREER IN EMERGENCY MENTAL HEALTH, PRETTY

01:37:12.333 --> 01:37:14.333
MUCH WORKING MOBILE CRISIS. I WORKED IN DC, MARYLAND,

01:37:17.333 --> 01:37:19.333
AND VIRGINIA. OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS OF MY CAREER I'VE BEEN WORKING TO TRAIN

01:37:21.333 --> 01:37:23.333
LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ON HOW TO WORK WITH HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS WHO

01:37:24.333 --> 01:37:26.333
MAY HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS , OR THE BULLET BARELY

01:37:27.333 --> 01:37:29.333
SUCH AS INTELLECTUAL DISORDERS OR DISABILITIES AUTISM OR SUBSTANCE

01:37:30.333 --> 01:37:32.333
ABUSE AND MAYBE EVEN TRAUMA. WE

01:37:33.333 --> 01:37:35.333
WORK WITH SKILLS LIKE DE-ESCALATION, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, ACTIVE LISTENING,

01:37:42.333 --> 01:37:45.333
AND OTHER THINGS FOR TODAY, I WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO A PRESSING ISSUE
THAT AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS EXPRESSING MENTAL ILLNESS. WHILE THE TENSION BEHIND

01:37:51.333 --> 01:37:53.333
LAW ENFORCEMENT MIGHT BE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, AND A SIGNIFICANT

01:37:54.333 --> 01:37:56.333
PROBLEMS OF POTENTIAL DANGERS THAT WE MUST ADDRESS. FIRST

01:37:57.333 --> 01:37:59.333
WE HAVE WE HAVE A LACK OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING

01:38:00.333 --> 01:38:02.333
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN BE MISUNDERSTANDING.

01:38:06.333 --> 01:38:08.333
OFFICERS DO NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE OR

01:38:09.333 --> 01:38:11.333
SKILLS TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS RESULTING

01:38:12.333 --> 01:38:14.333
IN APPROPRIATE RESPONSES, EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE , INJURIES OR EVEN DEATH.

01:38:18.333 --> 01:38:20.333
THIS CAN FURTHER EXACERBATE THE SITUATION INCREASE THE RISK OF HARM THE INDIVIDUALS

01:38:21.333 --> 01:38:23.333
AND OFFICERS AND BYSTANDERS. SECONDLY,

01:38:27.267 --> 01:38:29.267
THE USE OF FORCE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THESE SITUATIONS CANS HAVE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES

01:38:30.267 --> 01:38:32.267
FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IS MAY

01:38:38.267 --> 01:38:40.267
EXHIBIT BEHAVIOR THAT MIGHT BE PERCEIVED AS THREATENING.
I HAVE MORE TO SAY BUT I'M GOING TO JUMP TO THE ISSUE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

01:38:42.267 --> 01:38:44.267
INVOLVED IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CAN PERPETUATE A CYCLE

01:38:46.267 --> 01:38:48.267
OF CRIMINALIZATION , STIGMATIZATION.

01:38:50.267 --> 01:38:52.267
INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS MAY BE ARRESTED OR DETAINED

01:38:55.267 --> 01:38:58.267
LEADING TO CRIMINAL RECORDS AND FURTHER BARRIERS TO ACCESSING APPROPRIATE MENTAL
HEALTH CARE AND SUPPORT.

01:38:59.267 --> 01:39:01.267
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH.

01:39:03.267 --> 01:39:05.267
PAT EUBANKS, YOUR NEXT , AND THEN AFTER THAT IT

01:39:06.267 --> 01:39:08.267
SHOULD BE MELINDA WILLIAMS GREG.

01:39:15.267 --> 01:39:17.267
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I AM PAT EUBANKS, A 45 YEAR RESIDENT OF PRINCE

01:39:18.267 --> 01:39:20.267
GEORGE'S COUNTY. YOU KNOW WHAT, I DID

01:39:23.200 --> 01:39:25.200
HAVE NOTES BUT I'M NOT GOING TO USE THEM.

01:39:26.200 --> 01:39:28.200
A 45 YEAR RESIDENT HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, SO

01:39:30.200 --> 01:39:32.200
ALL OF MY LIFE

01:39:35.200 --> 01:39:37.200
AS A TEENAGER HAS BEEN HERE AND WHEN I TELL YOU THAT,

01:39:40.200 --> 01:39:42.200
I HAVE EXPERIENCED MORE IN THE WAY OF TRAUMAS THAN MOST

01:39:45.200 --> 01:39:47.200
PEOPLE WOULD , THAT MOST PEOPLE, I'M

01:39:49.200 --> 01:39:51.200
SORRY, I HAVE EXPRESSED MORE IN THE WAY OF TRAUMAS THAN MOST PEOPLE WOULD

01:39:54.200 --> 01:39:56.200
INTO LIFETIMES. BUT I TELL YOU ONE THING, I HAD

01:40:00.200 --> 01:40:02.200
TO FIGHT , BECAUSE I HAD TRAUMA AS A KID

01:40:05.200 --> 01:40:07.200
, HAD TRAUMA AS A TEENAGER, AND TRAUMA AS

01:40:08.200 --> 01:40:10.200
AN ADULT. BUT YOU CAN FIGHT THROUGH . YOU CAN

01:40:15.200 --> 01:40:17.200
FIGHT THROUGH.

01:40:21.200 --> 01:40:23.200
I HAVE BEEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL NOBODY WOULD

01:40:25.133 --> 01:40:28.133
HAVE KNOWN THAT I HAD TO DEAL WITH WHAT I DEALT WITH AS A CHILD. TO BECOME
AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, IN PRINCE GEORGE'S

01:40:30.133 --> 01:40:32.133
COUNTY , WHERE HE SERVED AND BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO SEE

01:40:33.133 --> 01:40:35.133
ANOTHER CHILD DEAL WITH WHAT I DEALT WITH AS

01:40:39.133 --> 01:40:41.133
A CHILD. AND I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU AS THE FORMER

01:40:44.133 --> 01:40:46.133
ELECTED OFFICIAL TO TALK TO EVERYONE HERE , TO MAKE

01:40:48.133 --> 01:40:50.133
IT PERSONAL . SEE, FOR ME, WHEN I SAID IT WAS PERSONAL , TO COME

01:40:54.133 --> 01:40:56.133
HERE TONIGHT , IT IS PERSONAL.

01:40:57.133 --> 01:40:59.133
IT IS NOT FOR ANYTHING THAT MAY BE OKAY, I JUST WANT TO DO THIS, AND

01:41:02.133 --> 01:41:04.133
I WANT TO GET MY NAME OUT THERE, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH

01:41:05.133 --> 01:41:07.133
THAT. I DON'T WANT TO SEE A CHILD LIVE THROUGH THE THAT I LIVED THROUGH AS A

01:41:09.133 --> 01:41:11.133
CHILD.

01:41:12.133 --> 01:41:14.133
I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT.

01:41:15.133 --> 01:41:17.133
AND, WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER , BUSINESSES, THE FAITH COMMUNITY, GOVERNMENT [

01:41:18.133 --> 01:41:20.133
BELL RINGING ]

01:41:22.133 --> 01:41:25.670
, EDUCATION, ALL OF US NEED TO COME TOGETHER, BECAUSE WE CAN DO BETTER [ BELL
RINGING ] THAN THEY ARE DOING. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT

01:41:28.670 --> 01:41:30.670
AND EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON

01:41:33.670 --> 01:41:35.670
LIKE, 988, I NEVER HEARD OF IT.

01:41:37.670 --> 01:41:39.670
THAT IS SAYING SOMETHING, THAT IS REALLY SAD.

01:41:40.670 --> 01:41:43.670
THAT'S REALLY SAD, AND THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, IT'S MELINDA

01:41:47.670 --> 01:41:49.670
WILLIAMS GRAHAM, AFTER THAT, LOGO FLEMING.

01:41:53.670 --> 01:41:55.670
MAKAI, YES, YOU SO MUCH COUNSEL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.

01:41:57.670 --> 01:41:59.670
I'M ACTUALLY DR.

01:42:00.670 --> 01:42:02.670
MELINDA WILLIAMS LAKE I CO-OWN A SMALL PRACTICE WITH MY HUSBAND

01:42:05.670 --> 01:42:07.670
DR. LINDSEY GRAY WHO IS ALSO A LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST IN

01:42:09.670 --> 01:42:11.670
THE COUNTY. I WANT TO JUST COME BEFORE YOU ALL AND THAT

01:42:12.670 --> 01:42:14.670
YOU KNOW ABOUT SOME OF OUR SERVICES, BECAUSE WE

01:42:15.670 --> 01:42:17.670
BELIEVE IN OUR PRACTICE AND PREVENTION IS MUCH AS WE DO INTERVENTION. SO,

01:42:20.670 --> 01:42:22.670
I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE RESOURCES IN TERMS OF ONE-ON-ONE

01:42:23.000 --> 01:42:25.000
COUNSELING ARE VERY SLIM. SO, WE HAVE TRIED TO EXPAND

01:42:27.000 --> 01:42:29.000
IN OUR PRACTICE TRYING TO COME UP WITH WAYS OF FILLING IN

01:42:30.000 --> 01:42:32.000
THE GAP AND THINKING MORE SO ABOUT SKILL BUILDING. SO,

01:42:33.000 --> 01:42:35.000
WE OFFER SLEEP CLASSES, AND STRESS CLASSES

01:42:39.000 --> 01:42:41.000
, AND COMMUNICATION CLASSES, AND WAYS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE DIFFERENT NEEDS,

01:42:42.000 --> 01:42:44.000
EVEN FROM A PREVENTION STANDPOINT.

