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January 2019 – February 2019
Page 1 of 8 NAMI Broward County (954) 316-9907 www.namibroward.org
NEWSLETTER: January/February 2019
December, 2014/ January, 2015
Thank you to out-going board president, Edna
Einhorn, for seven years of leadership. Edna
remains a member of the board and NAMIWalks
Manager.
Please welcome Allen Giese as the new board
president. We will hear more from Allen in our
next issue of the Newsletter.
New Governor, Legislature prepare for Session
With a new governor and a legislative season getting underway soon in Tallahassee, NAMI Broward will anxiously be watching and weighing in on mental health legislation in the coming weeks. The 2019 session of the Florida Legislature starts March 5, but committee meetings have already started and bills regarding mental health are being filed.
One bill filed by our local lawmaker Sen. Lauren Book (D-Plantation) would require public
schools to have panic buttons linked to law enforcement agencies that are first responders.
According to Senate Bill 174, the panic buttons would be used for a non-fire evacuation,
lockdown or active shooter situation.
The bill would be named “Alyssa’s Law,” after Alyssa Alhadeff, a 14-year-old student who was
one of the 17 people killed during the attack at the high school.
Congratulations to Sen. Book for her new appointment as chair of the Senate Children,
Families, and Elder Affairs Committee, which oversees mental health policy bills.
We look forward to seeing what Gov. Rick DeSantis, who took office, will do for mental health.
On Jan. 2, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission issued a
nearly 500-page report on the tragedy there, along with a handful of recommendations for
mental health in schools. You can read the full report here. We understand that the commission
will continue its work, especially in the area of mental health.
Alisa LaPolt,
Mental Health Advocate [email protected]
January 2019 – February 2019
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IN THIS ISSUE
Mental Health Education & News…p.1
NAMI Board of Directors………………p.2
Upcoming Events………………............p.2
January/February Calendar………...p.3
Food For Thought………………..….......p.4
Calling all Volunteers……………………p.4
Friday Night Socials…………………..…p.5
Lord & Taylor Charity Days……………p.5
Support Groups…………………………..p.6
NAMI Broward Contact…………………p.7
Resources…………………………………..p.7
Crisis Information………………….……..p.7
Quote of the Month……….………..……p.7
NAMI Broward Mission…………………p.8
Membership………………………………..p.8
NAMI BROWARD BOARD OF DIRECTORS Allen Giese, President
Alyce Meaton, Vice President
Blanca Bichara, CPA, Treasurer
Jo Ann Marianne, Secretary
Edna Einhorn,
Illene Greenberg, J.D.
Rhoda Sokoloff,
Esq. Brenda Okyn
Benjamin McAfee
Jose Rey, PhD
Gwen Henry
Bonnie Segal
Peter Schoenthal, Esq.
Sandra Cumper, MS MHC
Executive Director
UPCOMING EVENTS
January
Family-To-Family
NAMI Broward County free 12
weeks’ educational class
January 9th, 6:30-9:00 PM
Keiser, Registration is required
Peer-To-Peer
NAMI Broward County free 10
weeks educational class for any
person living with a mental illness
January 22nd, 3:00-5:00 PM
NAMI Office, Registration is
required
Community Outreach
8th Annual Unity in the Community
Pompano Beach
January 26th, 11 AM
February
Speaker Meeting
Segal Institute Clinical Trials
February 13th
Silver Impact-7:00 PM
Friday Night Socials
Tree Tops Park
February 15th, 7:00-9:30 PM
Laughter Yoga
February 19th, 7 pm
Silver Impact Center
Healthcare Businesswomen’s
Association
February 21th, 6 pm
Tower Club in Ft. Lauderdale
January 2019 – February 2019
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January
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 31 1 Connection MHA, 4pm
2 3 4 5
6
7 Connection Rebel’s 4pm FPSC 12pm
8 Connection MHA, 4pm
9 F2F class 6:30pm Speaker Meeting 7 pm
10 11 12
13 14 Connection Rebel’s 4pm FPSC 12pm, FSG 7pm Imperial Point
15 Connection MHA, 4pm
16 F2F class 6:30pm
17 Holiday Volunteer Party 5:30 pm
