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Save the Date: Spotlighting Two Communities that are Successfully Coordinating Healthcare - September 29, 2015 - 1 PM EDT

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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Save the Date: Hear from Your Peers Webinar - Spotlighting Two Communities that are Successfully Coordinating Healthcare and Housing Resources to End Veteran Homelessness - September 29, 2015 - 1 PM EDT Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness set the goal to end homelessness among military veterans in 2015. Ensuring that veterans get and stay successfully housed requires strong bridges to mainstream resources and benefits, especially healthcare services such as targeted case management, substance abuse and mental health treatm

Tomorrow: Celebrate Recovery Month With Two Upcoming Events

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--> Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser . Celebrate Recovery Month With Two Upcoming Events Celebrating 25 Years: Recovery Perspectives on the ADA and Other Landmark Legislation Thursday, September 17, 2015 | 1–2:30 p.m. Eastern Time Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy will host a webinar honoring the rich history of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and other antidiscrimination laws to advance awareness of their relevance to individuals with behavioral health conditions. The webinar also will provide information about other critical legal protections. Webinar participants will be able to: Describe key protections of the ADA and other antidiscrimination legislation. Explain from case examples how legislative protections can be applied to a variety of situations. Identify resources for accessing additional inform

CDBG-DR Regional Training Resources Now Available

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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . CDBG-DR Regional Training Resources Now Available HUD has posted agendas and presentations from CDBG-DR Regional Trainings recently held in New Orleans and Chicago. These materials can be found on the 2015 CDBG-DR Regional Training Materials page . Resources available for download include all presentations, handouts, and agendas. Resources are available even if you were not able to attend the trainings. To learn more, please visit the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program page .

Make a Difference This Suicide Prevention Month

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--> This September, join the community of support. Visit our new Power of 1 Suicide Prevention Month page to learn how you can spread the word about suicide prevention. JOIN THE MOVEMENT And check out our Suicide Prevention Month toolkit for more shareable resources. One call, one text, one conversation can save a life. Show The Power of 1 today. For information about VA benefits and services that you may be eligible for, visit Explore.VA.gov 810 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20420   Keep updated & let us know how we're doing.

How We Talk about It Matters

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Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser . How We Talk about It Matters 09/16/2015 01:29 PM EDT Every day the media helps influence public attitudes and opinions.  It matters how behavioral health conditions are covered by journalists, screen writers, editors, producers, and others in the news and entertainment industries.  Read the Blog Post