Monday, August 25, 2003

Task force seeks input on mental health proposal (Michigan)
Detroit Free Press story - "A Wayne County mental health task force is planning to hold the first of three public hearings Tuesday on whether it should change the Detroit-Wayne County Community Mental Health Agency to an authority, giving it greater autonomy. Since last fall, some community mental health -- or CMH -- service providers have had trouble getting paid; some clients say services were cut. Both have said it's hard to know who is in charge, said Wayne County Commission Chairwoman Jewel Ware. The concerns led to commissioners setting up the task force. Now that task force is considering changing the CMH to an authority, like 37 of the state's other 47 CMHs."  
  

Mental health care lacking for children in foster system (Kansas)
Story in the Lawrence Journal-World on a daylong discussion organized by Rep. Brenda Landwehr, R-Wichita and chairwoman of the Joint Committee on Children's Issues -discussions which made it apparent that "despite repeated efforts to fix the problem, much-needed information still does not follow children through the foster care system."