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Additional Resources

The Virginia Health Care Foundation provides funding for

selected mental health initiatives through Health Safety Net grants and its A New Lease on Life initiative. VHCF also provides

a variety of resources for organizations interested in helping

increase access to care for individuals with mental illness. 

Mental Health Roundtables:

VHCF convenes semi-annual, half-day Mental Health Roundtables focusing on increasing access to mental health services for Virginians.  Representatives from Virginia's health safety net organizations and Community Services Boards, as well as mental health professionals and policy makers are among those attending these valuable presentations.  Materials from recent VHCF Mental Health Roundtables include:

	Integrating Mental Health in a Primary Care Setting: Lloyd Moss Free Clinic presentation (ppt)
	An overview of Virginia's mental health workforce shortage areas.
	Findings from a study on disparities in minority mental health.
	A tip sheet on recruiting mental health providers.
	A chart of all behavioral health professional graduate programs in Virginia.

Webinars and Podcasts

The webinars and podcasts listed below may be of help to organizations interested in providing mental health services:

	http://www.thenationalcouncil.org/cs/national_council_live/upcoming_webinars
	www.socialwork.buffalo.edu/podcast/
	http://academicearth.org/

Reports and Data

The following sources provide excellent mental health data:

	National Alliance on Mental Health - http://www.nami.org/
	National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare - http://thenationalcouncil.org
	Mental Health America - http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/
	Grant Makers in Health - http://www.gih.org/topics3985/topics_list.htm?attrib_id=8497
	Kaiser Family Foundation - http://www.kff.org/