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Webinar on 4/29 – Register Now!
Promoting Mental and Behavioral Health Resources to Help Children and Teens Enroll in Coverage and Access Care

The Connecting Kids to Coverage National Campaign Invites You to Attend a Webinar:

Promoting Mental and Behavioral Health Resources to Help Children and Teens Enroll in Coverage and Access Care

Thursday, April 29, 2021
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET

Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) cover essential mental and behavioral health services for kids and teens. For Mental Health Awareness Month, observed in May, the Connecting Kids to Coverage National Campaign (the Campaign) webinar will cover the current landscape of mental health service usage among children and teens, as well as offer ideas organizations can use to help children and teens in their communities access these important mental and behavioral health services.

Prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency, as many as 1 in 6 U.S. children between the ages of 6 and 17 had a treatable mental health disorder. With additional stressors, such as lack of routine and virtual learning, there has been a surge of anxiety and depression in young people since the start of the pandemic. Despite this surge, mental health services declined sharply among children age 18 and under. Although delivery of care via telehealth has helped connect children to important mental health services, data has shown that many children and teens are still not getting the care they need.

Join this webinar for the latest data on the use of mental health services, hear what partners are doing to help connect children to care, and learn about resources your organization can use in outreach and enrollment efforts. Learn about the Campaign’s many resources to promote mental and behavioral health on InsureKidsNow.gov, which include a digital video, social media, text messages, and newsletter articles.

Webinar speakers feature:

  • Melinda Baldwin, Chief of the Center for Mental Health Services at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  • Kim Proctor, Technical Director, Data and Systems Group, Center for Medicaid & CHIP Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • Jamie Poslosky, Senior Director, Advocacy Communications, American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Gillian Ray, Vice President External Relations, Children’s Hospital Association
  • Kelly English, PhD, LICSW, Director of the Children’s Behavioral Health Knowledge Center, Child, Youth, & Family Services Division, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
  • Darshana Panchal, MPH, Outreach Contractor, Connecting Kids to Coverage National Campaign, Porter Novelli Public Services

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We Want to Hear from You!
The Campaign wants to hear how organizations like yours are helping to connect children and teens to mental and behavioral health services. Send us an email at ConnectingKids@cms.hhs.gov. And visit our website to access slides and recordings from previous Campaign webinars.­­­­

Stay Connected with the Campaign 

  • Share our Campaign materials. Our ever-growing, multi-lingual Outreach Tool Library features a variety of targeted resources to use in your outreach and enrollment efforts, available in multiple formats.
  • Contact us. To get more involved with the Campaign, contact us via email at ConnectingKids@cms.hhs.gov.
  • Follow the Campaign on Twitter. Remember to re-tweet or share our messages from @IKNGov with your social network and be sure to use our #Enroll365 and #KidsEnroll hashtags in your posts.

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Join CMS OMH for The Road to Equity: Examining Structural Racism Virtual Forum

Register Today

During National Minority Health Month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) will host The Road to Equity: Examining Structural Racism in Health Care – a two-day virtual forum to explore the advancement of health equity and efforts to address structural racism.

Guest speakers from various federal and partner agencies will share their insight and experience during the forum. Sessions will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on health disparities and initiatives to promote equity, as well as CMS and other federal agencies’ roles as equity partners in increasing access to care and strengthening the capacity of the health care industry.

A formal agenda detailing each session can be found here. There will be time during each session for attendees to ask questions. Space is limited; CMS OMH encourages early registration to ensure you can attend.

Virtual Forum Details

Title: The Road to Equity: Examining Structural Racism Virtual Forum

Dates and Times:

Please note: if you would like to attend both days of the forum, you will need to register for each day individually, using the links above.

You will receive an email with login information from GoToWebinar upon registration. If you do not receive an email in a few days’ time, please contact OMH@cms.hhs.gov.

 

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What if Clark Kent had amnesia? What if Superman forgot he was Superman? We know that Clark Kent is Superman, but doesn't he have to do something to become Superman? As Christians, we are new creations in Christ Jesus, but we still must wake up and make the effort to put on the new man. We need to stir up and revive ourselves concerning our true identity; which is only in Christ. This is true revival!

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HELP THE MINISTRIES

Thanks be to our God

We give thanks to all our dear brothers and sisters for the prayer...we were able to join water tap in construction site....though it was hard bringing water to the place from far away but God helped ingetting availability of water on right time
Please continue to pray for Darshan Church and the ongoing construction of Church in village....now the time is to buy cement bricks and iron rods for construction and our hope is only upon God and in prayer....please pray for sufficiency of all required materials for completing the task that is started...we trust our God is not going to put us on shame...He has been always our guide and providing everything we needed......now we need cement, rods and bricks to carry on the works further please keep in your prayer🙏

Glory honour and praises to God for being faithful to us everyday and we are getting provision of workers on time.....please continue prayer that the work not to be stopped due to insufficiency of materials and finance🙏🙏🙏

We appreciate your prayer and any possible help for Darshan Church

  • Blessings to all
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PRAY HELP AND SHARE

