Governor Tim Walz announced that Minnesota will spend $40 million in federal pandemic relief funds a-mist health care capacity challenges. The goal of the funds is to hire more health care workers to help hospitals challenged by staffing as the Omicron variant spreads. Read more about this news on the mn.gov news page.
The National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems https://ncapps.acl.gov/ncapps-shorts.html Acknowledging and understanding a person’s racial and cultural identities is essential for providing person-centered supports. In a new series of short videos, NCAPPS community members share their thoughts on how their racial and cultural identities shape their expectations and views of support systems.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) created a new flyer to help people find help when they need it. Read more about it on the Administration for Community Living (ACL) website.
Last month, the Council on Quality and Leadership finished its 8-part Personal Outcome Measures® (POM) Indicator Webinar Series. These webinars confronted common questions and misconceptions that people may face when conducting POM interviews. The series aimed to amplify attendee understanding about how the indicator is defined, bring more clarity to decision-making about the presence of outcomes and supports, […]
The city of Minneapolis launched a pilot project to provide an alternative to police response on 911 calls for mental health emergencies. The Behavioral Crisis Response Teams (BCR) aim to provide crisis intervention and counseling to respond to mental health crisis calls. Currently, mobile units will operate throughout Minneapolis from 7:30 a.m. to midnight on […]
DEC is excited to announce that the Multitiered System of Support Framework in Early Childhood position statement is now available! This position statement replaces the 2013 Frameworks for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood: Description and Implications. The purpose of the revised statement is to define an early childhood multitiered system of support (MTSS) framework and […]
NAMI Statement on the Decision of FCC to Require Text-to-988 Nov 18 2021 Arlington, VA — The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) released a statement today in response to the decision of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require telecommunication providers to support text messaging to 988*, the new national three-digit number for suicide prevention […]
The Arc’s National Center on Criminal Justice and Disabilities (NCCJD) offers a free recorded session on the rights of individuals with disabilities who have been victims of crime. The session addresses key issues including: the right to live free from violence, the right to get help and support after victimization, and the right to speak […]
The December 2021 edition of Access Press is now available and includes a primer on the upcoming legislative session. Mission Access Press exists to promote the social inclusion and legal rights of people with disabilities by providing a forum for news, features, opinion and conversation to benefit people who are often invisible and marginalized in mainstream […]
