With funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), the NGA Center will hold three web casts during 2007.

Webcast 3
September 25, 2007
3:30 pm–5:00 pm EST
Supportive Housing for People with Mental Illness:
Regaining a Life in the Community

View the archived webcast video here!

Speakers:

• Carol Wilkins, Director of Intergovernmental Policy, Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH)
  (Bio) (Presentation) (CSH Web site: Resources | Publications)

• Virginia Trotter Betts, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
  (Bio) (Joint Presentation—Betts, Chatman)

• Patricia Chatman, Deputy Executive Director, Tennessee Housing Development Agency
  (Bio) (Presentation—see link above)

• Beverly Valdes, Supportive Housing Tenant
  

Meeting Materials:

• Meeting Announcement
• Issue Brief: Regaining a Life in the Community
• Evaluation Form (Word Document)
  

Webcast 2
July 31, 2007
Promoting Independence and Recovery Through Work:
Employment for People with Psychiatric Disabilities

Serious mental illnesses rank first among illnesses that cause disability in the U.S. People with psychiatric disabilities have the highest rate of unemployment of any group with disabilities. People with mental illnesses want to work and research shows that with the right support they can work.

The web cast will explore strategies and model programs for helping people with mental illnesses get back to work.

View the archived webcast video here!

• Mary Blake, Public Health Advisor, SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services and former Director of Training & Communications, Consumer Action Network.
  (Bio) (Presentation)
  
  
• Paul Gorman, Ed.D., President and CEO, West Central Behavioral Health and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College Medical School.
  (Bio) (Presentation)
  
  
• Robert A. Burns, Director, Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS), Department of Education.
  (Bio) (Presentation)

Meeting Materials:

• Meeting Announcement
• AHP Issue Brief: Promoting Independence and Recovery through Work
• Evaluation Form (Word Document)

View the archived webcast video here!

• Meeting Presentation Slides
• AHP Issue Brief: Transforming Mental Health Care to Support Recovery
• Evaluation Form (Word Document)
• Meeting Announcement

Speaker Biographies:

• Terry Cline, Administrator, SAMHSA
  (Bio)

• A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA
  (Bio)

• Wilma Townsend, President, WLT Consulting
  (Bio)