01:42:45.000 --> 01:42:47.000
NOW I, MYSELF WORK IN A MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITY WITHIN

01:42:48.000 --> 01:42:50.000
THE FAMILY HEALTH PRACTICE THERE

01:42:54.000 --> 01:42:56.000
. AND I SIT WITHIN FAMILY PRACTITIONERS AND WHAT

01:42:59.000 --> 01:43:01.000
WE HAVE FOUND AND CONTINUES TO BE SPOKEN TO, IT'S ALSO THE REPRESENTATIVE

01:43:02.000 --> 01:43:04.000
FROM INTER-DYNAMICS SPOKE TO, IS THAT OFTEN TIMES

01:43:06.000 --> 01:43:08.000
THE FOLKS WHO COME INTO FAMILY HEALTH WERE PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE , WILL

01:43:09.000 --> 01:43:11.000
OFTEN NEVER CEASE

01:43:15.000 --> 01:43:17.000
SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH. SO, WE STAND IN THE GAP, THOSE WHO SIT WITHIN PRIMARY CARE

01:43:18.000 --> 01:43:20.000
AS A WAY TO EASILY DO WARM HANDOUTS OR EASILY CONNECT FOLKS

01:43:22.933 --> 01:43:24.933
TO SERVICES. SO WITHIN OUR PRIVATE PRACTICE, INTO THE GRAY

01:43:26.933 --> 01:43:28.933
WE ALSO OFFER MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS TO PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE

01:43:32.933 --> 01:43:34.933
PROVIDERS AS WELL. THERE IS AN OVERLAP IN HEALTH, IF WE

01:43:35.933 --> 01:43:37.933
ARE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH FROM AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE . SO,

01:43:40.933 --> 01:43:42.933
JUST WANTING TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE, NOT JUST THE CLASSES THAT WE OFFER,

01:43:44.933 --> 01:43:46.933
THE CONSULTATIONS WITH MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE ON THE SAME

01:43:49.133 --> 01:43:51.567
FIGHT TOGETHER. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU

01:43:51.933 --> 01:43:53.933
SO MUCH.

01:43:54.933 --> 01:43:56.933
ALTHOUGH, YOUR NEXT, TAMIKA BROMLEY.

01:43:57.933 --> 01:43:59.933
>> GOOD EVENING.

01:44:00.933 --> 01:44:02.933
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
GOOD EVENING THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU. MY NAME

01:44:06.933 --> 01:44:08.933
IS "ME, AND THE DIRECTOR HEALTH , WE ARE A PRINCE GEORGE'S

01:44:12.933 --> 01:44:14.933
COUNTY -BASED COALITION OF HEALTH PROVIDERS.

01:44:18.933 --> 01:44:20.933
WE ARE FOCUSED ON ELIMINATING , IT IS A GRAND MISSION WE ARE FOCUSED

01:44:24.867 --> 01:44:26.867
ON ELIMINATING HELP IS THERE FOR COMMUNITY. AND WE DO THAT STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

01:44:27.867 --> 01:44:29.867
BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY

01:44:30.867 --> 01:44:32.867
PROVIDERS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY BASED SOCIAL DETERMINANTS

01:44:33.867 --> 01:44:35.867
OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROVIDERS. I CAME UP HERE TO REITERATE

01:44:39.867 --> 01:44:41.867
THAT YOUR PARTNERS ARE HERE . WE ARE IN THE ROOM, WE ARE

01:44:43.867 --> 01:44:45.867
IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE DOING GREAT WORK. OUR ORGANIZATION

01:44:48.867 --> 01:44:51.867
JUSTEN 2023 ALONE, AS HEALTH OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED AND
HEALTH FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS RAISED OVER $1

01:44:52.867 --> 01:44:55.867
MILLION TO SERVE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
AND WE CONTINUE TO THAT WORK DAY IN, DAY OUT. NOW WE ARE WORKING ON ANY

01:45:02.867 --> 01:45:04.867
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM FOCUSED ON WOMEN ALONG WITH THE

01:45:06.867 --> 01:45:09.867
COMORBIDITIES THAT COME WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES. BUT WHAT
WE WANT AND WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO SEE IS MORE STRATEGIC

01:45:10.867 --> 01:45:12.867
PARTNERSHIPS WITH THOSE OF US IN THE COMMUNITY BETTER ON GROUND

01:45:14.867 --> 01:45:17.867
WORKING TO UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND IMPROVE
HEALTH OUTCOMES. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER

01:45:21.867 --> 01:45:23.867
OF GREAT GRANT FUNDING BECAME AN ACCOUNTING THAT IS AMAZING. AND

01:45:24.800 --> 01:45:27.800
I THOUGHT THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE TO SOURCE THAT
MONEY. BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT

01:45:29.800 --> 01:45:32.800
THE PARTNERSHIPS . HOW MUCH OF THAT WENT
TO THE COMMUNITY PROVIDERS WHO ARE YOUR ON GROUND BOOTS ,

01:45:35.800 --> 01:45:37.800
TO GET THE WORK DONE? AND THAT IS WHAT I'M

01:45:38.800 --> 01:45:40.800
STANDING HERE TO REITERATE , WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE READY TO DO

01:45:42.800 --> 01:45:44.800
THE WORK. BUT WE NEED YOU TO PARTNER WITH US AND GET IT DONE.

01:45:47.800 --> 01:45:49.800
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS EVENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

01:45:50.300 --> 01:45:52.333
FORUM AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE

01:45:54.800 --> 01:45:56.800
MISSED BUMBRY A , AND THEN AFTER THAT , RACHEL DOYLE.

01:46:15.800 --> 01:46:17.800
>> GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

01:46:21.800 --> 01:46:23.800
I AM TAMIKA BUMBRY AND I'M HONORED TO STAND BEFORE YOU AS THE PRESIDENT OF

01:46:24.733 --> 01:46:26.733
THE WILLOW MARYLAND CHAPTER OF THE LINKS INCORPORATED.

01:46:27.733 --> 01:46:29.733
AND ASK ALL MEMBERS OF THE WILLOW MEMBER CHAPTER TO STAND

01:46:30.733 --> 01:46:32.733
TO BE RECOGNIZED. [ APPLAUSE ]

01:46:40.733 --> 01:46:43.733
AS ONE OF THREE CHAPTERS IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, OUR MISSION IS BUILT ON
THE FOUNDATION OF FRIENDS , TRANSFORMING COMMUNITY

01:46:47.733 --> 01:46:50.733
THROUGH SERVICE. OUR GOAL IS TO ENRICH AND IMPROVE
THE LIVES OF FAMILIES AND CHILDREN RESIDING IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

01:46:54.733 --> 01:46:56.733
THROUGH FIVE PROGRAMMING FACETS. SERVICES

01:46:57.733 --> 01:46:59.733
TO YOUTH, THE ARTS , NATIONAL TRENDS AND SERVICES,

01:47:02.733 --> 01:47:04.733
INTERNATIONAL TRENDS AND SERVICES, AND HEALTH AND

01:47:06.733 --> 01:47:08.733
HUMAN SERVICES. THROUGH OUR FACETS, WE IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT

01:47:09.733 --> 01:47:11.733
ADDRESS THE MOST CRITICAL NEEDS OF THE UNDERSERVED. ADDRESSING

01:47:12.733 --> 01:47:14.733
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR SERVICE DELIVERY.

01:47:19.733 --> 01:47:21.733
THIS EVENING, WE WILL INFORM YOU OF OUR WORK AND TO OUR FACETS.

01:47:24.733 --> 01:47:27.733
MRS. DOLORES JOHNSON COOPER, CHAIR OF NATIONAL TRENDS
AND SERVICES WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OUR CHAPTERS EFFORTS

01:47:29.733 --> 01:47:31.733
TO ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

01:47:32.733 --> 01:47:34.733
AND MISS MARGARET BRYANT RECEIVED , CHAIR FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

01:47:37.733 --> 01:47:39.733
WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON EXCITING UPCOMING INITIATIVES THAT WILL PROVIDE

01:47:42.733 --> 01:47:44.733
NOT ONLY MENTAL SERVICES, BUT FREE

01:47:47.733 --> 01:47:49.733
, MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VISION CARE TO RESIDENTS IN THE COUNTY AND SURROUNDING

01:47:51.733 --> 01:47:53.733
COMMUNITIES. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK

01:47:54.733 --> 01:47:56.733
AT THIS FORM TONIGHT, AND LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH

01:48:00.733 --> 01:48:02.733
YOU, THE COUNCIL ON INITIATIVES THAT WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT MANY OF PRINCE GEORGE'S

01:48:03.733 --> 01:48:05.733
COUNTY'S RESIDENCE , MS. LAURA JOHNSON COOPER.

01:48:06.733 --> 01:48:08.733
>> THANK YOU

01:48:12.733 --> 01:48:14.733
SO MUCH , MADAME PRESIDENT , TAMIKA BUMBRY. I'M DOLORES

01:48:18.733 --> 01:48:20.733
JOHNSON COOPER , AS IDENTIFIED BY MS.

01:48:21.733 --> 01:48:23.733
LUMBY. I AM SURE OF THE NATIONAL TRENDS AND SERVICES DELIVERY PROGRAM DELIVERY FACET.

