Dear Valued Supporters, Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we are unable to hold our annual fall conference in New Orleans this year. Despite this obstacle, Healing Minds NOLA is forging ahead! We are excited to announce the following series of Zoom discussions that will take place over the course of the next 4 months. Each
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It’s official! Yesterday two resolutions were introduced at the Louisiana State Legislature. Greg Miller: Louisiana State Representative, District 56 introduced HR 42 – a resolution to urge the Governor to apply for Federal Medicaid waiver funds to cover people receiving treatment in psychiatric facilities that includes those with more than 16 beds. Representative Stephanie Hilferty,
Dear readers, Due to your steadfast support and advocacy, we are thrilled to report that on June 4th, the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously in favor of the resolution to urge the Governor to increase psychiatric capacity for serious mental illnesses. Read Resolution R-20-153 here. The resolution calls for adding Serious Mental Illness (SMI) & Serious
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