CA American Indian Healthcare Organizations Call on Department of Mental Health and County Mental Health Departments to Fund Indian Mental Health Providers
Posted on: Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 15:00 CST
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- American Indian Healthcare Organizations operating Indian mental health treatment clinics in many counties in CA join the California Rural Indian Health Board and other concerned advocacy groups to urge the Department of Mental Health and County Mental Health Departments (CMHD) to support funding for Indian mental healthcare providers through the Mental Health Services Act.
James Crouch, CRIHB's Executive Director, Jerome J. Simone, United Indian Health Service's Chief Executive Officer, Maria Tripp, UIHS's Board Chairperson, Lorie Jaimes, Greenville Rancheria's Tribal Chair, Dr. Marshall Gouze, Greenville Rancheria Tribal Health Program's Executive Director, Farrell Neely, Tule River Health Center's Executive Director, Neil Peyron, Tule River Tribe's Tribal Chair, and many other health advocates support funding of Indian mental health treatment clinics, pointing out that such funding will positively affect the health and well-being of some of California's most vulnerable and diverse citizens. These Indian citizens of California rely on and trust the community-based and culturally-appropriate services provided by the Indian mental healthcare providers and no other type of provider will be as effective or culturally competent.
Yesterday the American Indian Healthcare Organizations sent a letter to Stephen Mayberg, Director of Department of Mental Health and to Patricia Ryan, Executive Director of CA Mental Health Directors Association, detailing Indian Healthcare Organizations' concerns regarding how the vast majority of Indian mental heath treatment clinics have been left out of the funding partnerships between CMHD and other community-based mental health providers and the need to fund Indian mental health providers, with a plea that the Directors immediately support this partnership. Many of the Indian mental healthcare clinics are struggling to stay afloat, yet continue to serve the mental healthcare needs of Indian clients and are thereby doing the work of the CMHD -- most often without county compensation. If not for some other resources that flow into the Indian mental health treatment clinics, the CMHD must figure out a way to provide mental healthcare to this diverse and hard to reach population.
Contact Mr. LeBeau for further information on this issue: Mark LeBeau, M.S. 916-929-9761 mark.lebeau@ihs.gov
California Rural Indian Health Board
CONTACT: Mark LeBeau, M.S., +1-916-929-9761, or mark.lebeau@ihs.gov, forCalifornia Rural Indian Health Board
Web site: http://www.crihb.org/
Source: PRNewswire
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