GRAND FORKS, ND (trfnews.i234.me) Officials from the North Dakota Department of Health are traveling the State, talking about new services and programs being offered to help people with mental health issues, addictions and more.
folks from the North Dakota Department of Human Services have been traveling the state talking about new programs and services being offered they stopped in Grand Forks today for a community conversation so there’s some new welcome programs with the Human Services as far as though addiction treatment mental health tell folks what’s going on yeah so what we want to do is just have community conversations about all the changes going on in the Department of Human Services so we want to make sure people understand that we’re trying to treat the human as a whole and they’re not one program out over another so we’re talking about the redesign of social services and how behavioral health fits into those and there is a whole host of new programs and services and expansion of current programs and services to best allow for individuals to remain in their community and to create strong and stable families so people I’ve dealt with the many of them who have recently over the last year had a lot of problems trying to get mental health for a family member are there new programs in place or in general terms what’s happening there are new programs and one of the programs that is probably the the crown jewel or the one that was probably most important during the session as it relates to supporting people with mental illness is what’s called the Medicaid 1915 I state plan amendment and that will allow for services for individuals with severe mental illness both adults and children to receive supportive services as it relates to housing employment education so and respite for family so oftentimes we only think about treatment and mental illness we need to think about the continuum of care as it relates to how we help people be successful with an illness if you’d like to find out more about all the programs and services available go online to behavioral health nd gov slash community meetings I’m Neil Berg reporting for i-news TV
New Mental Health and Addiction Programs Discussed by Grand Forks Department of Health