18 Lord & Taylor Charity Days Boca Rotan
19 Lord & Taylor Charity Days Boca Rotan
20 Lord & Taylor Charity Days Boca Rotan
21 Connection Rebel’s 4pm Foot Print close
22 Connection MHA, 4pm
23 F2F class 6:30pm P2P Class 2-5 pm
24
25 26 Community Outreach
27 28 Connection Rebel’s 4pm Foot Print 12pm, FSG 7pm Imperial Point
29 Connection MHA, 4pm
30 F2F class 6:30pm P2P Class 2-5 pm
31
February Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2
3 4 Connection Rebel’s 4pm Foot Print 12pm
5 Connection MHA, 4pm
6 F2F class
6:30pm P2P Class 2-5 pm
7 8 9
10 11 Connection Rebel’s 4pm Foot Print 12pm, FSG 7pm Imperial Point
12 Connection MHA, 4pm
13 F2F class 6:30pm P2P Class 2-5 pm Speaker Meeting Silver Impact 7pm- Segal Trials
14 15 Friday Night Social, 7-9:30 pm-Tree Top Park
16
17 18 Connection Rebel’s 4pm Foot Print 12pm
19 Connection
MHA, 4pm Laughing Yoga Silver Impact 7pm
20 F2F class
6:30pm P2P Class 2-5 pm
21 22 23
24 25 Connection Rebel’s 4pm Foot Print 12pm, FSG 7pm Imperial Point
26 Connection MHA, 4pm
27 F2F class 6:30pm P2P Class 2-5 pm
28
January 2019 – February 2019
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To all NAMI Broward Members: How to Make New Housing & Hospitals Available for Mentally Ill Great news:
The federal government just made it easier for your state to expand
housing and hospitalization options for the seriously mentally ill. We
have to act fast. The federal government just made it easier for your
new policy allows states to use Medicaid money to pay for some
hospitalization and housing previously prohibited.
However, in order to use Medicaid to expand housing and hospitals
in your state, the state Medicaid Director has to apply for a waiver.
We urge you to send letters to our Florida Medicaid Director
requesting that she apply for the waiver. Please include a brief
personal story, especially if you have experienced not being able to
get a residential treatment bed for your loved one or for yourself.
Your letter can look something like this:
To: Mary Mayhew, Deputy Secretary for Florida Medicaid
From: <Insert your complete name, address, phone, and email>
Date
Subject: Please Apply for Waiver to use Medicaid funds for IMDs
As the <mother/father/brother, etc.> of someone with serious
mental illness, I am writing to urge you to apply for a Medicaid
waiver that would entitle our state to use Medicaid funds for housing
and hospitalization for persons with serious mental illness. HHS Sec.
Azar announced the availability of waivers to Medicaid’s Institutes
for Mental Disease (IMD) Exclusion on November 13 and the Centers
for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) published formal guidance
in letter SMD # 18-011 that is available
at https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-
guidance/downloads/smd18011.pdf
By accessing federal Medicaid funds, our state can lower the state
cost of hospitalization and ensure that more seriously mentally ill
who need access to hospitalization and housing receive it. This will
help lower rates of homelessness, arrest, incarceration and suicide
among people with serious mental illness.
Thank you for your attention to this.
<Sign Your Name> <Insert your complete contact info> Mail your letter to: Mary Mayhew Deputy Secretary for Medicaid Florida Agency for Health Care Administration 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 8 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 412-4006 For more information, see: https://www.treatmentadvocaycenter.org/what-you-can-do/end-imd-exclusion
NAMI Broward need your help!
Call for Volunteers
As NAMI Broward expand our programs and
groups; we are looking for dedicated people to
become program leaders of our programs
Family to Family, Peer to Peer, In Our Own Voice, Basics, Ending The Silence, Hope Group, Connection, Family Support Group, and FaithNet. Here are a few ways you can help:
If you have a background in mental health and can volunteer one or two evenings a month we are looking for support group leaders.