01:48:27.667 --> 01:48:29.667
THE WILLOW CHAPTER OF LINKS INCORPORATED BEGAN WORKING

01:48:30.667 --> 01:48:32.667
ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC . FIRST OF ALL LET ME THANK THE COUNCIL

01:48:36.667 --> 01:48:38.667
FOR ALLOWING OR CONVENING THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOWN

01:48:39.667 --> 01:48:41.667
HALL MEETING ON MENTAL HEALTH. AS I

01:48:43.667 --> 01:48:45.667
STATED, THE WILLOW CHAPTER LINKS INCORPORATED BEGAN WORKING ON

01:48:48.667 --> 01:48:50.667
THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC OVER TWO AND HALF

01:48:51.667 --> 01:48:53.667
YEARS AGO, RECOGNIZING THAT ONE IN FIVE ADULTS EXPERIENCE A

01:48:54.667 --> 01:48:56.667
MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS .

01:48:57.667 --> 01:48:59.667
35% OF STUDENTS HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONED BY THE

01:49:00.667 --> 01:49:02.667
TIME THEY REACH THE AGE OF 14. 70% OF YOUTH IN STATE

01:49:06.667 --> 01:49:08.667
AND LOCAL JUVENILE FACILITIES WITHIN THE SYSTEM AS WE

01:49:11.667 --> 01:49:13.667
CALL IT, HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS.
UNDERSTANDING THIS, AND IN ADDITION

01:49:16.667 --> 01:49:18.667
TO THE FACT THAT HERE LOCALLY, WE KNOW THAT IN

01:49:21.667 --> 01:49:23.667
FISCAL YEAR 22, THAT THERE WERE 1200 PETITIONS FOR EMERGENCY EVALUATIONS

01:49:27.600 --> 01:49:29.600
. AND THAT IS THE HIGHEST OUTSIDE OF BALTIMORE , BALTIMORE IS

01:49:32.600 --> 01:49:34.600
A CITY, MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALL HAVE LESS PETITIONS

01:49:36.600 --> 01:49:38.600
FOR EMERGENCY EVALUATIONS THAN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY. WITH THAT BEING SAID,

01:49:41.600 --> 01:49:43.600
WE CHOSE THIS INITIATIVE TO FOCUS ON AND BEGINNING WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM,

01:49:45.600 --> 01:49:47.600
WE WORKED WITH THE AVERAGE

01:49:51.600 --> 01:49:53.600
MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL AS WITH THE CHESAPEAKE MATH AND SCIENCE , OR THE CHESAPEAKE

01:49:59.600 --> 01:50:01.600
MATH AND IT SCHOOL. AND IN THAT SCHOOL, WE HAVE GONE TWO YEARS WITH THE

01:50:03.600 --> 01:50:05.600
LAST YEAR, WE TARGETED THE THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE

01:50:06.600 --> 01:50:08.600
, ABOUT 200 STUDENTS . AND WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM WITH BOOKS, THANKS

01:50:12.600 --> 01:50:14.600
TO THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER [ BELL RINGING

01:50:15.600 --> 01:50:17.600
] AND ABOUT 70 BOOKS THAT FOCUS ON

01:50:20.600 --> 01:50:22.600
THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO KEEP THEM FOCUSED AND NOT

01:50:24.533 --> 01:50:26.533
BE MENTALLY ATTRACTED , DISTRACTED. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE

01:50:30.533 --> 01:50:32.533
, WE WENT THERE AND HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM PARKS AND PLANNING,

01:50:37.533 --> 01:50:39.533
MR. ERNEST REYNOLDS TO TALK TO THE STUDENTS ABOUT

01:50:41.533 --> 01:50:43.533
THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO IN THE SUMMER TO KEEP THEIR MENTAL HEALTH

01:50:45.533 --> 01:50:47.533
IN CHECK. BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN STUDENTS ARE ACTIVE,

01:50:52.533 --> 01:50:54.533
THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. SO, WE WANT

01:50:55.533 --> 01:50:57.533
TO KEEP YOUR STUDENTS AS ACTIVE AS POSSIBLE, SO, WE

01:50:59.533 --> 01:51:01.533
HAD A BALLERINA COME IN FROM BROWN BALLERINA, A BALLET ACADEMY HERE IN

01:51:07.533 --> 01:51:10.533
THE COUNTY . AND SHE PERFORMED FOR THE STUDENTS.
AND AS I STATED, MR. REYNOLDS PROVIDED THE STUDENTS [ BELL

01:51:12.533 --> 01:51:14.533
RINGING ] A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY BALL

01:51:17.533 --> 01:51:19.533
AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE FREE FOR THEM TO DO.
>> [ BELL RINGING ] THANK YOU.

01:51:20.533 --> 01:51:22.533
>> WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT WE ARE HERE TO

01:51:25.467 --> 01:51:27.467
HELP EXECUTE ON THESE PROGRAMS WITHIN THE

01:51:31.467 --> 01:51:33.467
COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

01:51:34.467 --> 01:51:36.467
AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM GOING FORWARD.

01:51:37.467 --> 01:51:39.467
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

01:51:43.467 --> 01:51:45.467
>> OKAY , MARGARET BRYANT RASHIDA IS ALSO ON

01:51:47.133 --> 01:51:49.133
THE LIST TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.

01:51:49.600 --> 01:51:51.633
>> OKAY I SEE. SO,
WE JUST --OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

01:51:52.133 --> 01:51:54.133
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

01:51:55.467 --> 01:51:57.467
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TAMIKA AND GOOD

01:52:01.467 --> 01:52:03.467
EVENING EVERYONE . YES, AS MENTIONED, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH

01:52:07.467 --> 01:52:09.467
THE WILLOW MARYLAND CHAPTER IS PARTNERING WITH THE MOUNT ROSE

01:52:11.467 --> 01:52:13.467
, MARYLAND AND PRINCE GEORGE'S MARYLAND CHAPTERS

01:52:16.467 --> 01:52:18.467
IN AN AGREEMENT WITH A REMOTE AREA OF MEDICAL SERVICE COURTS TO BRING

01:52:22.400 --> 01:52:24.400
VISION , MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES TO THE COUNTY.

01:52:25.400 --> 01:52:27.400
EXCUSE ME, AND THAT INCLUDES VISION

01:52:30.400 --> 01:52:32.400
, THAT INCLUDES DISPENSING OF GLASSES.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THIS

01:52:35.400 --> 01:52:37.400
AND WE ARE ABLE TO BRING ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO THIS

01:52:39.400 --> 01:52:41.400
CLINIC. WE ARE BRINGING BREAST HEALTH SERVICES, WHICH IS -- AS

01:52:46.400 --> 01:52:48.400
WELL AS YOUR OWN COUNTY

01:52:52.400 --> 01:52:54.400
, THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES IS LAUNCHING THEIR

01:52:57.400 --> 01:52:59.400
HEALTHCARE OPEN ENROLLMENT IN OUR CLINIC.

01:53:00.400 --> 01:53:02.400
WE WILL HAVE VACCINATION SERVICES, THERE WILL BE STI TESTING , WE HAVE

01:53:07.400 --> 01:53:10.400
MANY PARTNERS AND STUDENTS .
HOWARD UNIVERSITY , AND OTHER MEDICAL STUDENTS , DENTAL STUDENTS WILL BE IN PARTNERSHIP

01:53:16.400 --> 01:53:18.400
WITH US. OUR GOAL IS TO SERVE 300-500 PATIENTS OVER A TWO DISH

01:53:25.333 --> 01:53:27.333
THEY PERIOD. THAT'S THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

01:53:28.333 --> 01:53:30.333
THE CLINIC STARTS! A.M.

01:53:31.333 --> 01:53:33.333
AND THE SERVICES ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS. NO ONE WILL BE

01:53:36.333 --> 01:53:38.333
TURNED AWAY . YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PROVIDE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION UNLESS

01:53:43.333 --> 01:53:45.333
YOU ARE RECEIVING LAB SERVICES , WHICH WE HAVE RICHARD

01:53:46.333 --> 01:53:48.333
AS WELL. AND WE THINK THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE ENTIRE TEAM

01:53:49.333 --> 01:53:51.333
FOR ALL OF THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH US, THEIR PATIENTS

01:53:52.333 --> 01:53:54.333
, ESPECIALLY WITH ME. AND ALL OF

01:53:58.333 --> 01:54:00.333
THE DEMANDS AND REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE MADE AND WE'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO AN AWESOME [ BELL RINGING ] WEEKEND . WE

01:54:03.333 --> 01:54:05.333
HAVE FLYERS ON THE TABLE AND FLYERS FOR YOU

01:54:07.333 --> 01:54:09.333
AS WELL. AND, IT'S FREE.

01:54:10.333 --> 01:54:12.333
NO INSURANCE NEEDED.

01:54:19.333 --> 01:54:21.333
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

01:54:22.267 --> 01:54:24.267
AFTER RACHEL DOYLE IS MONTAGUE.

01:54:27.267 --> 01:54:29.267
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT FOR THE

01:54:31.267 --> 01:54:34.267
PAST DECADE.
AND ALSO A CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER.

01:54:34.267 --> 01:54:36.267
RETROSPECTIVE TONIGHT MY PERSPECTIVE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT

01:54:37.267 --> 01:54:39.267
BUT I STILL HOPE IT'S HELPFUL. AS WE HAVE HEARD TONIGHT WE HAVEN'T SUPPLY

01:54:40.267 --> 01:54:42.267
AND DEMAND PROBLEM.

01:54:43.267 --> 01:54:45.267
OUR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE CRITICAL COMPONENT OF OUR MENTAL

01:54:49.267 --> 01:54:51.267
HEALTH DEAL.

