Op Ed January 9, 2020 – by Vic Topo Seacoast Online Over the course of my thirty-five year career, I have been asked what it is that I enjoy most about serving as CEO of a NH community mental health center. What comes to mind first is being in a position where I lead organizational […]
A History of Making a Difference
Op Ed October 24, 2019 – by Eric Johnson NH Business Review On Oct. 31, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act into law, which dramatically altered the delivery of mental health services across the country. The law’s passage encouraged a new era of optimism in mental health care. This pivotal […]
Making a Difference in Our Mental Health
Op Ed October 15, 2019 – by Eric Johnson Conway Daily Sun On Oct. 31, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act into law which dramatically altered the delivery of mental health services across the country. The law’s passage encouraged a new era of optimism in mental health care. This pivotal […]
It’s Time NH Aimed for Substance Mental Health Funding
Op Ed December 8, 2018 – by Craig Amoth Keene Sentinel With New Hampshire’s midterm elections behind us, there are major changes in the works in Washington and at the Statehouse in Concord. What has not changed is the critical need for our elected officials to come together in 2019 and address the ongoing mental […]
My Turn: Mind Your Language When Talking About Mental Illness
Op Ed August 8, 2019 – by Peter Evers We talk a great deal about words that we use to describe mental illness. There has been a significant move toward progress here. Media outlets have been mindful of how they report on suicide; there are protocols that help them get the news out without contributing […]
No Workforce Relief for Health Care Providers
Op Ed August 6, 2019 – by Maggie Pritchard As the CEO of a mid-sized business in the Lakes Region, I share the same problem that many businesses, for-profit and non-profit, are facing in New Hampshire right now: not enough qualified workers to fill open positions. Because it’s summer, most recent news stories have focused […]
Of Mice and Mental Health
Op Ed June 30, 2019 – by Bill Rider Building our state’s budget can feel a bit like Hasbro’s Mouse Trap. Somewhere in there the green plastic boot that is “spending targets” sets a roll on an efficiency budget. Then come multiple recommendations, hearings, and conference committees, all sliding, leveraging, leaping to capture New Hampshire […]
NHCBHA Comments on New Ten Year Plan
Press Release June 21, 2019 Concord, NH – As the House and Senate members of the committee of conference finalized an agreement on the state’s two-year operating budget on Thursday, Peter Evers, President of the NH Community Behavioral Health Association, made this statement: “The NH Community Behavioral Health Association appreciates and applauds the work of […]
Adequate Mental Health Funding Helps Our Biggest Asset – Children
Op Ed June 8, 2019 – by Suellen Griffin For far too long, there has been discouraging news about New Hampshire’s mental health system and the obstacles that people in a psychiatric crisis encounter when trying to access care. Hospital emergency department boarding is a daily occurrence; high staff turnover at community mental health centers […]
Funding Mental Health Needs in the 2020-2021 State Operating Budget
NHCBHA Position Paper April 2019 Overview As the 2020-2021 NH State budget moves to the Senate, there are differing opinions about which mental health system services and programs are the highest priority items, in which order they need to be addressed, and how they will move the new 10-Year Mental Health Plan forward. Whatever decisions […]