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I really need everyone to do this aurvey as quickly as possible. It will be used to determine which programs will be funded in 2010 by the Texas Department of State Health Services. This is putting NAMI education programs up against programs from other organizations so we need to hear from NAMI members (both family members and consumers) quickly. The survey is scheduled to end this week but may be kept open a little longer but please respond ASAP. The very firt question is about how you heard about this survey. Please answer NAMI Texas. The introduction to the survey begins below.
One of the primary goals of the Mental Health Transformation effort in Texas is to make the mental health system consumer and family focused. To assist in this effort, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has allocated funding to establish a mental health consumer, family, and youth training and technical assistance center. DSHS has contracted with Mental Health America of Texas and their sub-contractor, the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Texas (NAMI), to develop the center.
To ensure that the training provided through this center truly meets the needs of consumers, family members, and youth, as well as the professionals who support them, it is critical that we hear from them directly regarding the types of training that would be most useful. We also want input from providers regarding training that they believe should be provided. The following link https://www.psychdata.com/s.asp?SID=129044 will take you to a training needs assessment. Please send this email on to your organization’s distribution list and ask them to complete the survey. If you have received this survey directly or indirectly and serve consumers, please make this survey available to them to complete, either by providing the link or making an Internet-connected computer available to them to use.
Another one of our tasks for the next few months is to make recommendations to DSHS regarding development of a peer training and certification program for Texas. Section three of the survey asks for information that will help inform those recommendations.
You can complete the survey by clicking on the above link or you can copy and paste it in a browser. We estimate the survey will take about fifteen minutes to complete. If you have questions about this survey, please call Valarie Garza at NAMI, at 512-693-2000. We would like to have as many responses as possible by May 15th; however, we will continue to accept responses after that.
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