01:54:54.267 --> 01:54:56.267
MORE SOCIAL WORKERS AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY WOULD HELP OUR CRISIS. THE MARYLAND
BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK EXAMINERS IS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC

01:54:58.267 --> 01:55:00.267
ATTENTION TO THE REGULATION OF THE SOCIAL PROFESSION. I WANT TO MAKE

01:55:01.267 --> 01:55:04.267
SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT THEY HAVE INSTEAD BEEN ACTIVELY
HARMING THE PUBLIC BY PLACING RIDICULOUS BUREAUCRACY IN THE WAY OF COMPETENT

01:55:07.267 --> 01:55:09.267
SOCIAL WORKERS WANTING TO PRACTICE IN MARYLAND. AMONG

01:55:13.267 --> 01:55:15.267
MARYLAND SOCIAL WORKERS, FIESTA VE HASN'T REPUTATION OF

01:55:17.267 --> 01:55:20.267
INCOMPETENCE AND FRANKLY, DISDAIN FOR SOCIAL WORKERS. THE BUREAUCRATIC HEADACHES
THEY CAUSE ARE UNPARALLELED AND DO NOT PROTECT

01:55:25.200 --> 01:55:27.200
THE PUBLIC. MANY OF US ALSO QUESTION THE IS DEBBIE'S

01:55:34.200 --> 01:55:36.200
CARE . WHILE THERE LEGALLY MANDATED TO

01:55:40.200 --> 01:55:42.200
PROVIDE LICENSED APPLICANTS BY 16 DESSERT CONSISTENTLY TAKING 90 DAYS OR MORE

01:55:43.267 --> 01:55:45.767
TO GET BACK TO LICENSED APPLICANTS.
THESE DELAYS HAVE A REAL COST SOCIAL WORKERS MISSED OUT

01:55:50.200 --> 01:55:53.200
ON JOBS AS WE CANNOT PRACTICE IN MARYLAND WITHOUT A LICENSE. MANY RECENT APPLICANTS
ONLY FIND RELIEF FROM EXTENDED TIMELINES

01:55:56.200 --> 01:55:58.200
BY INVOLVING THEIR STATE REPRESENTATIVES , OR

01:55:59.200 --> 01:56:01.200
SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN NEIGHBORING STATES. ADDITIONALLY,

01:56:04.200 --> 01:56:06.200
BSWE MEMBERS HAVE TESTIFIED IN FAVOR

01:56:08.200 --> 01:56:10.200
OF UPHOLDING EXAMS HAVE NEVER DEMONSTRATED ANY PREDICTABLE VALIDITY REGARDING INCOMPETENCE

01:56:12.200 --> 01:56:14.200
BUT THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED SIGNIFICANT BIAS AGAINST

01:56:16.200 --> 01:56:18.200
OLDER, BILINGUAL AND DEAF SOCIAL WORKERS. IN

01:56:23.133 --> 01:56:26.133
MARYLAND, WHITE SOCIAL WORKERS PASS THE EXAM ABOUT 20% HIGHER RATE OF HISPANIC AND
40% HIGHER RATE THAN BLACK SOCIAL WORKERS. MARILYN WOULD

01:56:29.133 --> 01:56:31.133
HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 1200 [ BELL RINGING ] SOCIAL WORKERS FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES

01:56:34.133 --> 01:56:36.133
IF EVERYONE PASSED AT THE SAME.

01:56:37.133 --> 01:56:39.133
AS SOCIAL WORKERS WHO ARE WHITE. COUNCILMEMBERS MUST ADVOCATE

01:56:42.133 --> 01:56:44.133
FOR BSWE REFORM. ALSO PAY ATTENTION OF THE SOCIAL WORK WORK ROOM

01:56:46.133 --> 01:56:48.933
THAT WILL BRING SCRUTINY TOWARD OUR BOARD
AND OUR RACIST LICENSING PROGRAMS.

01:56:49.500 --> 01:56:51.500
THERE ARE PLENTY OF WILLING , COMPETENT PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS

01:56:55.133 --> 01:56:57.133
AVAILABLE [ BELL RINGING ] TO WORK, IF ONLY OUR STATE WOULD LET

01:57:00.500 --> 01:57:02.967
THEM. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. NEXT, WE HAVE

01:57:07.133 --> 01:57:09.133
--MONTAGUE?

01:57:10.133 --> 01:57:12.133
>> THAT'S ME. >> AFTER MS. MONTAGUE, IS MARGARET FOWLER.

01:57:16.133 --> 01:57:19.133
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING
ME THE TIME TO COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

01:57:21.200 --> 01:57:23.133
MY NAME IS MONTAGUE I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM FOR
LUMINIS HEALTH. SO, IT'S GOOD TO SEE MANY

01:57:25.133 --> 01:57:27.133
OF YOUR FACES AGAIN THIS EVENING. I REALLY WANTED TO COME

01:57:28.133 --> 01:57:30.133
AND SHARE WHAT WE ARE OFFERING ON THE LUMINIS HEALTH DOCTORS

01:57:31.133 --> 01:57:33.133
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL CAMPUS. OUR SERVICES ARE NEW TO

01:57:37.133 --> 01:57:39.133
THIS COUNTY AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE

01:57:41.133 --> 01:57:43.133
ARE THERE AND WE ARE AVAILABLE, OPEN AND READY TO

01:57:44.133 --> 01:57:46.133
SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

01:57:47.133 --> 01:57:49.133
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THAT IS SITTING ON THE DOCTORS COMMUNITY CAMPUS

01:57:50.133 --> 01:57:52.133
THAT WAS ACTUALLY PROVIDED TO US THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY

01:57:56.133 --> 01:57:59.133
AS WELL AS THE STATE, SO WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE
HAVE RECEIVED. WE ARE CURRENTLY OFFERING AN OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE CLINIC

01:58:02.133 --> 01:58:04.133
WHERE WE OFFER THERAPY SERVICES

01:58:06.133 --> 01:58:08.133
IN ADDITION TO MEDICATION MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENTS 4

01:58:11.133 --> 01:58:13.133
AND UP , THAT IS AGES 4 AND UP FOR THERAPY SERVICES AND MEDICATION

01:58:14.133 --> 01:58:16.133
MANAGEMENT.

01:58:17.133 --> 01:58:19.133
WE ALSO HAVE A PHP, HAVE A PSYCHOPATH PSYCHIATRIC

01:58:23.670 --> 01:58:25.670
--PROGRAM FOR AN ADULT.

01:58:28.670 --> 01:58:30.670
BOTH OF THESE SERVICES ARE OPEN AND CURRENTLY ACCEPTING PATIENTS TODAY. ONE

01:58:31.670 --> 01:58:33.670
THING THAT WE DO OFFER THAT STANDS US OUT

01:58:34.670 --> 01:58:36.670
AND MAKES US UNIQUE WE HAVE A WALK-IN BEHAVIORAL

01:58:37.670 --> 01:58:39.670
HEALTH CLINIC. YOU'RE ABLE TO WALK AND FOR SERVICES,

01:58:44.670 --> 01:58:46.670
WALKED IN FOR SERVICES! MONDAY TO FRIDAY, 7:30 AM TO 3:30 P.M. YOU CAN WALK

01:58:47.670 --> 01:58:49.670
IN WITH, OR WITHOUT INSURANCE FOR NONEMERGENCY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

01:58:52.670 --> 01:58:54.670
SERVICES YOU HAVE A THERAPIST THERE, WE HAVE A PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER,

01:58:55.670 --> 01:58:57.670
WHERE WE CAN OFFER THOSE BRIDGE PRESCRIPTIONS AS NEEDED.

01:58:59.670 --> 01:59:01.670
WE CAN OFFER REFERRAL SERVICES FOR THE NEEDS OF THE

01:59:02.670 --> 01:59:04.670
COMMUNITY. WE ACCEPT ALL INSURANCES, BUT THROUGH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

01:59:06.670 --> 01:59:08.670
WALK IN CLINIC WE ALSO ACCEPT NO INSURANCE , SO YOU CAN COME WITH OR WITHOUT INSURANCE,

01:59:11.670 --> 01:59:14.670
WE WILL WORK WITH YOU.
I WOULD BE REMISS BEFORE YOU ESPECIALLY HER WONDERFUL STATE DELEGATES ELECT AND

01:59:18.670 --> 01:59:20.670
TALK ABOUT AND BRING UP THE DISPARITIES IN THE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS

01:59:22.000 --> 01:59:24.000
. I KNOW SOME OF US THAT HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.

01:59:26.000 --> 01:59:29.000
OUR GOAL IS TO ROUTE THE STIGMA OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
NEEDS IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE WANT IT TO BE OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY.

01:59:34.000 --> 01:59:36.000
AND, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THAT JOURNEY, BUT WE NEED

01:59:38.000 --> 01:59:41.000
THE HELP OF THE GOVERNMENT AND ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. AND SO, WE JUST WANT TO COME BE ARE

01:59:43.000 --> 01:59:45.000
YOU AND SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME WE ARE

01:59:47.000 --> 01:59:50.000
OPEN, AND READY TO SERVE.
YES, MR. HAWKINS?
>> SO TOMORROW MORNING AT 7:30 , IF I

01:59:53.000 --> 01:59:55.000
COME OVER --? I WILL BE THERE . 7:30 THE MORNING.

