{"id":1367,"date":"2025-10-23T19:27:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T19:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2026-02-13T22:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T22:07:53","slug":"share-your-feedback-public-comment-period-on-northwestern-counseling-support-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/share-your-feedback-public-comment-period-on-northwestern-counseling-support-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Share your feedback: Public Comment Period on Northwestern Counseling & Support Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Vermont Department of Mental Health (DMH) and the Vermont Department of Health (VDH) are gathering feedback about Northwestern Counseling & Support Services (NCSS) from October 26\u2013November 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NCSS is applying to keep providing mental health services and to become a Certified Community Based Integrated Health Center (CCBHC)<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can share your thoughts from October 26 to November 8<\/strong>. The departments want feedback from people who have used NCSS services, their families, NCSS employees, and others in the community. They are interested in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. What does NCSS do well?<\/strong>
2. Does NCSS cooperate well with other local organizations?<\/strong>
3. Do people get the mental health and substance use help they need?<\/strong>
4. Are services provided when people need them?<\/strong>
5. Has anyone felt treated unfairly by NCSS?<\/strong>
6. Do you have ideas for how NCSS can improve?<\/strong>
7. Would you recommend the agency to others?<\/strong>
8. Do you identify as a current or former client, a current or former staff member, or have another affiliation with the agency?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a variety of ways to share your feedback about NCSS with the Vermont DMH:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Click this link<\/a> to complete an online survey<\/strong><\/li>
  2. Scan this QR code to complete the online survey<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    3. Email, call, or mail feedback to:<\/strong>

    Puja Senning
    puja.senning@vermont.gov<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Vermont Department of Mental Health
    166 Horseshoe Drive
    Waterbury, VT 05671-2010
    802-585-4540<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    For more information, here is an expanded document from DMH and VDH that explains this in more detail:
    View DMH documentation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Thank you for your comments and feedback, we look forward to continuing to serve the needs of our local community!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Vermont Department of Mental Health (DMH) and the Vermont Department of Health (VDH) are gathering feedback about Northwestern Counseling & Support Services (NCSS) from October 26\u2013November 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1367"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1386,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367\/revisions\/1386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}