{"id":279483,"date":"2024-01-23T08:23:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T14:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=279483"},"modified":"2024-01-23T08:23:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T14:23:14","slug":"barnes-behavioral-health-coalition-talk-local-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=279483","title":{"rendered":"Barnes Behavioral Health Coalition Talk Local Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Valley City, ND &#8211; The Barnes County Behavioral Health Coalition met on Thursday, January 11.\u00a0\u00a0CHI Mercy Hospital received a SPARK grant from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of ND Caring Foundation to support people experiencing homelessness in Barnes County. Representatives noted that the funds are nearly exhausted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representative Dwight Kiefert, District 24, was in attendance and provided an update. He noted that states attorneys have been in contact with the Health &amp; Human Services committee as the state hospital is effectively not available for use. At the peak of operations, the state hospital had beds for 1500 to 2000 clients, now there are 100 beds available.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs Representative Kiefert noted, changes at the State Hospital directly impact our communities, as local agencies try to work together to identify mental health providers, housing and economic assistance needed for people who are experiencing behavioral health challenges,\u201d states Katie Beyer, City-County Health District Administrator.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, City-County Health District was able to host a University of North Dakota social work intern, Leslie Uecker. Uecker was able to assist\u00a0CCHD with updating the Valley City Health &amp; Wellness Resource Guide.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhether you are setting an intention for 2024 to begin or restart mental health services, the Resource Guide can help you find local providers,\u201d states Meghan Velure, registered nurse and program coordinator at City-County Health District. A\u00a0copy is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citycountyhealth.org\/resources\">www.citycountyhealth.org\/resources<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, information was shared by local partners who wrote for an\u00a0opioid settlement\u00a0grant. The State of ND had just over $7\u00a0million available and received about\u00a0$59\u00a0million in\u00a0applications. City-County Health District\u00a0was one of 65 agencies to\u00a0put forward an application. CCHD requested\u00a0$390,000 to fund positions such as navigators and crisis staff to assist\u00a0with behavioral health concerns, employment\u00a0and housing needs.\u00a0In addition, Valley City\u00a0Public Schools put forth a request to support prevention education.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City, ND &#8211; The Barnes County Behavioral Health Coalition met on Thursday, January 11.\u00a0\u00a0CHI Mercy Hospital received a SPARK grant from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of ND Caring Foundation to support people experiencing homelessness in Barnes County. Representatives noted that the funds are nearly exhausted.\u00a0\u00a0 Representative Dwight Kiefert, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":279484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-valley-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=279483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279485,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279483\/revisions\/279485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/279484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=279483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=279483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=279483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}