June 15th is Elder Abuse Awareness Day
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What is behavioral health?
Behavioral health includes the emotions and behaviors that affect your overall well-being such as individual and family experience or life stressors. Behavioral health is sometimes called mental health and often includes substance use.
Behavioral Health Needs Assessment Survey
Barnstable County Department of Human Services is conducting a needs assessment about the behavioral health needs of children, youth, and young adults (age 0–21 years) in Barnstable County. Results from this assessment, in particular the survey, will help inform service offerings and decision-making in our region. Your contribution is valuable!
This survey is anonymous and voluntary, does not ask for your name or address, and you can stop taking it at any time. It only takes about 15 minutes to complete.
Mission
The Children’s Behavioral Health Work Group (CBHWG) of Barnstable County DHS was conceived in February 2019 as a grassroots effort to “understand, plan for, and address the gaps and enhance the strengths for the Cape and Islands behavioral health (BH) system of care for children ages 0-18.” Membership includes representatives from Barnstable County Human Services, other Cape-based human services agencies, school districts, emergency mental health services, health care providers, community health centers, Children’s Cove, the Department of Children and Families, NAMI, the “Keep Them Coming Program” of the District Attorney’s Office, the MA Department of Mental Health and staff from Senator Cyr’s office. The CBHWG meets monthly on the third Wednesday from 3 – 4 pm.
The group has identified challenges to obtaining behavioral health care for youth and families and developed a comprehensive Recommendations and Action Plan to address them. The Plan, constructed from a “system scan” of services and well-informed, professional anecdotal input, reflects the diverse network of treatment and services involved in providing behavioral health care. It is reviewed and updated periodically, to reflect priorities, changing needs, and new initiatives.
Action Plan Summary
FY22 Priorities
Contact
For more information, contact Mandi Speakman, Deputy Director at Barnstable County Department of Human Services at 508-470-4936 or mandi.speakman@capecod.gov.
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) defines behavioral health as “the promotion of mental health, resilience and wellbeing; the treatment of mental and substance use disorders; and the support of those who experience and/or are in recovery from these conditions, along with their families and communities.” A comprehensive Needs Assessment promotes this holistic approach and provides much-needed data for ongoing initiatives. It will be a community-based, consumer-involved process that puts us in touch with our constituents and their specific needs, and provides a foundation for future updates and specific data collection.
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