02:00:00.000 --> 02:00:02.000
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION FOR NEXT NEXT WE HAVE MARGARET

02:00:05.000 --> 02:00:08.000
FOWLER AND THEN AFTER THAT IS JOAN WARD.
>> MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBERS I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU

02:00:10.000 --> 02:00:12.000
VERY MUCH FOR HAVING THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOWN HALL MEETING AND WE HAVE HEARD

02:00:14.000 --> 02:00:17.000
SO MUCH THIS EVENING.
MY NAME IS MARGARET FOWLER AND AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

02:00:20.000 --> 02:00:22.933
FOR TOTALLY LINKEDIN CARE AND I HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO WORK
WITH DR. LEVY AND DR. SOMERVILLE AND WITH

02:00:25.933 --> 02:00:27.933
MARTY HOOKER TO BE HAVING THE FIRST OF ITS KIND HOPEFULLY ,

02:00:31.933 --> 02:00:33.933
BEST PRACTICES CRISIS MODEL FOR EMERGENCY CRISIS SERVICE IS. AND TWO

02:00:35.933 --> 02:00:37.933
THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I HEARD THAT I REALLY LIKED IN THIS MEETING

02:00:40.933 --> 02:00:42.933
IS THAT OUR WARM HANDOUTS AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE

02:00:43.933 --> 02:00:45.933
PARTNERSHIPS. THAT IS WHAT TLC IS ALL ABOUT. WE

02:00:47.933 --> 02:00:49.933
WANT PARTNERS, WE ARE BUILDING THIS CRISIS CONTINUING RIGHT NOW WE ARE

02:00:52.933 --> 02:00:54.933
FOCUSED ON THE EMERGENCY CRISIS CONTINUING.

02:00:55.933 --> 02:00:57.933
THEY'RE NOT EVEN READY AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR THE STATE OF

02:00:58.933 --> 02:01:00.933
MARYLAND. WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH MDH, VHA TO GET

02:01:04.933 --> 02:01:06.933
THESE RAKES RIGHT SO IT CAN BE SUSTAINABLE. BUT I WANT TO ASSURE

02:01:07.933 --> 02:01:09.933
EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT

02:01:10.933 --> 02:01:12.933
IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING THIS

02:01:15.933 --> 02:01:17.933
ALL TOGETHER. WE ARE BREAKING DOWN SILOS , AND TREATING NETWORK . THERE ARE

02:01:22.867 --> 02:01:24.867
STILL ISSUES , BUT WE ARE DOING WITH THE EMERGENCY CRISIS

02:01:27.867 --> 02:01:29.867
AND BUILDING THAT FOUNDATION, TALKING WITH 98, TALKING

02:01:31.867 --> 02:01:33.867
WITH MY MIND, TALKING WITH THE FIRE POLICE AND

02:01:35.867 --> 02:01:37.867
CAPTAIN WISEMAN, EVERYBODY IS COMING TO THE TABLE. THAT IS

02:01:39.867 --> 02:01:41.867
HOW WE CREATE A CONTINUOUS CRISIS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

02:01:43.867 --> 02:01:45.867
, COURT COORDINATING CARE AND COLLABORATING.

02:01:46.867 --> 02:01:48.867
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK DR. LEVY, DR.

02:01:49.867 --> 02:01:51.867
SOMERVILLE AND IMANI BOOKER-LEWIS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP. AND TRUST ME WE ARE

02:01:55.867 --> 02:01:57.867
SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE BUILDING A SYSTEM THAT IS GOING

02:02:01.867 --> 02:02:04.867
TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AND NO ONE IS GOING TO
FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. AND WHEN WE GO TO CRISIS STABILIZATION

02:02:06.867 --> 02:02:08.867
CENTER AT DYER, WE WILL BE THE FIRST THAT WILL HAVE A 24/7 CRISIS STABILIZATION, [ BELL

02:02:10.867 --> 02:02:12.867
RINGING ] 16 CHAIR FACILITY

02:02:15.867 --> 02:02:17.867
FOR 23 HOUR OBSERVATION. THANK YOU.

02:02:19.867 --> 02:02:21.867
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE JOAN ALLPORT AND THEN AFTER THAT IT

02:02:22.800 --> 02:02:24.800
WILL BE MARILYN .

02:02:31.800 --> 02:02:33.800
HI, MY NAME IS JoANNE ALLPORT, I AM KENYAN, AND THE COFOUNDER

02:02:34.800 --> 02:02:36.800
AND CEO AFRICANS FOR MENTAL HEALTH. WE HAVE

02:02:37.800 --> 02:02:39.800
BEEN DOING AMAZING WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE

02:02:40.800 --> 02:02:42.800
CROSSCUTTING WHERE BASED IN TEXAS AND MARYLAND. WE HAVE

02:02:45.800 --> 02:02:47.800
BEEN EXPANDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, DC . WE'VE BEEN DOING A

02:02:51.800 --> 02:02:53.800
LOT OF ADVOCACY WORK EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

02:02:55.800 --> 02:02:57.800
WE ACTUALLY GET PHONE CALLS FROM EVERYWHERE.

02:02:58.800 --> 02:03:00.800
SO WHILE WE ARE NOT A ONE LINE YET WE GET CALLS FROM EVERYWHERE

02:03:04.800 --> 02:03:06.800
ASKING US TO WALK THEM THROUGH 988. SO, THERE IS SOMETHING STIGMATIZING ABOUT

02:03:07.800 --> 02:03:09.800
CALLING FOR HELP AND ASKING FOR HELP. WE EVEN HAVE TO STAY ON

02:03:10.800 --> 02:03:12.800
THE PHONE .

02:03:13.800 --> 02:03:15.800
WE'VE DONE CONFERENCE CALLS WITH FAMILIES WHO ARE IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

02:03:16.800 --> 02:03:18.800
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES ON HOW THEY CAN NAVIGATE THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN

02:03:19.800 --> 02:03:21.800
THE UNITED STATES , SPECIFICALLY IN MARYLAND.

02:03:24.733 --> 02:03:26.733
MY CONCERNS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE

02:03:28.733 --> 02:03:30.733
IS THAT THE BEDS ARE LACKING. AND WHEN THE

02:03:31.733 --> 02:03:33.733
BEDS ARE LACKING, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE A HIGH ACUITY OF NEED MEASURE. SO

02:03:34.733 --> 02:03:36.733
THERE'S A CRITERIA , RIGHT? AND SO, THAT CRITERIA MEANS

02:03:39.733 --> 02:03:41.733
THAT THOSE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE THEY

02:03:43.733 --> 02:03:45.733
ARE HARM TO THEMSELVES OR HARM TO OTHERS WILL FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS

02:03:46.733 --> 02:03:48.733
AND THEY WILL CYCLE OUT.

02:03:49.733 --> 02:03:51.733
WE HAVE PATIENTS WHO ASK FOR HELP . WHEN WE

02:03:52.733 --> 02:03:54.733
TELL PEOPLE , YOU CAN ASK FOR HELP AND THEN WE

02:03:55.733 --> 02:03:57.733
TURN THEM AWAY FROM THE HOSPITAL, WHERE DOING A GREAT DISSERVICE TO THEM.

02:03:58.733 --> 02:04:00.733
AND SO, THERE NEEDS TO BE BEDS, THERE NEEDS TO BE A FULL

02:04:01.733 --> 02:04:03.733
INVESTMENT IN BEDS ENSURING THAT WE

02:04:07.733 --> 02:04:09.733
HAVE PROVIDERS IN THOSE AREAS. BECAUSE IF I SEND PEOPLE AND I TELL

02:04:13.733 --> 02:04:15.733
THEM, CALL 988 , 988 COMES AND PICKS HIM UP AND TAKES THEM TO

02:04:16.733 --> 02:04:19.733
THE HOSPITAL.
AT THE HOSPITAL, THE BEHAVIOR HEALTH INTAKE PERSON WILL EVALUATE THEM, AND MAKE

02:04:22.667 --> 02:04:24.667
A DECISION WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN BE ADMITTED. AND THEN THEY SAY NO,

02:04:25.667 --> 02:04:27.667
AND A PERSON HAS TO COME BACK AND VOLUNTARILY,

02:04:28.667 --> 02:04:30.667
WE ARE DOING A GREAT DISSERVICE. SO, I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

02:04:34.667 --> 02:04:36.667
COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE HERE TO

02:04:36.800 --> 02:04:38.800
PARTNER WITH YOU, THANK YOU.

02:04:38.933 --> 02:04:40.933
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ BELL RINGING

02:04:43.667 --> 02:04:45.667
] NEXT, WE HAVE MARILYN

02:04:50.667 --> 02:04:52.667
WHITE .

02:04:53.667 --> 02:04:55.667
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE HAVE

02:04:59.667 --> 02:05:02.567
LENA STEP . ALL RIGHT, IS
WHITE, YOU'RE AN EXPERT

02:05:03.367 --> 02:05:05.367
>> HI, MY NAME IS MARILYN WHITE LEITCH

02:05:08.667 --> 02:05:10.667
. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I AM A U.S.

02:05:11.667 --> 02:05:13.667
ARMY VETERAN WHO SUFFERS FROM PTSD

02:05:17.667 --> 02:05:19.667
, MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA AND POLICE BRUTALITY IN THE

02:05:23.600 --> 02:05:25.600
PTSD CLINIC. AT THE WASHINGTON, DC VETERANS HOSPITAL. I ONLY

02:05:29.600 --> 02:05:31.600
WENT, WE WENT TO BALTIMORE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, BUT BECAUSE

02:05:32.600 --> 02:05:34.600
I WAS ALLERGIC TO THE ARMBAND I

02:05:36.600 --> 02:05:38.600
GOT REFUSED TREATMENT. SO I HAD TO CATCH THE SHUTTLE BUS

02:05:41.600 --> 02:05:43.600
BACK TO DC. AND, DC , WHEN WE VETERANS

02:05:46.600 --> 02:05:48.600
COME IN FOR HELP, WE ARE TURNED AWAY.

