Task Force on Behavioral Health
Updates
- 11/17/2014: Council unanimously approved R-14-135, sponsored by Councilors Brad Winter and Isaac Benton, which designated the following funding:
- $500,000 to assist persons with a mental illness being discharged from MDC, which includes:
- $100,000 for intensive case management
- $336,000 for supportive housing services
- $64,000 for a project coordinator
- $625,000 for a crisis stabilization center, intensive case management and supportive housing services.
What is this Process About?
Summary of the mental Health Gaps Study
Download the Mental Health Gaps Study.
- There is a clear gap
- This study only touches the surface
- There is a clear need for a coordinated infrastructure to maintain and update information regarding resources
- Some of the priorities described by providers include housing and crisis care
- The survey also suggests that we don't have sufficient intermediate levels of care or sufficient recovery based services to support people staying in employment and education
Documents
| Date | Description | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2014 |
Op-ed written by City Councilor's Brad Winter and Isaac Benton and published in the Journal's Sunday, Nov. 9 edition, with an important call to action for all policy makers at all levels of government |
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| October 2014 |
Included are presentation slides on the ABQ MH Gaps Study completed by the UNM Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UNM Center for Education and Policy Research and RWJF Center for Health Policy at UNM. They have also included a provider inventory which is a searchable database and the updated Resource Guide. |
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| June 9, 2014 | City Council passed legislation calling for the creation of the Task Force on Behavioral Health | |
| May 27, 2014 | Press Release announcing the creation of the Task Force on Behavioral Health |
Task Force Meetings
| Agenda | Minutes | Handouts and Presentations |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2015 | Meeting Minutes | |
| Oct 16, 2014 | N/A | |
| Oct 2, 2014 | N/A | |
| Sept 25, 2014 | N/A | Supplemental Handout for Presentation by Lt. Glenn St. Onge: Handouts for Presentation on Assisted Out Patient Treatment by Andy Vallejos: Handout for Presentation on Long-Term Services by Dr. Miriam Komaromy: |
| Sept 18, 2014 | N/A |
Group 6: Case Management Group 3: Interaction with Courts Systems Report |
| Aug 21, 2014 | Meeting Minutes |
NM Behavioral Health Collaborative Meeting 2/27/2014 Interaction with Court Systems Group |
| Aug 7, 2014 | Meeting Minutes |
Cost and Outcomes of Selected Behavioral Health Grants and Spending: Human Services Department Presentation Small Working Groups Handouts & Updates:
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| July 16, 2014 | Meeting Minutes |
House Joint Memorial 01 Task Force Recommendations 2011 Presentation on the Supportive Housing Project, Lisa Simpson |
| June 26, 2014 | Meeting Minutes |
Background
City Councilors Brad Winter and Isaac Benton recently sponsored legislation that called for the creation of a "Task Force on Mental Health" (renamed to the "Task Force on Behavioral Health") to work towards service strategies that will benefit our entire community.
This call for action unites the City, State, and County in a bipartisan effort to address the mental health crisis in New Mexico. City Councilmen Winter and Benton, County Commissioner's Hart-Stebbins and Johnson and State Senator's O'Neill and Rue join together to bring this matter before the citizens of New Mexico with hopes of finding immediate and sustainable solutions.
Task Force Members & Duties
The Task Force will meet to discuss joint funding opportunities from the State of New Mexico, City of Albuquerque and County of Bernalillo and to propose recommendations to address the issues surrounding and concerning mental health issues within the State of New Mexico.
Members
| Member | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Isaac Benton | Albuquerque City Councilor |
| Brad Winter | Albuquerque City Councilor |
| Wayne Johnson | Bernalillo County Commissioner |
| Maggie Hart-Stebbins | Bernalillo County Commissioner |
| Sander Rue | New Mexico State Senator |
| Bill O'Neill | New Mexico State Senator |
| Rick Miera | New Mexico State Representative |
| Klarissa Peña | Albuquerque City Councilor |
| Liz Thompson | New Mexico State Representative |
| Michael Robertson |
City of Albuquerque – Division Manager of Health and Human Services |
| Rodney McNease |
University of NM Hospital- Executive Director of Behavior Health Administration |
| Katrina Hotrum |
Director of the County's Department of Substance Abuse Programs |
| Andy Vallejos |
Coordinator for the Task Force on Mental Health |
| Lisa Simpson |
Bernalillo Co. Public Safety Division - Technical Advisor to the Adult Reform Coordinator |
| Kelly Bradford |
Bernalillo Co. Adult Detention Reform Coordinator |
| Wayne Lindstrom |
New Mexico Human Services Department |
| Jean Klein |
Metropolitan Court- Program Manager for the Mental Health and Homeless Courts |
| Nils Rosenbaum |
Albuquerque Police Department- Crisis Outreach Psychiatrist |
| Doug Chaplin |
City of Albuquerque- Director of the Family and Community Services Dept. |
| Maureen Kolomeir |
Provider in Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic- Practitioner in the health care community 22+ yrs |
| Thomas Gagliano |
NAMI- Currently enrolled in the Family to Family Program |
| Jessica Perseo |
Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center- Psychiatric Acute Care (PAC 1) |
| David Ley |
New Mexico Solutions- Executive Director |
| Paula Harper |
The Supportive Housing Coalition of New Mexico |
| Douglas Fraser |
Consumer and experience with TeamBuilding- Trauma Informed Care |
| Michele Franowsky |
Social Worker Consultant- Mental Health Division of the Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Anita Briscoe |
Psychiatric Nurse Practicioner- 20 + years in the field |
| Nancy Koenigsberg |
Disability Rights New Mexico- Legal Director |
| Miriam Komaromy |
Physician- Certified in internal and addiction medicine |
| Robert Maxwell |
Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless- Casa Los Arboles |
| Beth Dehler |
Mental health provider in the public schools |
| Eric Peterson |
Public health, social service and nursing experience |
| Adriana Delgado |
Bernalillo County Fire Fighter/ EMT |
| Jill Marshall |
NM Department of Health- Program Director of the Los Lunas Community Program |
| Caroline Bonham |
Psychiatrist in the UNM Department of Psychiatry/ Vice Chair of Community Partnerships |
| Marsha McMurray-Avila |
Bernalillo County Community Health Council – Coordinator |
| Bill Wagner |
Centro Savila- Founder |
| Harris Silver, MD |
Bernalillo county Opioid Accountability Group- Co-Coordinator |
| Jay Crowe |
Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless- Behavioral Health Manager/Clinical Director |
| Fr. Rusty Smith |
St. Martin's Hospitality and Behavioral Health Center- Executive Director & CEO |
| Lt. Chad S. Kim |
Albuquerque Fire Department- Quality Improvement Captain |
| Sgt. Patrick Burk |
Bernalillo County Sheriff- Sergeant of the Crisis Intervention Team Unit |
| Lt. Glenn St. Onge |
Albuquerque Police Department- Lieutenant of the Crisis Intervention Team |
| Art Marshall |
District Court- Director of Pretrial services and mental health court |
| Adan Carriaga |
Citizen with interest in behavioral health care |
| Mauricio Tohen |
UNM- Department of Psychiatry- Professor and Chairman |