We are thankful to God and all dear friends for your prayer and love towards us🙏
Please remember in prayer we have just started to dig a foundation to construct a church for a village where our sister church believers' group can have regular fellowship prayer and services after completing this construction.
There is no water connection we are working to bring water tap by joining from far town....there is electricity problem we also need to join electricity......there is no good roads and its hard to take materials from far city.....and it takes long time to run works.....many things needed for completing the construction so we need your prayer and love always now we need cement rods bricks and all materials required for construction of complete church
please pray for us and provide possible help to build a house of prayer and fellowship.
We respect your prayer love and we appreciate any kind help you can make available to Darshan Church🙏🙏🙏
Blessings to all

https://www.darshanchurch.org/

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PRAYER NEEDED

We are thankful to God and all dear friends for your prayer and love towards us🙏
Please remember in prayer we have just started to dig a foundation to construct a church for a village where our sister church believers' group can have regular fellowship prayer and services after completing this construction.
There is no water connection we are working to bring water tap by joining from far town....there is electricity problem we also need to join electricity......there is no good roads and its hard to take materials from far city.....and it takes long time to run works.....many things needed for completing the construction so we need your prayer and love always now we need cement rods bricks and all materials required for construction of complete church
please pray for us and provide possible help to build a house of prayer and fellowship.
We respect your prayer love and we appreciate any kind help you can make available to Darshan Church🙏🙏🙏
Blessings to all

https://www.darshanchurch.org/

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Dear Partners,

 

Please share with your members, listservs on your websites and social media. Thank you for your continued partnership!

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COVID-19 Vaccine Resources: What Partners Need to Know Now

Monday, March 22

 

As COVID-19 vaccines continue rolling out across the country, CMS is taking action to protect the health and safety of our nation’s patients and providers and keeping you updated on the latest COVID-19 resources from HHS, CDC and CMS.

 

With information coming from many different sources, CMS has up-to-date resources and materials to help you share important and relevant information on the COVID-19 vaccine with the people that you serve. You can find these and more resources on the COVID-19 Partner Resources Page and the HHS COVID Education Campaign page. We look forward to partnering with you to promote vaccine safety and encourage our beneficiaries to get vaccinated when they have the opportunity. For more information visit the CMS COVID-19 Policies and Guidance page.

 

If you are a healthcare provider:

 

Both the CDC and CMS have useful resources for your practice. Look to CDC for the latest science, vaccine administration information and patient-focused resources.  We update these resources regularly, so follow them for current information.

 

Follow the CDC Resource for Health Care Providers Page and check out the CDC’s COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit For Medical Centers, Pharmacies, and Clinicians.  This resource provides ready-made materials to educate healthcare teams and staff and to give them tools they can use to educate patients and answer their questions about the vaccines.  Also, navigate to the CDC COVID-19 vaccination page which has information for a number of audiences.

 

What’s New?

Additional Resources

 

CMS maintains a COVID-19 Provider Toolkit to ensure health care providers have the necessary tools to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The toolkit includes information on:

You can also review the set of COVID-19 FAQs, which has information specific to health care providers who bill Medicare for administering COVID-19 vaccines.

 

Here's what else you should know:

  • Medicare covers the COVID-19 vaccine, so there will be no cost to your patients with Medicare.  Medicare will reimburse you for administering the vaccine.
  • State governments are handling the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Look for updates from your state and local officials as more doses of the vaccine become available for additional priority groups.
  • For individuals who are uninsured, providers may submit claims for reimbursement for administering the COVID-19 vaccine to individuals without insurance through the Provider Relief Fund, administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
  • CMS also published guidance to group health plans and health insurance issuers regarding COVID-19 related benefits.
  • Most professional associations have pages devoted to COVID-19 vaccination.  Your association may have advice tailored to your discipline, specialty and/or location.

How can you help educate your patients?

  • You are a trusted source…encourage your patients to get the vaccine when it is available to them.
  • Let them know the vaccine is no cost and will help keep them from getting COVID-19. Learn more about the benefits of the vaccine.
  • Let them know the vaccine is safe and that safety is a top priority for COVID-19 vaccines.
  • Remind them to continue practicing the 3Ws (Wear a Mask, Watch your distance, Wash your hands).

Questions?  Please e-mail us:  Partnership@cms.hhs.gov 

 

 

 

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WE NEED YOUR PRAYER AND HELP

Darshan Church offers heartly thanks to all dear brothers and sisters for your prayer
please continue to pray for the ministry of Darshan Church in Nepal
This little Church from eastern part of Nepal
our sister Church from a small village in Jhapa district of Nepal

We are serving among backward communities and we need always your prayer and support

This Church needs your prayer and help
It needed the replacement of roof and floir with tin and carpets on the floor

Please remember in your daily prayer for Darshan Church its not always easy to be among the people who go through lot and we are doing everything in faith upon God and trusting in prayer
please pray that God make provision for the needs of His faithful setvants

Darshan Church always needs your love prayer advice and help to continue all our services all over Nepal in such areas where the people are discriminated and isolated from other societies

Our great hope is in Lord always and we share our hope and love in God with people to have joy and peace in Lord Jesus and preparing every soul for eternal life in the kingdom of God

We appreciate and accept any kind help you can make in the ministry of Darshan Church


God bless all

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Check Out the New CMS OMH COVID-19 Vaccine Resources for Vulnerable Populations Webpage

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted minority and vulnerable populations. The COVID-19 vaccine can reduce the spread of the virus and help end the public health emergency. Community partners working with racial and ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, people with limited English proficiency, sexual and gender minorities, and rural populations are critical in helping consumers understand how and when they can receive the vaccine, vaccine safety and confidence, and the important ongoing precautions to slow the spread of COVID-19.

