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Collaborate Hawaii SAMHSA Team

Since April 2013 we have worked with SAMHSA's Service Members, Veterans and Famililies ( SMVF ) Tecnical Assistance Center.

This is their Motto..,

Supporting America’s service men and women—Active Duty, National Guard, Reserve, and Veteran—together with their families and communities by leading efforts to ensure that needed behavioral health services are accessible and that outcomes are positive.

They are charged with the mission of working with states, tribes and territories to develope behavioral health systems that are responsive and effective at meeting the needs of our service members veterans and their families.

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Click here to order and view SAMHSA Publications

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Suicide Prevention Resource Center Training Institute Webinar Archives

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STRENGTHENING OUR MILITARY FAMILIES

" This government-wide review will bring together the resources of the Federal Government, identify new opportunities across the public and private sectors, and lay the foundation for a coordinated approach to supporting and engaging military families for years to come." -Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States, May 12, 2010

Report: Strengthening Our Military Families

Major General Wong TAG with Mike Peacock and his assistant SK

The Strategic Plan of the Hawaii SAMHSA SMVF Team

Priority 1

Engage and Empower Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families

click here to view priority 1

Priority 2

Create and Maintain a Centralized DATA/Information System

Our ESRI ArcGIS Mapping Project

view priority 2 by clicking here

Priority 3

Educate Stakeholders about Military Culture, Evidence-Based Practice and Appropriate Referral

click here to view priority 3

Priority 4

Advocacy at Legislative Level

view priority 4 by clicking here

Priority 5

Stigma Reduction ( Recommend Become Integrated with All Others )

click here to view priority 5

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TAG prepares to share with us "One More is One Less"

VISION and LEADERSHIP

The "8" Strategic Initiatives of SAMHSA

Where there is no vision the people and their efforts will fail. Do not throw away your confidence which has great rewards.

1. ) Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness

 Creating communities where individuals, families, schools, faith-based organizations, and workplaces take action to promote emotional health and reduce the likelihood of mental illness, and substance abuse.

2. ) Trauma and Justice

 Reducing the pervasive, harmful, and costly health impact of violence and trauma by integrating trauma - informed approaches throughout health, behavioral health, and related systems.

3. ) Military Families

 Supporting America's service men and women - active duty, National Guard, Reserve, and Veteran - together with their families and communities by leading efforts to ensure that needed behavioral health services are accessible and that outcomes are positive.

4. ) Recovery Support

Partnering with people in recovery along with their family members to guide the behavioral health system resulting in better supportive services and recovery outcomes.

5. ) Health Reform

 Increase access to appropraite high quality prevention, treatment and recovery services while reducing disparities that currently exist between mental health and substance use disorder services today.

6. ) Health Information Technology

 Seeks full participation from States, and community providers along with Peer and prevention specialists in the adoption of health information technology and interoperable electronic health records.

7. ) Data, Outcomes, and Quality

Realize a integrated data strategy with a national framework that informs policy and creates quality improvement in the behavioral health care systems.

8. ) Public Awareness and Support

Increase the understanding of mental and substance use disorders. Show that there are many pathways to recovery. Give people hope to achieve their full potential.

Click on this link to view the publication: Leading Change: A Plan for SAMHSA's Roles and Actions 2011 - 2014

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Reports about VA Peer Support

 Overview of Peer Support Programs

This is an overview of types of peer programs available from the VHA and non-VA community.

Click here for PDF of report

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Monitoring the Dissemination of Peer Support in the VA Healthcare System

This study illustrates a monitoring system for Peer Support programs.

Click here for PDF of report

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 This page has been created by Michael Peacock as a place where all interested parties can come and learn about the resources that are available as a result of the work of a group of people who are seeking to improve access to services for our Military community here in Hawaii and the Islands of the Pacific.

 

CLICK THIS LINK TO SUPPORT OUR WORK ON THIS PROJECT WITH A DONATION

Click this link to view the updated Strategic Plan of the "Hawaii SAMHSA SMVF Team"

Baltimore Training

 INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE on MILITARY and VETERANS MENTAL HEALTH

On August 31, 2012, the President signed an Executive Order directing the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, and Health and Human Services, in coordination with other federal agencies, to take a number of steps to ensure that Veterans, Service Members, and their families receive the mental health services and supports they need. ( Read this report for more information )

Report: Interagency Task Force on Military and Veterans Mental Health

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Community Conversations About Mental Health

  • Discussion Guide : Intended for use in holding community conversation meetings of 8 - 12 people each.
  • Information Brief : Provides Data and facts regarding Mental Health and Mental illness and how communities can improve prevention
  • Planning Guide : Describes variety of ways in which people can facilitate community conversations and take next steps to raise local level awareness about mental health.

These SAMHSA Publications are the starting point for community conversations from which we can seek to improve Services ( i.e. Mental Health, Medical, Dental, and Educational ) for our Servicemembers, Veterans and their Families in Hawaii and the Islands of the Pacific.

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Click here to view resources from the Military Families Learning Community

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Lt. Col. Noh and SK of TAG

DEVELOPING COMPETITIVE SAMHSA GRANT APPLICATIONS

Click here to view the above resource.

This publication was created to help you acquire the skills and the resources needed to plan, write, and prepare a competitive grant application for SAMHSA funding.

GRANT APPLICANT RESOURCES

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Stigma Reduction

California Strategic Plan on Reducing Mental Health Stigma and Discrimination.

Click here for Complete Report

or just review this..,

Excerpt : Part 3 "Executive Summary"

Stigma reduction is a vital part of making Mental Health services available to Service Members Veterans and Families.

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PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES

Click here to view this report

Services that are designed and delivered by people who have experienced recovery and life change from the negative effects of Mental Health and Substance use disorders are Peer Recovery Support Services.

SAMHSA's Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network

Recovery Support Services are Social Vehicles for Change ( resource page )

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DATA helps our Work

Hawaii State and County Veteran Population Numbers

Numbers for State and Individual Counties Combined

Numbers by Counties

Overall State Numbers

 This link below is a lesson so that you can learn how to mine for the DATA

Here in this PDF you will find a lesson that teaches you about utiluzing the "United States Census - American Community Survey ( ACS ) to obtain data about your State Military and Veteran populations.

DATA SHARING / DATA INTERGRATION LEARNING COMMUNITY PDF of PPT

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Stand Down at DAV Nimitz

Women Veterans Resources

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Women Veterans Call Center

1-855-829-6636

Click on the name to learn more

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TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE for Women Veterans Experiencing Homelessness

Click here to view this guide for Service Providers from the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor

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Addressing the Needs of Women and Girls: Developing Core Competencies for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service Professionals ( view report here )

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Mental Health and Women in the Military

Click here for PDF of a PPT

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Office of Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

click here to view this resource

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Women Veterans VA Health Care

This website provides information about health care services available to women veterans. Learn what the VA is doing to meet your health care needs.

view this resource by clicking here

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Outreach Toolkit for Women Veterans

National Women Veterans Communications Workgroup created this toolkit for outreach to women veterans.

click here to view this resource

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Updated by Mike Peacock 18 November 2020 Hawaii Vet 2 Vet.

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