02:05:49.600 --> 02:05:51.600
IF YOU SAY SOMETHING LOUD, OR KICKED OUT

02:05:53.600 --> 02:05:55.600
OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM. I AM ON NUMEROUS SUICIDE

02:05:59.600 --> 02:06:01.600
PERSON ATTEMPT. NEWS SUICIDE ATTEMPTS.

02:06:02.600 --> 02:06:04.600
SO ALL OF YOU SITTING

02:06:06.600 --> 02:06:09.600
HERE SAYING THIS HAS NO MEANING TO ME, BECAUSE IT ALL JUST TALK, TALK, TALK. YOU'RE
NOT THE ONE, YOU DEFINITELY ARE NOT THE ONE

02:06:15.600 --> 02:06:18.600
COMING TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE YOU'RE READY TO CUT HERSELF UP IN 1
MILLION PIECES, OR HURT SOMEBODY ELSE. IT NOBODY CARES ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.

02:06:24.533 --> 02:06:27.533
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING THIS FOR HIM, BUT IS NOT GOING TO GO ANY FURTHER THAN
THIS ROOM. I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT

02:06:30.533 --> 02:06:32.533
WHAT SERVICES WE GOT, THIS ONE YOUNG LADY JUST LEFT,

02:06:34.533 --> 02:06:36.533
TOLD ME SHE'S GOT FREE SERVICES, YEAH, RIGHT. YOU HAVE SERVICES

02:06:38.533 --> 02:06:40.533
UNTIL WE COME AND ASK FOR THEM.

02:06:41.533 --> 02:06:43.533
OR, BE IN NEED, NO, WE CAN'T SERVICE YOU, YOU HAVE MEDICAID.

02:06:46.533 --> 02:06:48.533
WE CAN'T SERVICE YOU, WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF. YOU DON'T HAVE THE STAFF

02:06:52.533 --> 02:06:54.533
, AND WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE NO BIDS, ME , AND WHAT THAT CRISIS HOTLINE NUMBER,

02:06:59.533 --> 02:07:01.533
WILL NEVER CALL IT.

02:07:03.533 --> 02:07:06.533
BECAUSE VETERANS HAVE A SPECIAL LINE, AND SO WHEN YOU ARE ON THE END ASKING
FOR THIS HELP, FIRST TO CALL THE CRISIS HOTLINE.

02:07:08.533 --> 02:07:10.533
THEN, THEY ARE GOING TO SEE PG COUNTY AND IF YOU TWITCH WRONG, YOU

02:07:14.533 --> 02:07:16.533
GOT YOUR BRAINS BLOWED OUT, AND YOUR

02:07:18.533 --> 02:07:20.533
ARM BROKEN OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

02:07:20.600 --> 02:07:22.600
SO, UNLESS , LIKE I SAID IT'S WONDERFUL YOU'RE HAVING

02:07:23.533 --> 02:07:25.533
THIS. BUT THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A CHANGE

02:07:26.533 --> 02:07:28.533
FROM WHERE I SIT. AND, I BELIEVE SUICIDE

02:07:32.533 --> 02:07:34.533
IS THE BEST WAY TO GO.

02:07:35.533 --> 02:07:37.533
THEN TO COME AND ASK ANY OF YOU PEOPLE IN HERE FOR HELP,

02:07:38.533 --> 02:07:40.533
THAT IS WHERE I'M AT.

02:07:43.533 --> 02:07:46.533
I HAVE STOPPED ALL MY MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT,
SO WHEN I GET READY, I'M NOT CALLING 911. I AM NOT CALLING NOBODY, IT

02:07:53.533 --> 02:07:55.533
, ESPECIALLY AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING. SO, REALLY?

02:07:59.533 --> 02:08:01.533
I AM ONLY HERE MAYBE Y'ALL WILL MAKE CHANGES TO HELP OTHER VETERANS

02:08:05.533 --> 02:08:08.533
THAT HAS TO SUFFER IN SILENCE.
WE GET BEAT UP BY THE POLICE, SLAMMED AGAINST THE WALL BECAUSE YOU'RE IN MENTAL

02:08:13.533 --> 02:08:15.533
HEALTH CRISIS. OH, WE CAN, WE ARE NOT GOING TO

02:08:16.533 --> 02:08:18.533
TREAT YOU. WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO TREAT

02:08:19.533 --> 02:08:21.533
YOU, BECAUSE YOU RAISED YOUR VOICE?

02:08:23.467 --> 02:08:25.467
THAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME AT THE D.C. VA

02:08:26.467 --> 02:08:28.467
ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO.

02:08:29.467 --> 02:08:31.467
? THANK YOU, WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE , DR. LEAVE IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN

02:08:34.467 --> 02:08:36.467
SPEAK WITH HER TODAY, OR SOMEONE TONIGHT, WE WOULD

02:08:38.467 --> 02:08:40.467
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

02:08:41.467 --> 02:08:43.467
NEXT, MISS LENA IS AT STEP ?

02:08:47.467 --> 02:08:49.467
IS IT LYNN , IT'S HARD TO READ THE HANDWRITING. IF MISSTEP

02:08:53.467 --> 02:08:55.467
IS NOT HERE, DO WE HAVE DR. RHONDA PORTER ?

02:08:59.467 --> 02:09:01.467
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT AND THEN DAVID NASH.

02:09:05.467 --> 02:09:07.467
OKAY.

02:09:08.467 --> 02:09:10.467
ALL RIGHT, AND THEN SHARON DAILY , IS SHARON

02:09:14.467 --> 02:09:16.467
HERE? SHE WAS HERE BEFORE. OKAY. AND , GOING ON NEXT IS BILL BARNER

02:09:20.467 --> 02:09:22.670
.
BARNES, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

02:09:23.633 --> 02:09:25.633
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I JUST BRIEFLY WANT

02:09:35.400 --> 02:09:37.400
TO SHARE ON BEHALF OF TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS , WE HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER,

02:09:41.400 --> 02:09:43.400
I HAVE RECEIVED PETITIONS FOR EMERGENCY

02:09:44.400 --> 02:09:46.400
EVALUATION FOR HER TWICE.

02:09:47.400 --> 02:09:49.400
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT, AND IT TOOK SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE SHERIFF

02:09:52.400 --> 02:09:54.400
COULD FIND HER. AND WHEN SHE WAS TAKEN IN, COURSE EVALUATION WAS

02:09:55.400 --> 02:09:57.400
DONE IN TWO DAYS AND SHE WAS RELEASED.
SHE IS 32 YEARS OLD, IT WAS NOT UNTIL WE MET THE INDIVIDUAL FROM

02:10:02.400 --> 02:10:04.400
COMMUNITY SERVICES, MRS. EVANS BACK HERE , AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMUNITY CRISIS

02:10:08.400 --> 02:10:10.400
SERVICES , WHICH IS FANTASTIC, THEY SUPPORTED US ALL AWAY.

02:10:14.400 --> 02:10:16.400
DAY AND NIGHT, 24 HOURS A DAY.

02:10:17.400 --> 02:10:19.400
AND MS. EVANS, I APOLOGIZE TO YOU FOR ALL OF THE PHONE

02:10:20.400 --> 02:10:22.400
CALLS, BECAUSE WE CALLED YOU MANY TIMES EVEN AFTER MIDNIGHT, WE CALL

02:10:23.333 --> 02:10:25.333
YOU ON YOUR OCCASIONS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE

02:10:26.333 --> 02:10:28.333
TO HELP AND SUPPORT. OUR GREATEST PROBLEM

02:10:29.333 --> 02:10:31.333
WAS THIS. OUR GRANDDAUGHTER TOTALLY REFUSED ALL SERVICES. AND

02:10:32.333 --> 02:10:34.333
AT 32, IT IS TIME

02:10:37.333 --> 02:10:39.333
, AND SHE IS A DANGER TO HERSELF AND EVERYONE ELSE.

02:10:41.333 --> 02:10:43.333
HER MOM, SHE TRIED TO STAB HER MOM,

02:10:46.333 --> 02:10:48.333
TRY TO STAB HER DAD, HER BROTHER, WE

02:10:49.333 --> 02:10:51.333
TOOK HER IN FOR A FEW DAYS AND WAS THE SAME THING. SO INDIVIDUALS THAT REALLY

02:10:52.333 --> 02:10:54.333
NEED HELP , AND IT REALLY NEED HELP AND ARE A

02:10:56.333 --> 02:10:58.333
DANGER TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS, IT'S GOT TO BE MANDATORY, COMPULSORY,

02:10:59.333 --> 02:11:01.333
SOME WAY, BUT IT HAS TO BE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. THERE

02:11:02.333 --> 02:11:04.333
ARE LOTS OF SERVICES. I APPLAUD THE COUNTY

02:11:05.333 --> 02:11:07.333
FOR THE SERVICES, AND TONIGHT

02:11:11.333 --> 02:11:13.333
SHOULD BE A GREAT TIME FOR EVERYONE TO BECOME MORE AWARE

02:11:14.333 --> 02:11:16.333
OF WHAT THE SERVICES ARE.

02:11:17.333 --> 02:11:20.333
I SPENT 42 YEARS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A
TEACHER, PRINCIPAL , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SOCIAL SERVICES ATTENDANT.

