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Chelsea's Chat; Tips for holiday substance use safety planning; Raise Up Oregon: A statewide plan for young children; Oregon pilot project gains international recognition; Resources for serving transgender individuals and their families; Morrison Child & Family Services expands access; What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings.
Chelsea's Chat; Spark meaningful conversations this November; Fall is a critical time to prioritize suicide prevention in Oregon schools; OHA and ODE Partner to Boost Schools' Capacity to Reverse Overdoses; Beth Villard Joins CFBH as Youth Behavioral Health Coordinator; Supporting early childhood providers: The Infant/Toddler Mental Health graduate certificate and scholarships; What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
Kathleen's Chat; Looping back to community and families: Intensive Treatment Service Level of Care criteria; Community conversation: PRTF and day treatment services; Advancing care through collaboration: new Community of Practice for PRTFs; Discovery Academy Recovery school opens in Salem; OHA hosts informational sessions on Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems (CSMHSs) and School Health Assessment and Performance Evaluation (SHAPE) System; Highlights from the 2025 Youth IDD/Mental Health Summit and plans for 2026; Changes to Big River Suicide Prevention trainings; Oregon launches new CONNECT Service Members, Veterans, and their Families (SMVF) curriculum; Elevating community voices in suicide prevention; What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings.
Chelsea's Chat; September is Suicide Prevention Month; 2025 Youth IDD/Mental Health Summit; New partnership expands residential treatment options for youth; Review of proposed ITS Rules; Six new Young Adults in Transition residential homes open this summer; Carissa Page joins OHA as CFBH Project Manager; OCALI Navigation Essentials: "Health Concerns for Youth with Complex Needs"; What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings
Chelsea's Chat; CFBH receives key post-session investments for 2025–27; Learning across the nation; Addressing the crisis: Why Black youth suicide prevention matters; Putting culture at the center of suicide prevention; OHA launches "Connect to Hope" awareness campaign, data dashboard on third anniversary of 988; 500 referrals and counting: An EASY milestone; Changes at InterCommunity Health Network; Life-Sustaining Practices Fellowship launches healing toolkit; What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings
Chelsea's Chat; Coming together in August: Summits supporting children and youth well-being; Youth and Family Peer Support Specialists must meet certification requirements to bill Medicaid; Recordings from I/DD and Mental Health training series now available; Secure storage saves a life; FaithBridge Portland hosts suicide prevention event; University of Oregon Honors John Seeley with Top Research Award; Dr. Karen Bos, Consulting Child Psychiatrist at CFBH; What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
Chelsea's Chat; Community Conversation: Intensive Treatment Service Level of Care criteria; Intensive In-Home Behavioral Health Treatment at a glance: 2024 highlights and outcomes; Empowering clinicians: OHA's annual Parent-Child Interaction Therapy conference; Black Youth Suicide Prevention Coalition hosts first Town Hall; 2025 Sources Showcase honors youth-led suicide prevention work in Oregon; Celebrating leaders in mental health and suicide prevention; Introducing the newest team member at the EASA Center for Excellence: Karma Clarke-Jung; What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings
In this issue…
Chelsea's Chat; 2020–2024 CFBH Roadmap: reflections, results, and the road ahead; Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan Annual Report; Families leading children's behavioral health policy systems workgroup to focus on level of care criteria in May; School-based mental health: Malheur County spotlight; Elevating mobile crisis care: highlights from Oregon's Training Academy; Oregon's suicide prevention work featured at national conference; 2025 Oregon Alliance annual summit; Oregon Youth Behavioral Health Summit: supporting student well-being in 2025; What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings
Chelsea's Chat; Report issued for Senate Bill 1577 (2024); Sources of Strength; Tribe spotlight; SAGE program celebrates 10 years; Parents helping parents: Reach Out Oregon Warmline; What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
Chelsea's Chat; Listening to Families: Beyond the Diagnosis; Building change for I/DD; Community Conversation: Psychiatric residential and day treatment services; Upcoming webinars on minor consent: review and discussion of Oregon's rules; Intensive Treatment Services update; Update on new PRTF construction in Boardman, Oregon; Strengthening Mobile Response and Stabilization Services for youth with I/DD and their families; Free mental health resources for Oregon elementary schools; Katie Clemo joins CFBH as Youth and Young Adult Substance Use Disorder Policy Coordinator; Empowering families through early childhood mental health services; What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
Chelsea's Chat; 2025 legislative session: Impact on youth and family behavioral health; A legislative success for Oregon's behavioral health workforce; Expedited Assessment Services for Youth (EASY) expands; Launching the Response and Support Network : A pilot success; Your input is needed: Youth Suicide Prevention ¡Necesitamos tu opinión!; Black Youth Suicide Prevention Coalition youth leaders meet in Portland; Celebrating support: A thank you to our partners; Children's System Advisory Council; Increase your awareness of eating disorders; Fostering allyship for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) communities; What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
Christa's Chat; Implementation kick-off for the Principles to Outcome-Driven Practices pilot project; Clarifying minor consent rules for behavioral health; Eating disorder training series: save the dates; Update on Rule Advisories; National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH): Advancing School Mental Health; New Every Child Belongs program to address early childhood behavior concerns; OHA is seeking individuals to join the new Oregon Tobacco Prevention and Education Program (TPEP) Council; What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings
Christa's Chat; Promoting mental health awareness in youth sports; Upcoming Rules Advisories; Request for Information: Young Adults in Transition Residential Treatment Homes; Addressing the mental health crisis facing parents: insights from Dr. Vivek Murthy's advisory; Youth & Young Adult Substance Use Prevention & Recovery Symposium II; In-patient services – Update on the Referral and Capacity Management (RCM) tool and current data; Events – Opportunities – Resources
Chelsea's Chat; Mental health coalition and partnership with first responders supports awareness of 988 resource; Give us your thoughts on children's behavioral health; Community First Choice “K Plan" for mental health update; Trillium Family Services opens new psychiatric day treatment facility in Salem; Updated fentanyl toolkit for schools and opioid prevention lessons now available ; Policy option package for student mental health and wellness; Five highlights from the agency request budget; Salma Abdulkadir joins the CFBH team; Tribal suicide prevention efforts highlight the power of culture; Culture is prevention: Tribal training for Sources of Strength; Gratitude from the CFBH Team; What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
Events, opportunities and resources for youth and families, the behavioral health community and suicide prevention trainings
Chelsea's Chat; Please share your thoughts on children's behavioral health; 2024 Peer Fusion Retreat; Young adult work at OHA; School attendance matters; In community; Construction underway for new residential facility in Eastern Oregon; Referral and Capacity Management (RCM); What we are reading or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
In this issue...
Chelsea's Chat; National connection opportunity; Suicide Prevention Awareness Month; Oregon's Youth IDD Mental Health Summit; Welcome Anis Zaman – Hatfield Fellow; January-June updates to the CFBH Roadmap; Home and Community-Based Services – Senate Bill 1557 (2024) – Updates; Behavioral Health Youth Engagement report; Feeling PRIDE in Eastern Oregon; Wraparound – a success story from Christianna Rhoads; Interdisciplinary Assessment Teams — Expedited Assessment Services for Youth (EASY); Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) provider education – input needed; What we are reading, watching or listening to; Events – Opportunities – Resources
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