At the recent annual retreat the Board of Directors of the NH Mental Health Council designated Criminal Justice as a fourth Workgroup topic. The initiation of this Workgroup comes out of the productive efforts that were begun by the Commission to Develop a Comprehensive State Mental Health Plan. [See Volume III of Fulfilling the Promise: Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System].
The Mental Health Council strongly supports improving awareness and integrating mental health issues into various levels of the criminal justice system (i.e., diversion, treatment, re-entry, police training).
Workgroup members have yet to be named.
With Laura Knoy on The Exchange on Thursday, October 8, 2009.
Over the past year the number of mental health patients in New Hampshire jumped by thirteen percent. But even as demand for services goes up, budget cuts are on their way that could affect the amount support that’s provided. The Exchange looks at how the Granite State delivers mental health care and how it will deal with rising caseloads and the lack of funding to support those cases.
Guests on the show
- Jay Couture, Executive Director of Seacoast Mental Health Center and Director of the New Hampshire Community Behavioral Health Association New Hampshire Community Behavioral Health Association
- Nick Toumpas, Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human ServicesFran Wendelboe, Republican Representative from New Hampton and member of the New Hampshire House Finance Committee
Title: Public Policy Meeting – October 2009
Location: 4 Park Street, Suite 304 Conference Room, Concord, NH
Description: Second Tuesday of the Month
Start Time: 9:00
Date: 2009-10-13
End Time: 10:30
NOTE: THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Title: Integrated Care Workgroup Meeting – 10/09
Location: 4 Park Street, Suite 304 Conference Room, Concord, NH
Description: Meets Every Other Month, Fourth Wednesday
Start Time: 9:00
Date: 2009-10-28
End Time: 10:30