02:11:25.267 --> 02:11:27.267
I HAD NO CLUE WHAT THE SERVICES WERE.
NO CLUE.

02:11:29.267 --> 02:11:31.267
AND I HELPED MANY PEOPLE.

02:11:32.267 --> 02:11:34.267
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL WE WERE IN THE SITUATION [ BELL RINGING ]

02:11:35.267 --> 02:11:37.267
THAT WE FOUND THAT WE NEEDED HELP.

02:11:38.267 --> 02:11:40.267
SO, HOPEFULLY WE TRUST THAT TONIGHT WILL BE A TREMENDOUS

02:11:41.267 --> 02:11:43.267
HELP FOR EVERYBODY TONIGHT, THANK YOU.

02:11:44.267 --> 02:11:46.267
>> THANK YOU . NEXT WE WILL HAVE ARLENE WEAVER,

02:11:48.267 --> 02:11:50.267
AND AFTER ARLENE WEAVER WE WILL HAVE LAUREN JONES.

02:11:57.267 --> 02:11:59.267
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, I KNOW IT IS LATE,

02:12:00.267 --> 02:12:02.267
BUT I JUST BURIED MY NEPHEW ON SATURDAY, JOSHUA

02:12:03.267 --> 02:12:05.267
ANTOINE MILLER . HE COMMITTED SUICIDE

02:12:07.267 --> 02:12:09.267
, IT WAS A SHOCK TO THE FAMILY. NO ONE KNEW

02:12:12.267 --> 02:12:15.267
, HE DONE IT IN SECRET AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO EVERYONE
WHO LOST A FAMILY MEMBER. AS HE WAS GOING TO WORK

02:12:17.267 --> 02:12:20.267
EVERY DAY, HE WAS TRAVELING, MAKING VIDEOS TO
THE FAMILY AS HE WAS PLANNING HIS 35th BIRTHDAY PARTY ON

02:12:24.200 --> 02:12:26.200
APRIL 6 , 2024, HE WAS ALSO HELPING

02:12:29.200 --> 02:12:31.200
HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS

02:12:33.200 --> 02:12:36.200
GOING ON.
HE WAS STILL LIGHT, PUTTING OUT BUT NOT ACCEPTING ANYTHING THAT WAS DONE SECRETLY.

02:12:40.200 --> 02:12:42.200
HE WAS GOING TO WORK EVERY DAY, HIS FRIENDS, HIS COWORKERS DID KNOW,

02:12:44.200 --> 02:12:46.200
THEY CALLED HIM THE GREAT GATSBY BECAUSE HE PLANNED HIS POLICIES, A

02:12:48.200 --> 02:12:50.200
PLAN IS TOTAL FUNERAL , BURIAL, WHAT HE WAS GOING TO WEAR.

02:12:54.200 --> 02:12:56.200
HE PLANNED EVERYTHING, BUT NO ONE KNEW, THEY CALLED THE GREAT GATSBY.

02:12:57.200 --> 02:12:59.200
SO, HOW DO WE FIND OR GET THOSE SIGNS , SOMETHING, YOU KNOW

02:13:00.200 --> 02:13:02.200
HOW DO WE KNOW? AND I'M COMING UP 210 , BECAUSE

02:13:06.200 --> 02:13:08.200
I GO BACK TO WORK TOMORROW, BUT THIS IS MY DAUGHTER

02:13:09.200 --> 02:13:11.200
NICOLE COLLINS AND WE JUST AGAIN, BURIED HIM. BUT THE

02:13:14.200 --> 02:13:16.200
PROBLEM IS, I SEE THESE BOARDS, THESE DIGITAL BOARDS , BUT WHO KNEW ABOUT 988,

02:13:18.200 --> 02:13:20.200
WHEN THEY ARE NOT BEING USED FOR SNOW REMOVAL OR

02:13:21.133 --> 02:13:23.133
ACCIDENTS, THEY ARE BLANK. PUT THAT INFORMATION ON

02:13:24.133 --> 02:13:26.133
THOSE BOARDS SO SOMEONE KNOWS AND THEY CAN

02:13:28.133 --> 02:13:30.133
SEE AS THEY DRIVE UP THE HIGHWAY EVERY DAY.

02:13:31.133 --> 02:13:33.133
THERE ARE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF TRAVELERS COMING UP 210 ON THE HIGHWAY.

02:13:35.133 --> 02:13:37.133
THREE WEEKS PRIOR MY MOM HAD A MILD STROKE . THANKFULLY, MY DAUGHTER AND MY SISTER WERE

02:13:39.133 --> 02:13:41.133
THERE WITH HER AND HAD TO TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL

02:13:42.133 --> 02:13:44.133
AND THE BILLBOARDS SAID, SILVER TOYOTA , SILVER ALERT, IT

02:13:48.133 --> 02:13:50.133
WAS HIS OVER TOYOTA COROLLA, THAT WAS MY MOM'S CAR, SO IF I DIDN'T

02:13:52.133 --> 02:13:54.133
KNOW SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, I WOULD HAVE PANICKED DRIVING

02:13:55.133 --> 02:13:57.133
, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. BUT AGAIN, WE LEFT

02:14:00.133 --> 02:14:02.133
HER NEPHEW , DID KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, HAD

02:14:03.133 --> 02:14:06.133
NO CLUE. BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME KIND
OF SIGN , BUT NO ONE KNEW WHAT IT WAS. THANK YOU.

02:14:07.367 --> 02:14:09.000
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU , JOSHUA WAS A FRIEND OF MINE,

02:14:12.133 --> 02:14:14.133
TOO AND THIS IS DEVASTATING FOR MYSELF AND EVEN

02:14:17.133 --> 02:14:19.133
COUNCILMAN BURROUGHS, WE KNEW JOSH VERY WELL. THANK

02:14:21.670 --> 02:14:23.670
YOU. NEXT, IS LAUREN JONES AND THEN DUANE BROWN.

02:14:27.670 --> 02:14:29.670
>> GREETINGS, MY NAME IS LAUREN JONES

02:14:30.670 --> 02:14:32.670
AND I'M A DULY LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER WITH

02:14:33.670 --> 02:14:35.670
OVER 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF EMOTIONAL WELLNESS

02:14:36.670 --> 02:14:38.670
AND HONESTLY, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN A

02:14:40.670 --> 02:14:42.670
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, BUT WE FINALLY --

02:14:44.670 --> 02:14:46.670
? CAN YOU TURN YOUR MIC ON? IS IT ON ?

02:14:48.670 --> 02:14:50.670
GO AHEAD, SORRY. CONTINUE.

02:14:51.670 --> 02:14:53.670
>> BUT

02:14:55.670 --> 02:14:57.670
WE FINALLY HAVE A SPOTLIGHT DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

02:15:00.670 --> 02:15:03.670
AND I AM SPEAKING AS A RESOURCE, I'M SPEAKING
AS A FOUNDER AND A CLINICAL DIRECTOR OF A NONPROFIT, PROPELLED

02:15:06.670 --> 02:15:08.670
PRODUCT CENTER. AND WE ARE THE

02:15:10.670 --> 02:15:13.670
CENTER OF ECONOMIC SO WE HELP THOSE BY PROVIDING THERAPEUTIC SERVICES AND
CURATED EXPERIENCES FOR WORKAHOLICS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON

02:15:18.670 --> 02:15:20.670
ENTREPRENEURS . BECAUSE IN ORDER TO DO WELL WE HAVE TO

02:15:24.000 --> 02:15:27.000
BE WELL. AND HOWEVER AS AN ESSENTIAL WORKER I AM EXHAUSTED, AND
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SHORTAGES WITHIN THE MENTAL

02:15:29.000 --> 02:15:32.000
HEALTH PROFESSION AND THE CAPACITY OF OUR NETWORKS WE
HAVE THE CAPACITY PRIORITIZED THE NETWORKER OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES

02:15:36.000 --> 02:15:38.000
THAT WE OWN , PRIVATE PRACTICES WE RUN. SO WE

02:15:39.000 --> 02:15:41.000
NEED SUPPORT BY ONE, HELPING US NAVIGATE OPERATIONAL

02:15:42.000 --> 02:15:44.000
CHALLENGES THAT IMPACT OUR PROGRAMMING. FOR EXAMPLE,

02:15:45.000 --> 02:15:47.000
MARKETING AND PROMOTION

02:15:51.000 --> 02:15:54.000
AS A PRIVATE PRACTICE YOU DON'T HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF MARKETING DOLLARS TO ADVERTISE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE

02:15:57.000 --> 02:16:00.000
ARE HERE. ALSO, HELPING US STREAMLINE INSURANCE CREDENTIALING,
WE WOULD LOVE TO ACCEPT EVERYONE, BUT NAVIGATING THAT IS DIFFICULT AND THE

02:16:03.000 --> 02:16:05.000
REIMBURSEMENT RATE IS TRASH.

02:16:06.000 --> 02:16:08.000
ALSO PROVIDING GRANTS FOR CEU'S TO MAINTAIN

02:16:09.000 --> 02:16:11.000
OUR LICENSE AND GRANT FOR SELF-CARE, BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT

02:16:12.000 --> 02:16:14.000
FOR US . ALSO, INCLUSION AND ACCESS TO

02:16:19.000 --> 02:16:21.000
THE COUNTYWIDE RESOURCE DIRECTORY.
I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE

02:16:21.933 --> 02:16:24.933
, WILL UP TO COLLABORATE. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I EXIST, I AM A MENTAL
HEALTH NONPROFIT YOU GUYS PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT

02:16:26.933 --> 02:16:28.933
, EXCEPT FOR CALVIN HAWKINS THROUGH SOME GRANT MONEY ADDED

02:16:32.933 --> 02:16:34.933
S.