To assist our partners, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) has developed a COVID-19 Vaccine Resources website of the many Federal resources and organized them for health care professionals, partners, consumers, and for assistance in additional languages.

To view the page, visit: go.cms.gov/omhcovid19vaccine.

We encourage you to visit the website regularly, as we will continue to update the page with new resources. You can also share this page within your networks to prepare others to get the vaccine as soon as it’s available to them.

For additional COVID-19 information, visit our general COVID-19 website for Federal resources focusing on vulnerable populations: go.cms.gov/omhcovid19 and From Coverage to Care COVID-19: go.cms.gov/c2ccovid19 webpage.

 

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PRAY HELP AND SHARE

God is gracious and He provides us what we need.
2 Corinthians 9 8
And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

Darshan Church is requesting all dear friends in Christ to pray for the needs required in ministering different areas of Nepal .
We are currently on work to construct a house for fellowship prayer and services in a rural village of Udayapur district where our sister church believers' group are regularly conducting prayer fellowship and all spiritual activities.
Due to the threaten from Hindu communities and often getting challenged of various problems suddenly we need to construct a place for worship for our believers there and we just brought up ten tractors stones and trying to make own Church building....but its not enough for taking the work forward...the construction needed more stones bricks cement rods and others materials including water facility.
We used all available resources and not having enough with local effort we needed prayer and help from all brothers and sisters in Christ to complete this task
please remember the Church construction ongoing plan in your prayer and please open your hands to contribute something for God' s work in this rural village where everything seems tough but the Lord is our provider

We trust God and are praying day and night for all possible services we are doing to serve God in these discomforting areas.
Your prayer with help can make very big difference  so please pray for us and provide possible help from your side

We appreciate your prayer and any help you can make to Darshan Church for the ministry in Nepal.

Blessings🙏

https://www.darshanchurch.org/

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Good afternoon dear friends
we heartly offer thanks to all of you for your prayer and love towards Darshan Church.

Darshan Church is on work for constructing a church in a village where there is challenges of water electricity and transportation to take materials from town.....we have brought some stones and now the work is pending due to not having all materials available on time.
We need to fix water tap to make flow of water and connect electricity too there.....still we are bringing stones to start foundation but due to financial crisis our work has not been run further....and its quite tough to work there because the village is six hours far from town.
Urgently we need to build this church in a village to manage house of prayer and fellowship for our believers from villages.
We have been trying our best with prayer and faith utilizing our efforts and available funds to run this construction and currently needed some more fund to run it smoothly so we request all dear friends to remember in your prayer and also we urge you brothers and sisters  as much possible to make help available to Darshan Church.

Please pray, love , support and share this so that we can reach to people who want to help for the ministries of Darshan Church

We appreciate any kind help you can make available to Darshan Church

Blessings🙏

https://www.darshanchurch.org/8667397076?profile=RESIZE_710x

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Beloved in Christ
We humbly request all brothers and sisters for prayer
Darshan Church is currently working on a plan to build a small house of fellowship and prayer in a village named Bhorleni where we have group of believers for a sister church group and formed a regular fellowship there in a rented room since 11 years .Often we were asked to leave rented room or not to have prayer and fellowship there as the Hindu religious communities are threatening christians not to do our regular prayer, meetings and fellowship and often we kept moving from one room to another for rent..Now urgently we have to again leave the place where our believers were gathering for worship and we planned for constructing small prayer house though its a small hut or building however God is going to provide.
Darshan Church often went with such challenges all aroubd Nepal wherever we are sharing gospel and forming church group but we are still in faith and hope in our Lord and praying day and night.
We are currently on work for construction process and the place where we are building a church is 6 hours away from town ....there is no water , electricity and transportation service is difficult to take materials there. As we always serve in all areas through faith and prayer and not having any donation for our ministry and trying to do all with prayer and local resources available from our Church effort.
We believer united effort can make big difference and your help is going to be worth in any aspect of these ministries here in Nepal.
We need prayer love and support from people like you always so that Darshan Church can continue our construction plan and complete on time .
We request all dear friends to remember on prayer and make possible help available to Darshan Church.
Our main goal is to spread gospel in the places where people have not heard yet , to make diciples and form group of believers , provide them place to gather for worship, prayer and regular services for spiritual growth and save lives of people by giving them hope in our Lord Jesus
We aporeciate any help you are making for Darshan Church

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