Reminder: KMHPC Upcoming Events & More

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KMHPC Upcoming Events & Webinars

Providing Gender Affirming Care and Mental Health Supports for LGBTQIA+ Populations

This webinar will be promoting awareness of mental health disparities for the LGBTQIA+ population and will be providing specific examples of how to support and connect with Gender Diverse individuals. Participants will learn strategies for working with and affirming Gender Diverse individuals within various settings. Participants will gain new insight about the unique challenges that adversely impacts the LGBTQ+ population and what it means to be an ally working with, affirming, and validating individuals within the Queer community.

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Youth Engagement Services (YES) is available to provide behavioral support services to eligible students in Tacoma, Sumner-Bonney Lake and Puyallup School District students and their families during the summer months. Members of the YES Team will provide behavioral healthnavigation and support to eligible students and families.

For more information or resources visit: www.kidsmentalhealthpiercecounty.org

Kids Mental Health Action Team Meeting

The KMHPC Action Teams are comprised of people and agencies working together to plan and implement KMHPC community-wide agenda. Meetings are held virtually the last Thursday of each month at 1:00PM.

Join us for our June Action Team Meeting at a special time and day as we develop priority actions and goals for 2022 for Kids Mental Health Pierce County. This month we will be working on identifying strategies and priority actions around Access and Care Coordination in Pierce County.

Next Meeting: Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 1:00pm

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Upcoming Trainings & Resources

Tonight! Watch Hiding in Plan Sight: Youth Mental Illness from Ken Burns.

NAMI, is proud to have partnered with Ken Burns and PBS this amazing film.

This Monday, June 27, at 9 p.m., PBS stations nationwide will debut “Ken Burns Presents Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness,” a two-day film by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers. NAMI was proud to be a major supporter of this documentary through the Well Beings youth mental health project, which is led by Public Media and WETA, the PBS flagship station in Washington, D.C.

MultiCare Behavioral Health Salon Series:

Focus on Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health

Thu, July 14, 2022
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM PDT

When adults are going through stressful and traumatic experiences, there are often babies and young children nearby, who are witnessing and experiencing these same stresses. Join us in thinking about young children’s social-emotional needs and ways to respond in ways that help them feel safe, loved, and protected.

Speaker:

Haruko Watanabe, MA, LMHC, IMH-E®
Program Manager – Navos Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Program

About Haruko: Haruko Watanabe (MA, LMHC, IMH-E®) joined the Navos Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) program in 2008 — soon after, it was founded as the first dedicated Infant Mental Health Program of its kind in King County’s community mental health system.

As the Program Manager of the IECMH program, Haruko has been carrying out the original spirit of the program to support families who are low-income with young children through innovative service delivery methods and equitable access to care.

Mental Health America is pleased to announce that our 2022 BIPOC Mental Health Month toolkit is out today and we will be officially kicking off our social media campaign on 7/1! Go to mhanational.org/july or click below to download the toolkit. You can also find actionable ways to support BIPOC communities and honor the legacy of Bebe Moore Campbell, the pioneer whose advocacy and visionary work first led to July’s formal dedication to the needs of BIPOC communities in mental health beginning in 2008.

Workforce Development

HCA was provided $100 million in community behavioral health provider relief funds. These funds come from the 2023 community behavioral health supplemental budget. HCA receives these funds on Friday, July 1.
The funds will provide one-time payments to eligible community behavioral health treatment providers contracted and receiving payment through a Managed Care Organization or Behavioral Health Administrative Service Organization.

What can the funds be used for?

These funds are non-grant-based payments that can be used for:

Immediate workforce retention and recruitment
Costs incurred due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Childcare stipends
Student loan repayment, tuition assistance, relocation expenses, or other recruitment efforts

Who is eligible?

Community behavioral health treatment providers contracted and receiving payment through a Managed Care Organization or Behavioral Health Administrative Service Organization.

Where can I learn more?

Attend the provider relief fund call:

Tuesday, June 28
2:30 p.m.
Join via Teams
Join via phone: (833) 598-2099
phone conference ID: 143 766 380#
Visit The providers, contractors, and resources page

Email HCADBHRinformation@hca.wa.govwith questions

In an effort to provide information and opportunity to learn more about the behavioral health workforce, Kids Mental Health Pierce County would like to facilitate a virtual job fair specifically for behavioral health professionals in Pierce County. The goal of this virtual event would be to highlight behavioral health in Pierce County and link potential candidates to opportunities in Pierce County. It would be great to have representatives form Pierce County organizations to discuss topics such as:

Open Positions
Organization Benefits
Clinical Environments
Populations Served
The rewards of providing care in their communities

If you are interested in collaborating to plan this event please join us for a planning meeting on Wednesday, July 13 at 11:00am. Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqd--vrj0iGNNCuQ0WVPh4xM6LXxSDMD3q

Behavioral Health Case Manager I/II (Job Family)
Schedule: 8:30a - 5p | Mon - Fri
Location: Currently 100% remote/telephonic, but with future fieldwork in Pierce County (~20%)

Be part of an extraordinary team
We are looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve. You will thrive in a complex and collaborative environment where you take action and ownership to solve problems and lead change. Do you want to be part of a larger purpose and an evolving, high-performance culture that empowers you to make an impact?

Application Link

Mary Bridge is currently recruiting for a Social Worker to join thier Emergency Department Team. For more information and application visit: https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_multicare/external/gateway.do?functionName=viewFromLink&jobPostId=203835&localeCode=en-us or contact Julie Johnson at Julie.Johnson@multicare.org

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