02:16:37.933 --> 02:16:40.933
AND SO WE ARE HERE AND WE WANT TO HELP. SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE SOME
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FROM YOU ALL. AND LASTLY, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE STIGMA AND

02:16:41.933 --> 02:16:43.933
THE MISTRUST WITHIN THE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY. THERE'S

02:16:44.933 --> 02:16:46.933
NO WAY THAT WE CAN POSTURE OURSELVES

02:16:47.933 --> 02:16:49.933
AS WE ARE HERE WHEN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS ROOTED IN TRAUMA

02:16:50.933 --> 02:16:52.933
THAT HAS TRIGGERED [ BELL RINGING ] AND RETRAUMATIZED A LOT OF MINORITY PEOPLE

02:16:56.933 --> 02:16:59.933
, SO WE NEED HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM [
BELL RINGING ] IF PEOPLE ARE GENUINELY GOING TO OPEN ABOUT THE

02:17:02.933 --> 02:17:04.933
DEEPEST, DARKEST HILLS THE PLAYPEN.

02:17:05.933 --> 02:17:07.933
SO THANK YOU AGAIN MY NAME IS LAUREN JONES, PREBUILT PRODUCTION CENTER,

02:17:08.933 --> 02:17:10.933
HOPEFULLY WE HEAR FROM YOU GUYS WE ARE EXCITED TO PARTNER.

02:17:11.933 --> 02:17:13.933
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

02:17:14.933 --> 02:17:16.933
NEXT IS DUANE BROWN AND AFTER DUANE BROWN

02:17:17.933 --> 02:17:19.933
OUR LAST SPEAKER WILL BE PAULETTE KING.

02:17:23.933 --> 02:17:25.933
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, HOW'S

02:17:29.933 --> 02:17:31.933
EVERYONE DOING? I COME ON A LIGHTER NOTE. I AM AN ARTIST

02:17:35.933 --> 02:17:37.933
. THE REASON WHY AND HERE IS BECAUSE RECENTLY, I HAD A FILM THAT

02:17:38.933 --> 02:17:40.933
JUST CAME OUT THAT HELP WITH ALL OF THESE ISSUES

02:17:41.933 --> 02:17:43.933
YOU TALKED ABOUT. ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS, IT WAS TOLD

02:17:47.933 --> 02:17:50.933
CALLED, O'TOOLE SECRET, THE WEBSITE.
I REACHED OUT TO ALL AGENCIES TO ADVERTISE MY FILM.

02:17:53.933 --> 02:17:55.933
THE NAME OF THE FILM IS THE UNTOLD SECRET, THE FLIPSIDE.

02:17:59.933 --> 02:18:01.933
NEXT FILM IS GOING TO BE UP POSTPARTUM TO DEPRESSION. MY HEART

02:18:02.933 --> 02:18:04.933
GOES OUT TO YOU FOR YOUR LOSS IN THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. FOR MONTHS

02:18:08.933 --> 02:18:10.933
, I TRIED TO REACH OUT FOR THE PREMIER AT THE BOYS CENTER PERFORMING ARTS

02:18:14.933 --> 02:18:16.933
TRY TO CONNECT WITH ALL THE EVENT.

02:18:19.933 --> 02:18:21.933
TO GIVE THEM INFORMATION AS WELL.

02:18:25.867 --> 02:18:27.867
I AM BRINGING BACK OUT AND I'M TAKING MY FILM TO BALTIMORE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS I'M
GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO D.C.. BUT I ASK YOU AGAIN

02:18:29.867 --> 02:18:31.867
MY NAME IS DUANE BROWN, THE NAME OF MY

02:18:33.867 --> 02:18:35.867
PRODUCTION COMPANY IS WE GOT OUR 40 ACRES.COM AND YOU CAN GET INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

02:18:37.867 --> 02:18:40.867
SO, WE ARE GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO THE D.C. AREA
PROBABLY AFTER THE WEATHER IN FEBRUARY OR SO.

02:18:46.867 --> 02:18:48.867
SO, ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO PARTNER, WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION TO COME OUT AND
GET INFORMATION OF THE PREMIER. WE HAVE TABLES AND WE GET

02:18:50.867 --> 02:18:52.867
OUT INFORMATION ON THESE TOPICS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. SO I AM HERE IF YOU'RE

02:18:53.867 --> 02:18:55.867
WILLING TO PARTNER ,

02:18:57.867 --> 02:18:59.867
AND WHEN MY FILM PREMIERES AGAIN, AGAIN MY NAME IS DUANE BROWN,

02:19:02.867 --> 02:19:04.867
YOU GO TO WE GOT OUR 40 ACRES.COM .

02:19:05.867 --> 02:19:07.867
THE EMAIL IS DR BROWN TV FILM AND I'M WAITING TO TALK TO YOU.

02:19:11.867 --> 02:19:13.867
HAVE A BLESSED EVENING.

02:19:14.867 --> 02:19:16.867
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS PAULETTE

02:19:17.867 --> 02:19:19.867
KING. AND, IF PAULETTE KING IS NOT HERE, IS

02:19:23.800 --> 02:19:25.800
PAULETTE KING HERE?

02:19:39.800 --> 02:19:41.800
[ WHISPERING ] IS THAT MISS PAULETTE KING?
>> GOOD EVENING TO YOU ALL.

02:19:47.800 --> 02:19:50.800
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'VE GOT A LOT OF
INFORMATION HERE TONIGHT. BUT I DIDN'T GET ANY TO SATISFY ME

02:19:54.800 --> 02:19:56.800
. MY HUSBAND HAS OCD , DEMENTIA OF THE

02:19:59.800 --> 02:20:01.800
ALZHEIMER'S TYPE, AND IF ASIA DUE TO HAVING STROKES.

02:20:03.800 --> 02:20:05.800
I CAN'T GET NO HELP IN THE COUNTY. I HAVE

02:20:06.800 --> 02:20:08.800
BEEN IN THE COUNTY ALL MY LIFE , AND I AM 70 YEARS OLD. AND

02:20:11.800 --> 02:20:13.800
I HAVE BEEN A CAREGIVER ALL MY LIFE.
NOW IT IS TIME FOR ME MAKE

02:20:16.800 --> 02:20:18.800
I CAN'T EVEN GET A JOB NOW BECAUSE I HAVE TO STAY WITH MY

02:20:21.733 --> 02:20:23.733
HUSBAND 24/7. AND I ALSO HAVE DEPRESSION , AND ANXIETY.

02:20:26.733 --> 02:20:28.733
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GARNER THAT AND WORK THAT WITH MY

02:20:33.733 --> 02:20:35.733
YOU KNOW, MY IDEAS THAT I HAVE , HOW TO KEEP IT

02:20:37.733 --> 02:20:40.733
DOWN, HOW TO KEEP THE ANXIETY DOWN.
BUT WAIT, I AM ABOUT TO BLOW UP. I CAN'T DO NOTHING WITH MY HUSBAND

02:20:44.733 --> 02:20:46.733
, I CAN DO NOTHING FOR MY HUSBAND.
AND I FEEL SO LOST IN THE COUNTY THAT I AND ALL

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MY LIFE. ALL MY LIFE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY , ALL OF US ARE GOING TO GET OLD.

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IS IT BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT I
AM GOING TO HAVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE MONEY TO

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PAY FOR CERTAIN THINGS, BUT ALL OF US

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ARE GOING TO GET OLD. AND WE HAVE GOT TO START PUTTING THESE OLD PEOPLE
UP ON. IT'S A LOT OF OLD PEOPLE THAT ARE DYING.

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THEY IN THEIR HOUSES DYING, NOBODY'S CALLING THEM, NOBODY'S DOING NOTHING. PLEASE, HELP!

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[ APPLAUSE ]

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>> I HEAR YOU, MISS KING.

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THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT BUT BEFORE WE CLOSE,

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IT IS A COUPLE OF THINGS ?
>> I HOPE YOU FOLLOW-UP , JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE

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MY COLLEAGUES , PAT FLETCHER FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,

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AND ALSO BOARD MEMBER EUBANKS HEAR FROM EARLIER. THANK

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YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. IT'S BEEN A

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LONG NIGHT, WE ARE HERE LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE, BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT
FOR US TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY WHO SIGNED UP. AND, WE

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WILL LOOK FOR DR. LEVY, FOR HIS TEAM,

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DR. LEADER AND HIS TEAM WERE HERE TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE

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AND WE HAVE OUR STATE DELEGATES HERE.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING UP WITH A PLAN TO ADDRESS MANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT

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WERE BROUGHT HERE. I'M SORRY, COUNCILWOMAN WILL TURNED AWAY.

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>> THANK YOU MADAM

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CHAIRMAN, JUST BREATHE . A COUPLE OF THINGS

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I HEARD TONIGHT. I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS BUT IN 1981, RONALD REAGAN

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D INSTITUTIONALIZE THE MENTALLY ILL AND THAT IS KIND OF

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THE ROOT TO SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

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AND SOMETHING THAT THE LAST WOMAN JUST MENTIONED,

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HALF OF ALL ADULTS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC REPORTED EXPERIENCING LONELINESS.

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AND, THE SURGEON GENERAL, DR. DEEPAK MURPHY ,

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HE DID AN ENTIRE REPORT ON LONELINESS AND