If you have an interest in legislative advocacy, help us reach out to the government.
If you are interested, reaching out to schools and talking about mental illness join our Ending the Silence program. If you are under 35 years of age and recovering from mental illness and are able to talk about your experiences (after training) to high school students, you would be a candidate for this program.
For more information, contact NAMI Broward
County at [email protected] Or
Call 954-316-9907
January 2019 – February 2019
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-Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association –
-Miami Chapter will be hosting a panel discussion on –
End the Silence - Starting to Understand Mental Illness.
On Thursday, February 21 6:00 pm at the Tower Club in Ft. Lauderdale.
Featuring
-- Dr. Victoria Sanjuro, Senior Medical Liason, Lundbeck pharmaceuticals
-- Sandra Cumper. MS Executive Director National Affiliate of Mental Illness (NAMI) Broward County
-- Judge Ginger Lerner Wren - Broward County Misdemeanor Mental Health Court
January 2019 – February 2019
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NAMI Signature Programs
Connections Support Group
Ending the Silence
FaithNet
Family to Family
Familia a Familia
Family Support Group
HOPE young Adult
In Our Own Voice
NAMI Smarts for Advocacy
Peer to Peer
Other Programs.
Mental Health First Aid
Guardian Advocate Training
NAMI SUPPORT GROUP
NAMI CONNECTION PEER RECOVERY
SUPPORT GROUPS
Rebel’s Drop-in Center
3400 N. 29th Ave.
Hollywood FL, 33020
Every Monday 4:00 p.m.
Mental Health Association (MHA)
7145 W. Oakland Park Blvd.,
Lauderhill, FL 33313
Every Tuesday 4:00 p.m.
Foot Print to Success Clubhouse
3521 West Broward Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
Every Monday 12:00 p.m.
NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUPS
Correct Care Recovery Solutions
800 E. Cypress Drive
Pembroke Pines, FL 33025
3rd Saturday 10:00 a.m.
Broward Health, Imperial Point
6401 N. Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
2nd and 4th Monday 7:30 p.m.
January 2019 – February 2019
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"I want to see mental health become a
global priority." -@ladygaga
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CONTACT US
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4161 NW 5th Street Suite 203
Plantation, FL 33317
954-316-9907
www.NAMIBroward.org
NEED RESOURCES
When you are looking for support, finding resources,
or want to develop a crisis contingency plan, you can
call NAMI Broward’s office at 954-316-9907 or visit
www.namibroward.org
IN A CRISIS
Mobile Crisis Team Numbers:
Mobile Crisis will go out into the
community/home and assess the situation. They
may recommend community resources or, if they
feel that there is a danger to self or others, they
may determine that the individual needs to be
Baker Acted, if that is the case, they will call the
police to transport the individual to the closest
Baker Act receiving hospital.
Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU):
2677 NW 19th Street, FT. Lauderdale, FL 33311
954-739-8066, 954-463-0911
Calling 911:
If you find that the situation has escalated to a
point of crisis, call 911, describe your situation and
ask for a CIT trained officer. Crisis Intervention
Trained is a week-long training developed
nationally by NAMI and the police to improve
responses to people in crisis. Many local officers
have participated in this training.
Find Help in a Crisis:
text “NAMI” to 741741 or call the National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-talk (8255)
Ouote of the Month
January 2019 – February 2019
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Become a member of NAMI Broward County. A year’s membership is only $35 and includes NAMI National’s magazine “The Advocate,” access to members only section on National’s website and membership in NAMI Broward, NAMI Florida & NAMI National.
Membership Form:
Cut and mail to NAMI Broward County, 4161 NW 5th St, Suite 203. Plantation, FL 33317 Individual: $40 Family: $60 Open Door (financial need): $5
Corporate: $200 Donation: ___________
Name: _________________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________
City _________________________________________________ State: _______ Zip: _________
Email: _________________________________ Phone: _____________________
