{"id":829,"date":"2022-03-01T20:53:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T20:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/?p=829"},"modified":"2022-03-02T20:41:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T20:41:51","slug":"united-way-launches-mental-health-initiative-with-community-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/united-way-launches-mental-health-initiative-with-community-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way launches Mental Health Initiative with community partners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The United Way of Northwest Vermont (UWNWVT), in collaboration with community partners, has launched a new Mental Health Initiative to align existing mental health resources, identify gaps in the system of care, and create a shared agenda as we work together to improve timely access to appropriate mental health services in our communities. Community partners who will help guide the Mental Health Initiative\u2019s work include <strong>Northwestern Counseling &amp; Support Services (NCSS),<\/strong> Howard Center, Vermont Care Partners, Spectrum Youth &amp; Family Services, Vermont Suicide Prevention Center, and NAMI Vermont. Already one of the hardest areas to address, mental health needs have worsened throughout COVID-19. Two years into the pandemic, many people experiencing mental health challenges and the systems designed to help them are at a breaking point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read full press release which includes <strong>quote from Dr. Steve Broer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.zixcentral.com\/u\/02685014\/fGouPbGV7BGDuCEXh3soMg?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcommongoodvt.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D9218204add9aca6b4b219b1eb%26id%3Dbf9110153c%26e%3D7b9e3ffe94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>United Way launches Mental Health Initiative<\/strong><\/a> with community partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Way of Northwest Vermont (UWNWVT), in collaboration with community partners, has launched a new Mental Health Initiative to align existing mental health resources, identify gaps in the system of care, and create a shared agenda as we work together to improve timely access to appropriate mental health services in our communities. Community partners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829"}],"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=829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":831,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions\/831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncssinc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}